The Minimalists talk about making time for frivolous pursuits, what we’re willing to sacrifice for the important things, clutter that shows up unexpectedly, five easy decluttering tips you can apply to every space this winter, and more!

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Discussed in This Episode

• How can we justify making time for seemingly frivolous pursuits?
• Solve this equation: X is so important to me that I’m willing to sacrifice Y to spend time on it.
• Right Here, Right Now: T.K.’s Clutter Counseling videos.
• Listener Tip: Clutter can show up in the strangest ways.
• Can the truth lead to destruction?
• Why am I afraid of letting go of my situationship?
• How can I stop trying to control the future?
• Talkaboutable: Not needing a thing is better than owning it.
• Talkaboutable: How many damn plates do you need?
• Sucky Ad: Facebook and Instagram to Offer Subscription for No Ads in the UK
• More About Less: 5 Easy Decluttering Tips You Can Apply to Every Space This Winter
• Added Value: “Swim Good” reimagined by our Patron YEMAN.

Minimal Maxims

Joshua, Ryan, and T.K.’s pithy, shareable, less-than-140-character responses. Find more quotes from The Minimalists at MinimalMaxims.com.

• Unseating the excess vacates space for the essentials.
• Making space for ‘why not?’ is how we remember our ‘why.’
• The best music plays with the spaces between the notes.
• You can’t scroll your way to a soul.
• The creative man forgoes the self when he creates.
• The truth hurts, but it also heals.
• To love someone is to see them for who they are.
• Love people, use things, because the opposite never works.
• To worry is to pray for something bad to happen.

Links Mentioned in This Episode

• Added Value: “Swim Good”
• Book: This Is Water
• Counseling: Clutter Counseling
• Event: Sunday Symposium
• More About Less: 5 Easy Decluttering Tips You Can Apply to Every Space This Winter
• Podcast: The Secret of Letting Go
• Resource: Minimalist Rulebook
• Resource: The Sound of Life
• Sucky Ad: Facebook and Instagram to Offer Subscription for No Ads in the UK
• Watch: Talkaboutable #1
• Watch: Talkaboutable #2
• Watch: Clutter Counseling
• Watch: In Whose Name?

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• Ryan Nicodemus
• T.K. Coleman
• Post-Production Peter
• Matt Savidakis
• Shawn Mihalik
• Jeff Sarris
• Dave LaTulippe
• Jordan Know Moore
• Cat Remaks

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