What should I do with useless sentimental items?

The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn

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🗓️ 2 April 2021

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Joshua and Ryan discuss what to do with items we no longer find useful that we believe will be of no use to anyone else. Listen to the full episode on Patreon: patreon.com/theminimalists

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0:00.0	Dominimists.
0:01.8	Huh.
0:03.1	What should I do with sentimental items
0:05.1	that other people can't really use?
0:06.9	My personalized high school drill team letter jacket.
0:09.7	It takes up a lot of space,
0:11.2	but I can't stand the thought of a taking up space
0:13.7	in a landfill.
0:14.7	Man, going back to that landfill thing,
0:16.7	Megan, as soon as you accepted that jacket in high school,
0:20.6	you hurt the environment.
0:22.3	Now, that's not a judgment that's just stating the fact.
0:27.0	The damage has already been done with that jacket.
0:29.2	Right.
0:30.2	And so the narrative we tell ourselves, though, is what?
0:32.9	And this is what's fascinating about this question.
0:34.6	There are two things.
0:35.6	Obviously, the should.
0:36.6	What should I do with this jacket?
0:40.2	And other people can't really use my personalized letter jacket.
0:46.2	However, I was just on a FaceTime call with my brother-in-law.
0:49.4	He's the youngest sibling of Bex.
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