After recording this show, I saw my current “stuff” situation with fresh eyes. Like dust, cluttery plastic things seem to collect and require constant maintenance. Obviously, the solution would be to stop buying stuff on Amazon, or picking up random crap at Target (like the letter message sign I just bought.) It’s cool to be able to spell out “Welcome Home, Poopie Pie” and have Page laugh when he returns home from his upstairs at-home office. But, ultimately, I find there is more peace in my home and life...with less stuff.

In this episode we talk about Minimalism. I hope you find some places in your home to “make space.” Donating junk to Goodwill gets me high and filling up bags full of my used clothing really gets me going. Do you want to get high on the magic dust of tidying up?

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1:10 Definition of “Minimalism

2:58 The “Laundry Mile”

5:00 The “Five Minute Rule”

7:00 Marie Kondo Show

7:37 Benefits of Minimalism

9:24 Arguing about clutter in the podcast studio/office/laundry room

11:30 How did our “minimalist” journey start?

12:07 Amber’s cleaning system

12:46 Getting rid of all our stuff and moving to Denver, CO

17:35 Can you be calm with clutter?

18:30 The Busytown Mentality

21:00 How to get rid of your extra stuff

24:30 What does spark joy even mean?

25:20 What about items you might need?

27:18 Scarcity mindset and stuff

29:11 Junk Drawers

32:48 KondoMarie Step

35:40 Page defends keeping his dead plants

36:54 What does Amber want to get rid of next?

39:56 The opposite of minimalism

42:00 Tiny Homes

45:30 We’re not your typical plant-based minimalists

48:05 Buying into Consumerism

Links:

Zen Habits: Omit Needless Things

Outer Order Inner Calm

Deep Work

Digital Minimalism

Marie Kondo Method

Storage Unit Stats

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