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The Minimalists

What Would The Minimalists Buy with Unlimited Money?

The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn

Home & Garden, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Leisure

4.711.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Joshua and Ryan discuss what they might purchase if they had unlimited funds. Listen to the full episode at patreon.com/theminimalists

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0:00.0

I had our patrons make a list of things that they might buy if they had unlimited money.

0:20.9

One of some of the luxury goods.

0:24.8

Now, Sarita said, I purchased a Louis Vuitton bag four years ago and regretted it as

0:31.9

soon as I walked out of the store.

0:34.7

I bought it because that's what everyone had.

0:37.7

I knew I didn't have the money to buy it.

0:39.6

I stupidly charged it to a credit card, but keeping up with the Joneses or their card

0:44.6

dashy ends was my priority.

0:47.2

I only used it for a year and then hit it and it claws it.

0:53.6

Instead of getting rid of it, I justified keeping it by telling myself I paid a lot for it

0:58.7

and so I'll probably use it someday.

1:03.1

The lies we tell ourselves to hold on to things.

1:05.5

It's interesting.

1:06.5

I came across this video.

1:07.7

I sent it to Jordan because I know he's like getting into watches lately.

1:12.1

This veteran, he was at Antichrocho and he was getting in a appraisal on his watch.

1:20.1

He's telling the story of this watch that he has.

1:24.2

It was a Rolex and he was like, yeah, I bought this back in 1974 and he's like, I was a

1:29.1

scuba diver and I knew that Rolex has made really good scuba diving watches.

1:36.9

I went on my way.

1:37.9

I spent whatever he had in savings to buy this Rolex and then once he had it, he was like,

1:44.9

man, I can't take this scuba diving.

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