Organize by Room | The Minimalists Ep. 553

• How have unrealistic expectations contributed to the clutter and stress in people’s homes?
• When one person in a household embraces minimalism but everyone else doesn’t, where’s the healthiest place to begin?
• Right Here, Right Now: The Letting Go Tour and the Simple Newsletter
• Listener Tip: A tip for managing children’s pajamas.
• Talkaboutable: Your junk drawer is missing something.
• When your family heirlooms are genuinely beautiful and useful and meaningful—but you simply don’t have the space for them—how do you decide what to keep?
• How do you help distinguish between honoring a relationship and preserving every object connected to it?
• Talkaboutable: Here’s why you don’t feel good when your space is cluttered.
• More About Less: 3 Signs You’re Emotionally Drained from Cleaning Your Home
• Added Value: A meditative new-age classical track that offers solace for our anguished times.

Minimal Maxims

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

• Peace begins where expectations end.
• Shared space requires shared grace.
• Scarcity gives value its shape.
• Retain the essence; release the externals.
• Gratitude doesn’t require ownership.