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Watch: "Year-Round Spring Cleaning"
🕑 Added 2022-03-24 12:00:06 +0000 UTCPatreon Exclusive. The Minimalists discuss what practices to integrate into our lives to maintain the momentum and inspiration of spring cleaning all year long, and they answer the following questions:
What are the origins of spring cleaning? (00:59)
What is “setting the stage”? (03:32)
What is your perspective regarding flat surfaces? (05:43)
How do you define “traditions”? (08:44)
What are your monthly resets? (09:46)
What practice primed you for living more minimally? (15:19)
Do all relationships ultimately make us miserable? (23:54)
What is your viewpoint of trends? (35:39)
Why is competition problematic? (44:22)
How do I best store and organize my children’s toys? (48:18)
Are design storage containers becoming a new fashion? (54:26)
LINKS
Article: Advice to My 18-Year-Old Self About Minimalism
Book: Everything That Remains
Book: Love People, Use Things
Book: Minimalist Rulebook
Book: Things That Matter
Coffee: Bandit Coffee Co.
Essay: How to Understand Your Values
Essay: Play the 30-Day Minimalism Game
Explore: Stahl House
Instagram: Mallory French
Instagram: Jordan Moore
Instagram: Podcast Shawn
Instagram: Jessica Williams
Instagram: Danny Unknwn
Podcast: Expired Things
Podcast: How to Love
Resources: The Minimalists
Subscribe: The Minimalists
Text: 937-202-4654
Tour: The Minimalists
Watch: Narrowest Apartment in NYC
Wikipedia: Spring Cleaning
MAXIMS
“If we don’t understand the ‘why,’ we blindly pursue the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ with no purpose.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“As soon as we renounce something, we’re forever tethered to it.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“All conflict is self-conflict.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“Organizing is well-planned hoarding.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“Understanding the why helps you realize the how.” —Ryan Nicodemus
“Someday is the eighth day of the week—and it never arrives.” —Jordan Moore
“Organized chaos is still chaos.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
This Maximal episode corresponds with Minimal episode 332.
Comments
Kathryn Brewer
Every first day of the month, I clean my washing machine and my Berkey system, and I read a short list of essays and articles that I am pledged to revisit periodically.
Carolyn Stone
Yes, I’m a stage setter as well. Someone once made the comment that I could live in a model home because everything had a specific place . I’m not sure if they were being kind or snarky but I do thrive in a calm and organized space.
