530 | Information Clutter
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
The Minimalists talk about minimizing information clutter, enjoying learning without trying to optimize your entire life, letting go of the news when it feels overwhelming, why you're terrified of empty space in your home, and much more.
Discussed in this episode:
When did my love of learning turn into compulsively scavenging for self-improvement—and how do I let go of that need to optimize everything? (2:46)
At what point does information stop serving you and start suffocating you? (20:21)
Right Here, Right Now: Simplehaven Retreat, Minimalism 10th Anniversary Tour, and Sunday Symposium on Patreon (50:57)
Listener Tip: Decision-making advice for overthinkers. (53:48)
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Detailed show notes: minimalists.com/podcast
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| 0:00.0 | Every little thing that you think that you think that you need. |
| 0:24.7 | Every little thing you think that you need. |
| 0:29.5 | Every little thing that's just feeding your greed. |
| 0:33.9 | Oh, I bet that you be fine without it. |
| 0:39.6 | Yes. |
| 0:42.1 | Welcome to The Minimalist Podcast, y'all. |
| 0:43.3 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:50.6 | My name is Joshua Fields, Milburn, and joining me here at our studio and beautiful West Hollywood, California. It's my good friend, T.K. Coleman. |
| 0:53.1 | It's your favorite Coleman besides Ken and Gary. |
| 0:56.5 | And Hughes. That's my Mount Rushmore right there. Yeah, man. Your Mount Rushmore of Coleman. |
| 1:04.7 | And Adam. Adam B. |
| 1:09.0 | Oh, man, we got a lot to talk about today, TK. |
| 1:11.3 | Coming up, we're talking about minimizing information clutter. |
| 1:14.9 | I had some revelations this weekend around this. |
| 1:18.7 | So I was talking to my wife just yesterday, and I had spent so much time on the production |
| 1:23.2 | notes for this and going through everything earlier last week. |
| 1:26.4 | And my wife goes, what are you guys |
| 1:28.3 | talking about on the podcast this way? You're going down to L.A. tomorrow, right? And I was like, |
| 1:32.0 | yeah, I don't remember what we're talking about. I just feel like I'm bombarded with so much stuff that I |
| 1:39.0 | can't. Wait a minute. We're talking about information clutter. So this is, you've reached me at the perfect |
| 1:44.6 | time to talk about this topic. What else we're talking about here? Oh, enjoying learning without |
| 1:50.8 | trying to optimize your entire life, letting go of the news when it feels overwhelming and much, |
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