Sales,generic brands,or don’t buy unless a need not a want.Sometimes I put stuff I like on Amazon in basket.Go back a week later.Then decide whether or not to get.
When I went backpacking a few years ago, I realised I actually need very little. In fact the less I have, the less stress I have. n But, somewhere in the chaos of life,especially in the last 2 pandemic years where I haven't been able to see people aa freely, etc, it's kind, bright and interesting people I want to be ar ound, not stuff...love the words of Marie Condo...does it bring you joy?
I left an abusive marriage a year ago. I had no bed or furniture. I was given my dresser,2waterford crystal lamps( brothers who passed away),2 comfortable chairs. I bought cheap end tables. I had a tv & reading lamp. I was able to use $ I had to buy a very comfortable new bed. I now live in studio apartment with HUD.my rent and electric very low. I’m living on disability. I love my apartment and minimalism. I am very happy here with my cat.Everything organized and I know where everything is. I have used minimalism to help me live on low income. I had big house,nice car,$$$,credit cards,a very maximumalism lifestyle. I was not happy & drowning in debt. I am much more happy with no car,no credit cards,smaller place. I’m grateful for these podcasts.Very helpful in achieving my new life.
Same situation here! I love my peaceful tiny studio, so much better than a big house with my extremely emotionally abusive ex. I am disabled but do work full time and I even got my dream job after leaving him! Continue to thrive, girl! Don't know you but I am very proud of you! Enjoy your peace :)
My partner and I will add items to our Amazon cart, review throughout the month and purchase only during the 1st of the month. We usually take out items we thought we needed. We’ve found that the convenience of same day shipping had us spending a lot, and majority for convenience. This has helped us be on the same pg for minimalism and spending habits.
So since I discovered you guys around a year ago, I have been listening in on the podcast and have become much more content in life now that I’ve taken on the minimalist approach. Funny thing is though, my husband (of 16 years!) is a minimalist. Always has been and I never really knew it 🤦🏻♀️ Poor man was living with a stage 3 hoarder!!! Anyway, suffice to say, we are now very happy living our minimalist lifestyle, paying off debt, being content and not wanting for everything but instead valuing what we do have and most importantly valuing each other and our son. I have gained invaluable life skills through your sharing of this really cool approach. Thank you 😊
I absolutely understand second-hand but you have to be careful because matter is charged : it bears the imprint of the emotions around it. If you buy a chair belonging to a lonely and sad person, especially if they've had it for years, you will let those negative feelings enter your home without realising and soon enough you will start feeling sad, etc. Second-hand objects need to be cleansed, energetically, before entering your home. It's like resetting them to zero, like new objects.
Always buy the best quality you can afford. It will pay off in the end, because you won't have to replace that item as often. Also, purchase art directly from artists instead of buying mass-produced "decor" from big-box stores. Quality art will hold its value, whereas tchotchkes depreciate as soon as you leave the store. Better to spend $500 on a painting or sculpture than $500 for ten $50 dust-catchers.
My take on the 30-30 rule, As I'm changing my shopping habits, I'm too obsessive about stuff to only do 30 hours I tend to do a week and that gives me enough room to actually look at an item objectively and decide if it would add value to my life.
I love the 30/30 rule. I have been doing my own version of it over the years. I find if I wait long enough, a sale comes up or I find a better alternative. I think this is an outcome of having less money available to make impulse purchases. I like the idea of buying second hair good quality or high end pieces. The pandemic has greatly affected manufacturing of goods in general so looking for pre-pandemic goods makes good sense.
Having hand me down furniture from relatives not only connects you to them but every scratch, every dent was there before it came to us. It adds character to each piece and you know each item has been used well.
Awesome, thought-provoking words about letting go...I've already started purging my stuff and this has motivated me even more!. I love the 30-30 rule, thank you!
This video came at the right time. My son was talking about changing furniture and decor in my house (where i do not live, but he does), and i felt a twinge of longing and sadness as i put some much of myself in the house interior (construction and decoration both). But i love my son more than my design, i must let go of my material attachments so he can feel comfortable with his own design.
