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The Minimalists

The Difference Between Minimalism and KonMari

The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn

Home & Garden, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Leisure

4.711.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2019

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Joshua and Ryan compare and contrast minimalism and the KonMari method with lifestyle entrepreneur MJ Gordon. Listen to “Maximal” episodes of The Minimalists Private Podcast exclusively at patreon.com/theminimalists

Transcript

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0:00.0

Da Minimists.

0:02.0

Hmm.

0:03.0

Alright, before we dive into this episode, the minimalist one to help you declutter your

0:06.6

glowing screen.

0:07.9

So head on over to theminimists.com slash wallpapers to download any of our free minimalist wallpapers,

0:15.0

including our love people use things wallpapers for your smartphone or computer.

0:21.1

Enjoy.

0:23.1

Adeline wants to know, Josh, what are similarities and differences between your idea of minimalism

0:30.9

and the Marie Kondo method?

0:33.3

MJ?

0:34.3

I love Marie Kondo.

0:38.6

That stuff is amazing.

0:39.6

I see Marie Kondo as an organizer.

0:43.2

I do see a lot of minimalism in there and I do see a lot of intentionality in the feeling

0:48.4

of stuff.

0:50.6

I think that if there's any difference, it's probably just more of the focus to organization

0:56.1

versus the focus of what truly adds value and then organizing.

1:01.2

But I don't really see them very different.

1:03.0

I think it's just an application based on each individual.

1:05.4

Totally agree.

1:06.4

I think what we can get confused by is if we're looking at the how to side of things without

1:12.0

the why to side of things, then we are simply organizing.

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