Maximal Ep. 376 | Cluttercore (Video)
Added 2023-01-23 12:01:00 +0000 UTCThe Minimalists talk to a caller about decluttering her basement, a new design trend called “cluttercore,” coping with the clutter of others, helping family members declutter, whether clutter can ever be valuable, how to let go of worry about damaging new clothes, when items become clutter, and more!
Discussed in this episode:
How do we stay focused and motivated when we’re going through a lengthy process of decluttering? (01:48)
What is “cluttercore”? (05:00)
Is there any value in simply embracing clutter? (08:58)
What is “costly signaling”? (10:32)
How do we determine what to actually hold on to? (14:06)
How do I address the stress and frustration of managing a household of non-minimalists? (21:03)
What are your perspectives regarding appropriate boundaries? (27:56)
How do we appropriately help loved ones declutter shared spaces? (30:03)
How do we determine mutually beneficial solutions? (33:59)
Is there such a thing as “valuable clutter”? (38:20)
What is the difference between projection and introjection? (40:36)
How are actual value and hypothetical value different? (41:30)
What is the “Let It Go Anyway Rule”? (42:52)
Why are the salaries of professional entertainers and athletes so grossly inflated compared to those of educators? (45:56)
How do you differentiate between intrinsic value and economic value? (47:31)
How do we get past our preservation mindset regarding our new things? (53:50)
What is the antidote to fear? (54:37)
What are your views regarding worry? (55:17)
Segment: Lightning Round (1:01:25)
Which of the objects mentioned in past “Added Value” segments have since become clutter? (1:01:59)
Segment: Right Here, Right Now (1:07:16)
Where can I find a list of other podcasts you’ve been on? (1:09:10)
How can I refresh a space without adding more stuff? (1:09:51)
Listener comments and minimalism tips. (1:15:57)
Segment: More About Less (1:17:48)
Segment: Talkaboutables (1:45:07)
Segment: T.K.’s Tweet of the Week (1:46:35)
Segment: Obsolete Objects (1:51:03)
Segment: Photo Friday Home Tour (1:54:00)
Segment: Sucky Ads (1:59:00)
What are your views regarding trends? (2:07:54)
How do we help others get started with minimalism? (2:10:26)
Segment: Added Value (2:13:48)
LINKS
Added Value: “Tired”
Article: Cluttercore Is the Trend for Parents
Book: Everything That Remains
Book: Love People, Use Things
Book: Minimalist Rulebook
Essay: Letting Go Is Not Something You Do
Essay: The Sound of Life
Event: Sunday Symposium
Instagram: The Minimalists
Media: The Minimalists
Podcast: Clinging to Books
Podcast: How to Love
Podcast: Interior Design
Podcast: Minimalism Is Not
Podcast: Minimalism Life
Resources: The Minimalists
Subscribe: The Minimalists
Twitter: Elaine Welteroth
Watch: Less Is Now
Watch: Minimalism
Watch: Axel Vervoordt
Website: Minimalism Life
MAXIMS
Removing your physical clutter also reduces your mental clutter.
You don’t want to manage the clutter, you want to eliminate it!
A deadline is a boundary that creates the urgency necessary for letting go.
One man’s clutter is another man’s fortune.
The price tag is not the sole measure of a thing’s value.
To worry is to pray for something bad to happen.
Fear is a byproduct of the ego.
After taking an inventory of all the things you’ve minimized, you can minimize that list, too.
If it gets in the way, it’s clutter.
Question everything because the things that add value today might become clutter tomorrow.
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Comments
Loved this episode thanks guys, please could you link the cluttercore picture as can’t see it in the article. Many thanks as always for the value you add and everything you do, I’m grateful x
Naomi Crowfoot
2023-02-08 15:15:24 +0000 UTCI would like to add something to Regini that came to my mind, although you three have already said so much that was surely helpful. My experience is that it can be very difficult to let go of an idea of how I want to be or how I see myself or what is not processed and „digested“ yet or where I want to go back somehow and where I am clinging to the past somehow. Where I'm not through with this topic yet. And most of that stuff have been stored in my basement too. In this case maybe: Will I go back to that business? Can I rewrite the book and my story? Letting go the idea of own own business. To acknowledge how hard the time was. That it hurt to have to give that up 15 years ago. To acknowledge the struggle. To be fine with all the decisions at that time. To „forgive“ yourself and the difficult circumstances. To let go the stuff that reminds you. It can go now because it's ok and you've left time behind and you'll let it go because, as being said, it brings no value and no joy to my life. You can move on. The money has been already spent and you do not have to somehow punish yourself. Because you suffer a second time now by trying to sell it. To donate it if possible has already been suggested. Helps to give it a new purpose. I felt such relieve when I did it sometimes, although I have to admit much smaller sums! Just some thoughts. Sorry, not a native speaker.
Marita Keller
2023-01-30 21:16:28 +0000 UTC
