The Minimalists are Emmy-nominated Netflix stars and New York Times–bestselling authors Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus. Alongside their podcast cohost, T.K. Coleman, this simple-living trio helps millions of people eliminate clutter and live meaningfully with less. Learn More.

No Piles Rule

By The Minimalists

Every flat surface is a magnet for clutter.
Check the mail, set it on a counter, dresser, table.
In short order, one envelope becomes a dozen.

Receipts, packages, notes, bags, pocket scraps accumulate.
Before you know it, you’re buried under piles of un-dealt-with junk.

Fear not! Here’s our one-minute
TikTok solution: The No Piles Rule.