514 | Guilty Pleasures
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
The Minimalists are reassessing guilty pleasures, reducing triggers that cause unnecessary pain, exploring annoying gifts, and much more.
Discussed in this episode:
How do I let go of guilt after I buy something that doesn't align with my values? (2:08)
What's one thing you feel guilty about having purchased? (19:12)
Right Here, Right Now: Tour updates and T.K.'s birthday. (40:23)
Listener Tip: A handful of wellness tips. (43:26)
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Detailed show notes: minimalists.com/podcast
Recorded at Earthing Studios.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast has bad words. |
| 0:09.0 | Every little thing you think that you need |
| 0:23.6 | Every little thing you think that you need |
| 0:28.6 | Every little thing that's just feeding your greed |
| 0:33.6 | Oh I bet that you'd be fine without it. |
| 0:39.3 | Ha, ha, ha, yes, yes, yes. |
| 0:42.5 | Welcome to the minimalist podcast, y'all. |
| 0:44.8 | Welcome, simpletins. |
| 0:47.1 | Today we're talking about what it means to live a meaningful life with less, |
| 0:50.8 | just like we do every episode. |
| 0:52.9 | My name is Joshua Fields Milburn. I'm here with my good |
| 0:55.3 | friend here at Earthing Studios in beautiful West Hollywood, California. T.K. Coleman is here. Coming at July |
| 1:01.8 | from planet Earth. Oh, man, coming up on this episode, we're reassessing our guilty pleasures. |
| 1:08.5 | We're reducing triggers that cause unnecessary pain. |
| 1:12.9 | We're exploring annoying gifts. |
| 1:16.0 | Perfect time. |
| 1:16.7 | You know, holiday gift-giving seasons coming up. |
| 1:19.3 | We used to call it the holiday season. |
| 1:21.7 | Now we call it the holiday shopping season. |
| 1:24.6 | Oh, let's not hurt your heart a little bit. |
| 1:26.9 | We'll talk about that and much, |
| 1:28.4 | much more. Plus, on page three, we'll unpack the new one-tote one-day decluttering method. TK., |
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