534 | The Pantry
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
The Minimalists speak with Kristen Ziegler about identifying and minimizing excess pantry items, the most absurd things we own, how to reset your algorithm, how decluttering and cleaning your home boosts your dopamine levels, and more!
Discussed in this episode:
How should I best organize my excess pantry items? (4:54)
What's the most absurd thing in your pantry? Why is it still there? (20:24)
Right Here, Right Now: The Minimalism 10th Anniversary Tour and Simplehaven Retreat (43:18)
Listener Tip: How to reset your algorithm. (45:11)
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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. |
| 0:44.4 | Yes, the minimalist Joshua Fields Milburn, T.K. Coleman is here. How are you doing? |
| 0:47.7 | Hey, man, I'm doing well, especially with my friend here, man. |
| 0:54.6 | Well, I think it's safe to say that today's guest fits right there in the intersection of our Venn diagram of favorite people. |
| 0:56.3 | Kristen Ziegler's here, y'all. |
| 0:57.8 | Yes. |
| 0:59.2 | Glad to be back. |
| 1:01.7 | Here's something to chew on. |
| 1:02.9 | TK., I wrote this down. |
| 1:08.1 | What we possess eventually dispossesses us. |
| 1:13.2 | Now, first, we all know the thinking, like, our possessions can possess us. Now first, we all know the thinking like our possessions can possess us. |
| 1:18.9 | The things that we possess end up possessing us. I've had more than one listener say this show is like an exorcism for my clutter. And that can be physical clutter, but it can also be |
| 1:24.2 | the internal clutter, the emotional clutter, spiritual clutter, any other type of |
| 1:29.2 | clutter that starts with the physical things. But Kristen, when we talk about our possessions |
| 1:34.6 | dispossessing us, to dispossess means to deprive someone of land, property, or other possessions. |
| 1:42.5 | And I wanted to bring you here today because you have a beautiful |
| 1:46.7 | home. We'll be talking about even showing some photos on the video version of the podcast today. |
| 1:53.4 | And I think our possessions dispossess us in a way. They take away the openness, the freedom, the spaciousness in our lives. |
| 2:04.9 | And I think we value it, but we don't realize we value it. |
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