510 | Say Less
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
The Minimalists talk about verbal minimalism, the things we regret saying, the best ways to let other people down, seven things people regret tossing while decluttering, and much more.
Discussed in this episode:
How do you practice verbal minimalism? (3:43)
What's the last thing you regretted saying? (18:54)
Right Here, Right Now: Joshua's new documentary, Food for Humans, goes on tour. (38:08)
Listener Tip: Creating a list of items you might want again later. (44:05)
Have a question for the show? Call 406-219-7839 or email a voice memo to podcast@themins.com.
Listen to the full Maximal episode on Patreon: patreon.com/theminimalists
Detailed show notes: minimalists.com/podcast
Recorded at Earthing Studios.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Every little thing that you think that you think that you need. |
| 0:24.8 | Every little thing you think that you need. |
| 0:29.4 | Every little thing that's just feeding your greed. |
| 0:33.9 | Oh, I bet that you'd be fine without it. |
| 0:46.1 | Yes, welcome to the minimalist podcast where we discuss what it means to live a meaningful life with less. |
| 0:54.1 | My name is Joshua Fields Milburn and joining me here at Earthing Studios in beautiful West Hollywood, California, is my good friend T.K. Coleman. It's a beautiful day. Now, I'm sounding a little bit hoarse today, and I'll explain to you why here in a moment, although I was trying to sing this morning. I had this song stuck in my head on the drive down. I'm going to sing the first line. Maybe you can finish it for me. Butterfly in the sky. I can go twice as high. |
| 1:12.2 | Yes. |
| 1:14.5 | Yes, I was trying to sing that. |
| 1:15.5 | I'm like, man, I'm off key. |
| 1:17.0 | But it turns out I'm always off key, |
| 1:18.2 | so it doesn't really matter anyway. |
| 1:21.0 | What would you do if you found out Michelle, |
| 1:23.6 | your wife was texting LeVar Burton on the side? |
| 1:27.0 | I'd be like, when is he coming over? |
| 1:30.2 | You're like, damn, girl, you got a type. |
| 1:35.5 | Yeah, that's just redundant. |
| 1:36.5 | She texted me earlier. |
| 1:41.6 | I found my wife has a type this weekend. |
| 1:44.1 | I took my daughter to the Duolipa concert. It turns out Duolipa is her type. I think I'd be really excited if I found out wife has a type this weekend. I took my daughter to the Duolipa concert. |
| 1:45.7 | It turns out Duolipa is her type. |
| 1:49.2 | I think I'd be really excited if I found out she was texting Duolipa. |
| 1:51.3 | But I totally lost my voice there. |
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