The Pantry
4/6/202652 min
The Minimalists speak with Kristen Ziegler about identifying and minimizing excess pantry items, the most absurd things we own, how to reset your algorithm, how decluttering and cleaning your home boosts your dopamine levels, and more!
Discussed in this episode:
How should I best organize my excess pantry items? (4:54)
What's the most absurd thing in your pantry? Why is it still there? (20:24)
Right Here, Right Now: The Minimalism 10th Anniversary Tour and Simplehaven Retreat (43:18)
Listener Tip: How to reset your algorithm. (45:11)
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First 90 secondsTatiana0:13
[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'll be fine without it.
Joshua Fields Millburn· Host0:37
Yes. The Minimalists, Joshua Fields Millburn, TK Coleman is here. How you doing?
T.K. Coleman· Host0:44
Hey, man. I'm doing well, especially with my friend here, man.
Joshua Fields Millburn· Host0:47
Well, I think it's safe to say that today's guest, uh, fits right there in the intersection of our Venn diagram- Yes ... of favorite people. Kristen Zeigler is here, y'all. [clapping] Yes.
Kristen Ziegler· Guest0:58
Glad to be back.
Joshua Fields Millburn· Host0:59
[laughs] Here's something to chew on. TK, I wrote this down. What we possess eventually dispossesses us.
T.K. Coleman· Host1:08
Hmm.
Joshua Fields Millburn· Host1:08
Now, first, we all know the, the thinking, like, our possessions can possess us. The things that we possess end up possessing us. I've had more than one listener say, "This show is like an exorcism for my clutter." Now, that can be physical clutter, but it can also be the internal clutter, the emotional clutter, spiritual clutter, any other type of clutter that starts