The Minimalists talk about dropping everything for a fresh start, why one big change often leads to several more, a handful of questions to ask before buying anything, what we’d get rid of first if we had two hours to declutter your house, and more.
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Discussed in This Episode
- What should I do if I’m torn between staying in the life I’ve rebuilt or starting over somewhere new for a fresh start?
- What would compel you to drop everything and move to a new city?
- Right Here, Right Now: One more stop on the Minimalism Tour, and Ryan’s new restaurant.
- What blue blocking glasses does Joshua own?
- Is it okay to just throw everything away instead of donating or selling it?
- Does The Minimalists’ all-black wardrobe extend to everything—including jeans, underwear, and shoes?
- Is putting your husband in “his place” considered decluttering?!
- Talkaboutable: A cluttered house is a stressful house.
- Talkaboutable: Our phones are a root cause of our anxieties.
- More About Less: If you gave us the keys to your house, and two hours, here’s what we’d get rid of first.
Minimal Maxims
Joshua, Ryan, and T.K.’s pithy, shareable, less-than-140-character responses. Find more quotes from The Minimalists at MinimalMaxims.com.
- Whatever you’re clinging to is already gone.
- To control is to cling.
- Geography won’t fix you, but it might free you.
- Belonging is not a place, it’s a people.
- Dropping everything doesn’t mean dropping the important things.
- Same self, new soil.
- Sometimes you have to go away to come back.
- Necessity is the mother of relocation.
- Relocation is nicer than dislocation.
- Our possessions possess us.
- A colorless wardrobe highlights the color of your personality.
- Self-righteousness is an insecure man’s favorite drug.
Links Mentioned in This Episode
- Added Value: “We are here but to make music and dance with all the obtaining forces”
- Book: Everything That Remains
- Book: Very, Very Simple
- Podcast: Invisible Clutter
- Resource: Free Wallpapers
- Restaurant: Sumac Mediterranean Cafe
- Tour: Minimalism 10th Anniversary
- Watch: Talkaboutable #1
- Watch: Talkaboutable #2
- Watch: More About Less
- Website: Block Blue Light
- Website: ROKA
- Website: Ryan Nicodemus
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