"Collecting Is Well-Planned Hoarding" (Patreon)

Joshua and Ryan discuss minimalist practices and principles that can dramatically simplify our lives, and they answer the following questions:

Is archiving utilitarian? (00:00)

What is the distinction between joy and pleasure? (14:37)

How does social media contribute to hysteria? (22:12)

How is success actually failure? (38:10)

How do I determine the line between holding on to things to sell versus donating them? (57:12)

How do you maintain minimalism in your kitchen; specifically, the kitchen cupboards, fridge, freezer? (1:01:06)

What if your spouse is not on board with minimalism and it causes conflict? (1:08:22)

What does the acronym TARA represent? (1:08:30)

How did you maintain minimalism throughout the global pandemic lockdown? (1:19:20)

How are goals problematic? (1:26:11)

How do you declutter cuddly toys when sentimentality gets in the way since they look like they have personalities, when, in fact, they are just fabric with plastic eyes? (1:27:00)

LINKS

Article: Is It Hoarding, Collecting, or Archiving?

Book: Love People, Use Things

Book: Minimalist Rulebook

Book: The Road Back to You

Essay: How to Let Go of Possessions

Essay: How to Understand Your Values

Explore: The Enneagram Institute

Instagram: Colleen McCulla

Instagram: Jordan Moore

Instagram: Podcast Shawn

Podcast: How to Love

Podcast: Minimizers

Podcast: Andrew Schulz

Podcast: The Typology Podcast

Qonversation: Colleen McCulla

Resources: The Minimalists

Subscribe: The Minimalists

Text: 937-202-4654

Tour: The Minimalists

Watch: Minimalist Home Tour | Joshua Fields Millburn

Watch: I Returned My Gucci Bag

Watch: Less Is Now

Watch: Top 10 Largest Cities by 2030

Watch: What Minimalism Is and Isn’t

MAXIMS

“Having a thing to fix your problem with things isn’t going to be the thing to solve everything.” —Joshua Fields Millburn

“They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.” —Confucious

“If we become fixed, we become unhappy.” —Joshua Fields Millburn

“Letting go is not something you do—it’s something you stop doing.” —Joshua Fields Millburn

“If everything is sentimental, then everything loses its sentiment.” —Joshua Fields Millburn

“It’s not worth it when the cost of your sentiment is your sanity.” —Ryan Nicodemus

“Collections become hoards when they amplify our discontent.” —Joshua Fields Millburn

This Maximal episode corresponds with Minimal episode 299.