What essentials should we keep?

The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn

Home & Garden, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Leisure

4.7 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2021

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Joshua and Ryan discuss a few reliable methods for determining what items are essential for each of us. Listen to the full episode at patreon.com/theminimalists

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0:00.0	Da Minimists.
0:02.0	If we're starting over, what essentials would you guys suggest we keep?
0:08.4	I would suggest keeping what is most essential for you.
0:12.1	Yeah, it includes a blender and a broken waffle iron, a photo album of your trip to Hawaii.
0:19.1	Yes.
0:20.1	And that's that really.
0:21.1	Oh man, now there's...
0:22.1	I could say for me, if I got rid of everything, what would I...
0:26.0	Yeah, this is probably a better way for me to look at this question.
0:29.0	If I were to get rid of everything, what things would I know I would want to keep for me?
0:37.7	And I'd be different for you because you might want to go do the RV thing or whatever.
0:41.8	And so for me, it's a bad mattress.
0:44.0	Like those things totally make sense for me to have bed sheets.
0:48.8	I'm not going to get rid of all of my black t-shirts.
0:51.2	Normally, I get rid of my black jeans that I'm wearing.
0:53.7	I have two pairs of black jeans.
0:55.5	I have a dozen black t-shirts or so.
0:59.0	And underwear, there are essentials that are essential to me.
1:03.8	Sure.
1:04.8	But then I'm also going to ask myself, so Ryan and I have this what we call the No Junk Rule.
1:08.3	That's in the minimalist rule book.
1:10.5	You can download it at theminimists.com slash rule book.
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