The Minimalists talk about relapsing into consumerism, purchases that make you a bad minimalist, living small in a big world, and much more.
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Discussed in This Episode
- Do no-buy challenges create lasting change in our consumption habits—or are they just temporary detoxes before we relapse into old spending patterns?
- What’s the last thing you bought that made you feel like a “bad” minimalist?
- Right Here, Right Now: Simplehaven Retreat and Uncluttered Faith
- Listener Tip: Live small, and question everything you bring into your home.
- How do you handle necessary stuff that creeps back in after you’ve decluttered—and what do you do when overwhelm makes even simple tasks feel impossible?
- What are some inexpensive minimalist hobbies that can replace doom-scrolling and mindless screen time?
- Is minimalism unrealistic—or even harmful—and why does living with less feel like swimming against the current?
- Talkaboutable: Stop falling for this Apple marketing trick.
- Talkaboutable: You’ve been lied to if you’ve been told that minimalism isn’t for poor people.
- More About Less: 10 Things Minimalists Never Buy—and What They Use Instead
- Added Value: A live album unlike any we’ve ever heard.
Minimal Maxims
Joshua, Ryan, and T.K.’s pithy, shareable, less-than-140-character responses. Find more quotes from The Minimalists at MinimalMaxims.com.
- Consumers don’t fall off the wagon—they climb back into the shopping cart.
- The only bad minimalist is a sad minimalist.
- The things that count cannot be counted.
- Minimalism isn’t owning less; it’s carrying only what you can handle.
- Overwhelm isn’t about the object—it’s about your capacity.
- Minimalism is the amplification of spaciousness.
- Deprivation and gluttony are opposite excesses on the same spectrum.
Links Mentioned in This Episode
- Added Value: “Next Exit”
- Book: Very, Very Simple
- Counseling: Clutter Counseling
- Documentary: Minimalism
- Event: Simplehaven 2026 Retreat
- More About Less: 10 Things Minimalists Never Buy
- Podcast: Why Every Christian Needs Minimalism
- Subscribe: The Simple Newsletter
- Tour: Minimalism 10th Anniversary
- Watch: The Healthy Gamer: Debunking Dopamine
- Watch: Talkaboutable #1
- Watch: Talkaboutable #2
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