533 | Irreplaceable Things
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
The Minimalists talk about whether everything is replaceable on a long-enough timeline, downsizing when you enjoy everything you have, the best time to search for a new job, our favorite organizing hacks, and more.
Discussed in this episode:
Is everything replaceable on a long-enough timeline? (00:47)
How can I let go of my meaningful, seemingly irreplaceable belongings? (4:30)
Which would you give up: Your luggage or your dream vacation? (17:43)
Right Here, Right Now: The Minimalism 10th Anniversary Tour and monthly Zoom calls with The Minimalists. (33:14)
Listener Tip: Successfully playing the 30-Day Minimalism Game. (34:45)
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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 |
| 0:24.2 | Every little thing you think that you need |
| 0:28.6 | Every little thing that's just feeding your greed |
| 0:33.5 | Oh I bet that you'd be fine without it. |
| 0:40.9 | Yes, hello everybody. |
| 0:45.3 | The Minimalist here, Joshua Fields Milburn, T.K. Coleman. |
| 0:46.8 | My man, what's happening? |
| 0:48.6 | I hear something to chew on, T.K. |
| 0:53.9 | On a long enough timeline, everything is replaceable. I wrote this down and then I don't know if I |
| 0:58.1 | completely agree with it. Maybe there's a context in which I agree with it and maybe it's a |
| 1:02.7 | context in which I disagree with it and I'm not really sure which maybe they're both correct. |
| 1:09.5 | And this reminded me of, at our live events, |
| 1:12.5 | we've been doing minimal maxims, and I will read a minimal maxim to you and you'll help me |
| 1:17.0 | unpack it. So maybe you can unpack this one with me in this new segment here. I'm calling |
| 1:22.0 | something to chew on. On a long enough timeline, everything is replaceable. Do you buy that? |
| 1:30.5 | Well, this agreement has always come easily from me. It takes no effort to disagree. |
| 1:35.5 | He's rather truculent. It takes no effort to disagree. And I can share where I disagree. |
| 1:39.8 | But I'm, I like to, I like to try to interpret it charitably and say, okay, what do you think the author was trying to tell us from this? |
| 1:50.3 | Like, what's right about this? |
| 1:51.9 | What's the part that is like, if you understand it this way, it's gold? |
| 1:56.6 | What would that understanding be? |
| 1:58.5 | You tell me, I wrote it, and I don't really know. |
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