In this public episode of The Minimalists Podcast, we talk about letting go, dealing with regrets, New Year’s resolutions, broken family relationships, and the dangers of hope. Watch all 2 hours of episode 372 on The Minimalists Private Podcast.
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Discussed in This Episode
- How do you define “consumerism”?
- What are your views regarding wealth?
- What is the difference between non-attachment and indifference?
- What is the relationship between contribution and value creation?
- What are your perspectives regarding ‘cancel culture’?
- Why did you move to Los Angeles as minimalists?
- How do you live as a minimalist in non-minimalist areas?
- How do we become more mindful regarding disposable items?
- How do you let go of cherished possessions?
- How do we let go of our shame regarding our shortcomings?
- How do we continuously refine our minimalist practices without becoming compulsive?
- What is the “No-Stories Policy”?
- What are your views regarding New Year’s resolutions?
- What vehicles do you own and why?
- What are the connections between minimalism and spirituality?
- How does T.K.’s Catholic faith affect his minimalist practices?
- How do we mend a broken relationship when the other person isn’t interested in fixing it?
- How do you determine where you most need improvement in your life?
Minimal Maxims
Joshua, Ryan, and T.K.’s pithy, shareable, less-than-140-character responses. Find more quotes from The Minimalists at MinimalMaxims.com.
- Letting go is not something you do; it is something you stop doing.
- When you let go of attachments, you pick up freedom, peace, equanimity.
- If you hold on too tightly, you’ll get dragged.
- Fortifying the ego is a surefire way to decrease the peace.
- The Truth does not require persuasion, coaxing, or coercion.
- We cannot consume our way out of discontent.
- No matter the fixation—be it possessions, people, or prosperity—attachment is always suffering.
- Some objects may enhance our lives—but only after we subtract the attachment that gets in the way.
- Peace cannot be packaged and placed on a conveyor belt; peace is buried beneath the hoard we’ve added to our lives.
- The path to misery is cobbled with addition; the path to peace is uncovered with subtraction.
Links Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: Everything That Remains
- Book: Love People, Use Things
- Book: Minimalist Rulebook
- Essay: Letting Go Is Not Something You Do
- Essay: Power? No Thanks, I’m Good
- Essay: Subtraction
- Essay: The Advice Epidemic
- Event: Sunday Symposium
- Patreon: The Minimalists
- Poem: “Storage”
- Resources: The Minimalists
- Subscribe: The Minimalists
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