Written by Joshua Fields Millburn | Follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ There’s too much branding going on. I tweeted these six words the other day (you know this if you follow me on Twitter, wh...
Written by Joshua Fields Millburn | Follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ We’re always looking for something better. Something nicer or faster or newer or shinier or bigger. Something more. Someth...
By Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus | Follow: Twitter, Facebook, Google+ People are more stressed than ever. We have more pressure put on us than any other time in history. You see it on your ...
Written by Joshua Fields Millburn | Follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ Perfectionism is a futile endeavor. As a perfectionist, I speak from experience. And this is my confessionary hymn. At tim...
Written by Joshua Fields Millburn | Follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ We’ve all been MTV’d. We grew up with pop drivel invading every dark corner of our media-saturated lives: The glowing box ...
Written by Joshua Fields Millburn | Follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ When I Stumbled in a New Direction I never asked for this. I stumbled into minimalism serendipitously and haphazardly, not...
By Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus | Follow: Twitter, Facebook, Google+ Sometimes the best plan is to have no plan at all. Wing it. Play it by ear. Go with the flow. We embraced this kind of ...
By Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus | Follow: Twitter, Facebook, Google+ We all make mistakes. Sometimes our mistakes take us to an unexpected place. Other times we screw up and we have to fac...
Written by Joshua Fields Millburn | Follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ I recently teamed up with one of my favorite writers, Julien Smith, to write The Short, 16-Step Guide to Getting Rid of Yo...
By Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus | Follow: Twitter, Facebook, Google+ The fourth leg of The Minimalists 33-City Meetup Tour starts May 2nd. Find your city and RSVP for free here. We’v...
Written by Joshua Fields Millburn | Follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ When you get rid of most of your stuff, your life invariably changes. Without all the things in your way, you have the opp...
By Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus | Follow: Twitter, Facebook, Google+ We used to be “successful.” At least that’s what everyone said. People frequently told us that we had things “figured o...
By Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus | Follow: Twitter, Facebook, Google+ Free is the new black. When an idea is powerful and free, there are no barriers to prevent it from spreading. When an e...
Written by Ryan Nicodemus | Follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ I will always be OK. I will always be successful. I will always be happy. I will. Think about these two words for a moment. Life’s...
Written by Joshua Fields Millburn | Follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ The following transcript is an attenuated Q&A from my recent nine-page interview with Thom Chambers in the premier iss...
By Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus | Follow: Twitter, Facebook, Google+ How important is the stuff in your life? Your material possessions—those things you’ve worked so hard for, slaving 40, ...
Written by Joshua Fields Millburn | Follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ Some relationships are incredibly pernicious. We often develop relationships out of convenience, without considering the t...
Written by Joshua Fields Millburn | Follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ Awkward Well, this is awkward. Not like waking-up-in-the-elevator-nake d awkward. More like a pleasantly-surprised kind of ...
Written by Joshua Fields Millburn | Follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ Digital clutter isn’t nearly as problematic as physical clutter. Don’t believe me? Then try to move 2,000 books to a new r...
Written by Joshua Fields Millburn | Follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ Are you actually going to listen to that Ricky Martin album again? Then why is still on your iPod? Why do you keep music y...
By Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus | Follow: Twitter, Facebook, Google+ Change is inevitable. The most important thing we can do with our essays is inspire others to make changes in their liv...
Written by Joshua Fields Millburn | Follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ I used to own 2,000 books. Slightly more than that, actually. I had all kinds of books: hard covers, paperbacks, trade pap...
By Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus | Follow: Twitter, Facebook, Google+ Scores of people ask us how to quit their jobs. Much of the time it feels like they’re simply asking for our permission...
Written by Joshua Fields Millburn | Follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ The following is an attenuated Q&A from my recent nine-page interview with Thom Chambers in the premier issue of The M...
Written by Ryan Nicodemus | Follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ Those voices inside your head won’t be quiet. All you can hear is your boss telling you to have those reports done by Friday or yo...
Written by Joshua Fields Millburn | Follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ Note: The following is an attenuated Q&A from my recent nine-page interview with Thom Chambers in the premier issue of...
By Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus | Follow: Twitter, Facebook, Google+ The vast majority of everything we write is available for free on this website. And it’s accessible to anyone wit...
Written by Joshua Fields Millburn | Follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ When life is simple, I don’t need much to live. I don’t need much to pursue my passion. A cup of coffee, a place to write,...
Written by Joshua Fields Millburn | Follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ Must one unplug from reality to properly observe reality? Going without a phone for any extended period of time seems to b...
By Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus | Follow: Twitter, Facebook, Google+ The third leg of our 33 City Meetup Tour starts next week. Come meet us if you’re nearby. Find your city and RSVP...
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