526 | Precious Things
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
The Minimalists talk about some difficult decluttering dilemmas, including what to do with belongings left behind by deceased loved ones, why we don't need to keep every sentimental item, how to handle the endless stream of freebies we receive, and much more.
Discussed in this episode:
How do I declutter my late husband's belongings while honoring what my young daughters might one day wish I had kept? (3:46)
What's your most cherished sentimental item, and under what conditions would you let it go? (20:48)
Right Here, Right Now: We've redesigned The Simple Newsletter—and readers are loving it. (35:08)
Listener Tip: What to do with all the freebies your kids get. (37:22)
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Detailed show notes: minimalists.com/podcast
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Every little thing that you think that 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. |
| 0:40.8 | Yes, hello everybody. |
| 0:42.6 | Welcome to the minimalist podcast. |
| 0:47.0 | We discuss what it means to live a meaningful life with less. |
| 0:53.5 | My name is Joshua Fields, Milburn, and joining me here in beautiful and sunny West Hollywood, California. |
| 1:44.7 | It's my good friend, T.K. Coleman. It's a beautiful day, my man. It's just the two of us today. Just the two of us. Yes. In the last few weeks, we've had guests, and we usually don't do guests every single week. It just happened that way. We had James Sexton here. We had Dr. Maya. She was amazing. Of course, Nicodemus was here. He's not really a guest. When he's here, we're the guests. And then when Steve Patterson showed up last week as well. We've been on a guest winning streak. It really has been. Amazing. And so we're going to have to bring it today, TK. Yes, sir. Well, you're going to have to bring it. I'm just here to hand the ball to you and let you dunk over and over and over. Coming up on this episode, we're diving into some difficult decluttering dilemmas, including what to do with belongings left behind by deceased loved ones. |
| 1:47.9 | Why, we don't need to keep every sentimental item, |
| 1:53.8 | how to handle the endless stream of freebies that we receive, and much, much more. |
| 1:57.6 | Also, on page three, TK., you probably notice, if you're watching the video version of this, |
| 1:59.0 | I'm wearing a jacket right now. Yes, sir. |
| 1:59.6 | On page, actually, page two, we have a caller who called in. |
| 2:02.9 | He says, what are the six jackets that Josh owns? And you'll find that it's the one area |
| 2:09.5 | of my life where I'm not necessarily Uber minimalist or ultra minimalist, but I do want to make a |
| 2:14.1 | case for owning multiple jackets for me. So I brought my jackets that I own. |
| 2:19.8 | They're all over there. All six? I have five of them here with me today. And the six one is at home. I ran out of arm space to carry them all. |
| 2:28.9 | But I assume one for each LeBron ring. I mean, I'm sorry. One for each ring and Michael Jordan has. |
| 2:37.0 | No comment. |
| 2:37.8 | Let's start with our callers, TK. |
| 2:40.3 | If you have a question or comment |
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