The Outliers
2/2/20261 hr 12 min
The Minimalists speak with Steve Patterson about being frustrated when people don't understand us, the benefits and downsides of being abnormal, minimizing chaos at a cultural level, and more!
Discussed in this episode:
Why do people frustrate me when they don't understand my lifestyle? (4:03)
In what ways are you abnormal? What are the benefits? What are the downsides? (19:19)
Right Here, Right Now: The Minimalists' Simplify Everything decluttering course. (1:04:07)
Listener Tip: How might simplifying be an answer to the chaos? (1:05:29)
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:13
[singing] Every little thing you think that you need. Every little thing you think that you need. Every little thing that's just feeding your greed. Oh, I bet that you'd be fine without it.
Joshua Fields Millburn· Host0:37
Yes. Hello, everybody. Welcome to The Minimalists Podcast, where we discuss what it means to live a meaningful life with less. My name is Joshua Fields Millburn, and joining me here at our studio in beautiful West Hollywood, California, is my good friend, TK Coleman.
TK Coleman· Host0:54
It's a beautiful day.
Joshua Fields Millburn· Host0:55
Now, I have a bone to pick with today's guest, and we'll get to that in a minute. But first, I wanna tell you a story. [laughs] We're recording this the day after MLK Day, and, uh, my daughter was sleeping in yesterday. And I just discovered t- I finally discovered I'm an old man. It, it has, has happened. [laughs] And here's how I figured it out. My daughter's sleeping in, and eventually, it's like 9:30, and I wanna take her to the park 'cause there's this, like, big celebration thing going on. And so I go in there to wake her up, and of course, I always wake her up with music. And me being me, I put on Girl You Know It's True by Milli Vanilli- [laughs] ... as you do,