Love you guys! I was just at the grocery store today and looked at my cart full of groceries. Thought to myself, "What if after paying I took this cart back through the store and got paid each time I put something back?" Like a hand coming from the aisle with cash! Thankfully I had a gift card or it would've been hard to pass up!
I did the same I let go of the people who were affecting me - letting go of the toxic friends, toxic diet, the bullies, and being by yourself is far better, no distractions, wear Black for best, cut the clutter in the wardrobe, cut the spending, invest in art history and education, far better for your mind and your self awareness - going into nature - so much abundance what we have - respecting what you have and keep what is best. Books I love as that goes up in value. I love Book Depository and The Bullet Journal Method.
@@rachael6829 it's in the podcast: Josh's landlord loved his interior when he came to check the flat before Josh moved out and then the landlord asked him if he could buy his furniture! 😄
@@rachael6829 a minimalist cannot have issues with their landlords in my opinion ☺ This podcast is only about minimalism but I'm sure you can find advice for your issue on other RUclips channels by typing the right keywords. However, The Minimalists is a real gem 💎! Happy you found them! You should have a look, they're life changers! 😄 👍🏻
@@rachael6829 that's Josh (Joshua Fields Millburn). The guy with the long hair is Ryan Nicodemus. Together they are The Minimalists. I love what these guys are doing, their story is so interesting!
I have always bought used furniture and found some really great furniture over the years i go to a place where people used their furniture just for show and than donate it
The lotion my dermatologist wants me to use is like $14 for a small bottle. I use to find coupons for it that would save me up to $10, than the company stopped doing those coupons in 2019.😂Like they realized people were saving money and only buying that item when needed. So I've given up on coupons too. I just budget my needs and now I do feel more in control of what I buy and when I buy it.
Ya gotta know, over here I found out that many doctors, hospital, private, green or other ones...often gave prescriptions for medecine they've got companyshares in!!! Often it is good stuff, but a price to pay!
I never use coupons, don't need to if one shops Grocery Outlets and buys their WOW deals, I also shop the bulk bins at Winco, and just about everything else comes from two local NON-CHAIN type thrift stores, I've saved an absolute fortune by shopping this way. I very rarely buy anything from Amazon or anywhere else for that matter. Oil changes are cheap at Walmart, and are far and few between, because I consolidate my errands and drive far less now that petrol prices are so high, and I have basically prepped everything that I need at this point, or can grow or make it myself with materials I have on hand.
i love coupons. in germany, we have one called „payback“. i have the app. i go to the stores i shop at, like my supermarket. i activate all available coupons and never look at them 😂 i earn like 150€ in payback points that i can use to pay for what i would buy anyways. i don’t spend more, i just clock theough the app to activate everything lol
The first step before I purchase something expensive, like tools or machinery, I ask around the neighborhood. I don't have to own it, because most of these things are rarely needed. Then I buy used things. Here is a super nice designer sofa worth over 8000 Euros. I could buy that for 350 Euros, the owner had to get rid of it, because of his move. It is also very high quality leather and looks like new. The same with clothes. So many beautiful things are offered, I benefit from the abundance of other people and partly also from their buying addiction.
it's amazing how some people only spent 100 a month on food. I spend about 500 and sometimes a bit over 500, and I don't eat out (well maybe once or twice a month but not every month).
I have a file where I keep a list of things I want to buy. I wait for a variable time, at least three weeks. If i feel the necessity of the things after that, I buy it. I want to avoid buying things quickly, i prefer to wait in order to have what i really need.
OMG. I sooo do the Cart thing. But not just on-line Carts but it also works for me in any brick-and-mortar store. I hold in my hands, or put something in my cart, and 8 times out of 10,I don't buy any of it after walking around for 30 minutes.
I look for coupons only for a regular item... The most needed... Laundry detergent. I live overseas and bought a used coffee table (thick, dark wood from France) and it has scratches/imperfections. A person visiting my home told me that I was ripped off, because it has imperfections. I laughed....out loud. That person was confused.
Use only cash for daily expenses like gas, coffee, lunch, a bottle of wine. Don’t use a credit card for any purchases, except big tag items. When you run out of cash, stop spending. When I was younger, I’d run low on cash nearing payday and then would spend a a few days eating pasta and hotdogs. Frugality paid off.
