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Video: "Minimizing Clutter"
🕑 Added 2021-01-07 13:01:02 +0000 UTCJoshua and Ryan discuss a myriad of fresh approaches for the new year, and they answer the following questions:
What is the sunk-cost fallacy? (03:22)
What is the difference between guilt and shame? (13:53)
What are your New Year’s resolutions? (15:31)
What’s the difference between decluttering and going minimalist? (21:48)
How do you do your New Year’s cleanup? (25:46)
What documents do we really need to save? (34:21)
Are there any good reasons to wait until New Year’s or spring to start decluttering? (43:00)
How do I responsibly dispose of most of my cleaning supplies, and which cleaning supplies should a minimalist use? (45:33)
How do I convince my spouse to declutter without getting emotional? (52:17)
How do I start letting go? (1:01:02)
How do I shop online more responsibly? (1:02:29)
Should I focus first on decluttering my mind or my physical space? (1:04:10)
How do you address the mental and emotional clutter from a particularly trying time? (1:05:28)
LINKS
Article: Cleaning Product Disposal
Article: Feel Guilty Getting Rid of Stuff? Don’t.
Article: Getting Decluttered with Your Significant Other
Book: Love People Use Things
Book: Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life
Book: Minimalist Rulebook
Cleanser: Dr. Bronner’s Castile Soap
Essay: Play the 30-Day Minimalism Game
Essay: Photo-Scanning Party
Instagram: Jordan Moore
Instagram: Podcast Shawn
Instagram: Jess Williams
Patreon: The Minimalists
Podcast: Rob Bell
Podcast: Bobby Berk
Podcast: Joel Greene
Podcast: New Year’s Cleanup
Recycle: Donation Town
Resources: The Minimalists
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Tour: The Minimalists
Twitter: Ella Sandwich
Watch: Less Is Now
Watch: Minimalism
Website: Becoming Minimalist
MAXIMS
“Minimalism is not the destination—minimalism is the vehicle.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“The most effective way to declutter is to leave the junk at the store.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“A life without boundaries is a house without walls.” —Ryan Nicodemus
“An empty room isn’t full of nothing—it’s full of opportunity.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“The best way to turn down the volume is to not turn it up in the first place.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
This Maximal episode corresponds with Minimal episode 269.
Comments
Karen Van Herck
I like to create even more friction, because once something is in my online shopping cart, it's for me too easy to buy it anyway. I make paper lists of things we need, want, would like to have. Once a week, I go over the lists and eliminate a lot. Then I go online looking for those specific items. First I try to find them second hand, or for books in our local library. I find this helps me focus on those items we really need or that add value, rather than create new wants/desires by window shopping. It's funny how scrolling through online shops for me makes me want things I didn't even know existed before... Making these paper lists helps me reduce that urge for new shiny things.
April Burrows
Absolutely love the online shopping tip. I do the same thing: fill up my cart and just let it sit there for days/weeks. I almost always end up "abandoning" my cart, and usually end up forgetting about it all together. I feel such relief and pride after saving the money. I'm sure I've saved thousands doing this.
