Podcast Ep. 554 | The Floor

• Is comfort a wonderful servant but a terrible master?
• Can Japanese floor sleeping improve sleep and lower-back pain, and what should a beginner know about transitioning from a traditional mattress to sleeping on the floor?
• Talkaboutable: Is floor sleeping the most minimalist form of sleeping?
• What are the pros and cons of floor sleeping?
• Right Here, Right Now: Joshua’s appearance on T.K.’s new show, One Question.
• Listener Tip: George O’Keeffe on how subtraction can help us see what matters most.
• Talkaboutable: Companies are trying to shape your identity for you.
• How can parents encourage their kids to let go without disrupting the security they find in their possessions?
• Talkaboutable: The final step of decluttering is the hardest.
• More About Less: You Can Declutter an Entire Room in Just 30 Minutes.
• Added Value: A theme-appropriate song from Vancouver Sleep Clinic.

Minimal Maxims

Joshua, Ryan, and T.K.’s pithy, shareable, less-than-140-character responses. Find more quotes from The Minimalists at MinimalMaxims.com.

• Comfort is a wonderful servant but a terrible master.
• Subtraction reveals what comfort has been concealing.
• When everything is emphasized, nothing is emphasized.
• Possessions can provide comfort, not security.
• It is not the security blanket that keeps the child secure.
• You can’t organize your way out of excess.