@@iuliapopa6577 Debit cards are risky if you run into a card skimmer. Credit cards won’t hit you for illegal charges. I’m not sure the same protections apply to debit cards.
2 Minimalist Tips for Saving Money on Every Purchase. In this practical video, discover minimalist strategies that can help you make mindful spending choices and save money while embracing a more intentional and fulfilling lifestyle. Embrace the 30-Day Rule and prioritize value over quantity.
Talking about 30/30 rules, I have things in my mind that I already considered over a week and I still hesitate making a purchase, for example, building a gaming computer despite having a laptop that can do the same function (albeit hot) already, and that's making me uncomfortable. (Maybe I am highly affected by RUclips recommending those things to me.) Do you have a second threshold, or any way to remedy that?
Very thought provoking?! A NOGUCHI TABLE ! Purchased on Facebook marketplace; for a song. .. Really! Along with your Herman Miller table and with your Boconcepts 10,000.00 dollar sofa?! This isn’t minimal; this is selective snobbishness! Shame on you! Hope the Noguchi was a fake! Serves ya right!
How do *you* save money on purchases? Any hacks?
Yeah, I don't buy it in the first place.
Sales,generic brands,or don’t buy unless a need not a want.Sometimes I put stuff I like on Amazon in basket.Go back a week later.Then decide whether or not to get.
When I went backpacking a few years ago, I realised I actually need very little. In fact the less I have, the less stress I have. n
But, somewhere in the chaos of life,especially in the last 2 pandemic years where I haven't been able to see people aa freely, etc, it's kind, bright and interesting people I want to be ar ound, not stuff...love the words of Marie Condo...does it bring you joy?
I literally walk away especially buying clothes,such a waste of money!
Thank you Guy’s for teaching us to let go and really focus on what matter’s.
I've gotten into buying things used
Definitely need to wait 30 hrs or days though
I left an abusive marriage a year ago. I had no bed or furniture. I was given my dresser,2waterford crystal lamps( brothers who passed away),2 comfortable chairs. I bought cheap end tables. I had a tv & reading lamp. I was able to use $ I had to buy a very comfortable new bed. I now live in studio apartment with HUD.my rent and electric very low. I’m living on disability. I love my apartment and minimalism. I am very happy here with my cat.Everything organized and I know where everything is. I have used minimalism to help me live on low income. I had big house,nice car,$$$,credit cards,a very maximumalism lifestyle. I was not happy & drowning in debt. I am much more happy with no car,no credit cards,smaller place. I’m grateful for these podcasts.Very helpful in achieving my new life.
Same situation here! I love my peaceful tiny studio, so much better than a big house with my extremely emotionally abusive ex. I am disabled but do work full time and I even got my dream job after leaving him! Continue to thrive, girl! Don't know you but I am very proud of you! Enjoy your peace :)
really inspiring comment to read, glad you got out of that situation and hope you're doing well :)
So happy for you and proud of you! Keep inspiring us ladies...
I feel like every time I listen to you guys, you add value to my life 💛
Even l❤️
Me too...They bring me PEACE...👍🙏😘🙏
My partner and I will add items to our Amazon cart, review throughout the month and purchase only during the 1st of the month. We usually take out items we thought we needed. We’ve found that the convenience of same day shipping had us spending a lot, and majority for convenience. This has helped us be on the same pg for minimalism and spending habits.
So since I discovered you guys around a year ago, I have been listening in on the podcast and have become much more content in life now that I’ve taken on the minimalist approach. Funny thing is though, my husband (of 16 years!) is a minimalist. Always has been and I never really knew it 🤦🏻♀️
Poor man was living with a stage 3 hoarder!!! Anyway, suffice to say, we are now very happy living our minimalist lifestyle, paying off debt, being content and not wanting for everything but instead valuing what we do have and most importantly valuing each other and our son. I have gained invaluable life skills through your sharing of this really cool approach. Thank you 😊
I attended their talk here in Toronto, Ontario, Canada a few years ago.
Same. Contentment feels good.
I absolutely understand second-hand but you have to be careful because matter is charged : it bears the imprint of the emotions around it. If you buy a chair belonging to a lonely and sad person, especially if they've had it for years, you will let those negative feelings enter your home without realising and soon enough you will start feeling sad, etc. Second-hand objects need to be cleansed, energetically, before entering your home. It's like resetting them to zero, like new objects.
🎉yes
Always buy the best quality you can afford. It will pay off in the end, because you won't have to replace that item as often. Also, purchase art directly from artists instead of buying mass-produced "decor" from big-box stores. Quality art will hold its value, whereas tchotchkes depreciate as soon as you leave the store. Better to spend $500 on a painting or sculpture than $500 for ten $50 dust-catchers.
My take on the 30-30 rule, As I'm changing my shopping habits, I'm too obsessive about stuff to only do 30 hours I tend to do a week and that gives me enough room to actually look at an item objectively and decide if it would add value to my life.
I love the 30/30 rule. I have been doing my own version of it over the years. I find if I wait long enough, a sale comes up or I find a better alternative. I think this is an outcome of having less money available to make impulse purchases. I like the idea of buying second hair good quality or high end pieces. The pandemic has greatly affected manufacturing of goods in general so looking for pre-pandemic goods makes good sense.
Having hand me down furniture from relatives not only connects you to them but every scratch, every dent was there before it came to us. It adds character to each piece and you know each item has been used well.
Awesome, thought-provoking words about letting go...I've already started purging my stuff and this has motivated me even more!. I love the 30-30 rule, thank you!
This video came at the right time. My son was talking about changing furniture and decor in my house (where i do not live, but he does), and i felt a twinge of longing and sadness as i put some much of myself in the house interior (construction and decoration both). But i love my son more than my design, i must let go of my material attachments so he can feel comfortable with his own design.
Love you guys! I was just at the grocery store today and looked at my cart full of groceries. Thought to myself, "What if after paying I took this cart back through the store and got paid each time I put something back?" Like a hand coming from the aisle with cash! Thankfully I had a gift card or it would've been hard to pass up!
I did the same I let go of the people who were affecting me - letting go of the toxic friends, toxic diet, the bullies, and being by yourself is far better, no distractions, wear Black for best, cut the clutter in the wardrobe, cut the spending, invest in art history and education, far better for your mind and your self awareness - going into nature - so much abundance what we have - respecting what you have and keep what is best. Books I love as that goes up in value. I love Book Depository and The Bullet Journal Method.
That sounds less stressful than renting trucks or hiring movers to move all that stuff.
Love your story with the landlord! Detachment is very powerful!
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS PODCAST! Thank you!
@@rachael6829 it's in the podcast: Josh's landlord loved his interior when he came to check the flat before Josh moved out and then the landlord asked him if he could buy his furniture! 😄
@@rachael6829 a minimalist cannot have issues with their landlords in my opinion ☺
This podcast is only about minimalism but I'm sure you can find advice for your issue on other RUclips channels by typing the right keywords.
However, The Minimalists is a real gem 💎! Happy you found them! You should have a look, they're life changers! 😄 👍🏻
@@rachael6829 that's Josh (Joshua Fields Millburn). The guy with the long hair is Ryan Nicodemus. Together they are The Minimalists. I love what these guys are doing, their story is so interesting!
This adds much value to my initial pathway into minimalism. Loved the video.
Brilliant as always, Guys ! And wow you saved significantly on moving costs ! Inspiring !
I have always bought used furniture and found some really great furniture over the years i go to a place where people used their furniture just for show and than donate it
“With the right attitude, any room can be an anger room.” I needed to hear that today. TY
The lotion my dermatologist wants me to use is like $14 for a small bottle. I use to find coupons for it that would save me up to $10, than the company stopped doing those coupons in 2019.😂Like they realized people were saving money and only buying that item when needed. So I've given up on coupons too. I just budget my needs and now I do feel more in control of what I buy and when I buy it.
Ya gotta know, over here I found out that many doctors, hospital, private, green or other ones...often gave prescriptions for medecine they've got companyshares in!!! Often it is good stuff, but a price to pay!
I never use coupons, don't need to if one shops Grocery Outlets and buys their WOW deals, I also shop the bulk bins at Winco, and just about everything else comes from two local NON-CHAIN type thrift stores, I've saved an absolute fortune by shopping this way. I very rarely buy anything from Amazon or anywhere else for that matter. Oil changes are cheap at Walmart, and are far and few between, because I consolidate my errands and drive far less now that petrol prices are so high, and I have basically prepped everything that I need at this point, or can grow or make it myself with materials I have on hand.
i love coupons. in germany, we have one called „payback“. i have the app. i go to the stores i shop at, like my supermarket. i activate all available coupons and never look at them 😂 i earn like 150€ in payback points that i can use to pay for what i would buy anyways. i don’t spend more, i just clock theough the app to activate everything lol
The first step before I purchase something expensive, like tools or machinery, I ask around the neighborhood. I don't have to own it, because most of these things are rarely needed.
Then I buy used things. Here is a super nice designer sofa worth over 8000 Euros. I could buy that for 350 Euros, the owner had to get rid of it, because of his move. It is also very high quality leather and looks like new.
The same with clothes. So many beautiful things are offered, I benefit from the abundance of other people and partly also from their buying addiction.
Great tips and discussion, thank yall for the info and for the laughing at the end.
I ask me a simple question: do I need it? Or do I just want it? What difference does it make if I don't buy it?
These are great points to consider!
I want to see your old living room with this furniture.
4:25 that’s Tyler Durden level philosophy right there
Nearly all of my money goes on food for me and my family. That’s where I really need to cut down by doing an actual meal plan.
If you can figure out a way to keep teens from raiding the pantry too, please do tell.
it's amazing how some people only spent 100 a month on food. I spend about 500 and sometimes a bit over 500, and I don't eat out (well maybe once or twice a month but not every month).
@@augustek5382 in exactly the same boat as you there. I think I need a giant freezer and a proper meal plan.
And high quality protein which keeps you satiated instead of hungry and craving
WOW... You are talking about people's forever home ...in reality it really is 6 feet under....where we people take nothing with you love your videos
I have a file where I keep a list of things I want to buy. I wait for a variable time, at least three weeks. If i feel the necessity of the things after that, I buy it. I want to avoid buying things quickly, i prefer to wait in order to have what i really need.
OMG. I sooo do the Cart thing. But not just on-line Carts but it also works for me in any brick-and-mortar store. I hold in my hands, or put something in my cart, and 8 times out of 10,I don't buy any of it after walking around for 30 minutes.
I traded a two pound container of beans for a oak rocking chair! My papasan chair had finally fallen apart; so I was looking for a replacement.
Thanks guys! I like the 30/30 rule!
I look for coupons only for a regular item... The most needed... Laundry detergent. I live overseas and bought a used coffee table (thick, dark wood from France) and it has scratches/imperfections. A person visiting my home told me that I was ripped off, because it has imperfections. I laughed....out loud. That person was confused.
We're married 50 years. Grandkids are teens. Things are just things. Tina, Al's wife
You guys are FUN👍🏻
My furniture is art too! 🙌🏼
I love the hunt of second hand shopping but since I’m minimal I’ve grown to love not spending money
Thank you. You’re always inspiring ❤❤❤🎉
What was the 2nd place he goes to for buying used?
do you guys have live online events coming up? absolutely love your channel!
Always! Check out Patreon.com/theminimalists
I learned the hard way that there is no forever home.
Use only cash for daily expenses like gas, coffee, lunch, a bottle of wine. Don’t use a credit card for any purchases, except big tag items. When you run out of cash, stop spending. When I was younger, I’d run low on cash nearing payday and then would spend a a few days eating pasta and hotdogs. Frugality paid off.
With corona I avoid cash. I have a second debit card (0 fees) and keep the disposable cash in one)
@@iuliapopa6577 Debit cards are risky if you run into a card skimmer. Credit cards won’t hit you for illegal charges. I’m not sure the same protections apply to debit cards.
What was the 2nd place to buy used that Joshua was going to say? Facebook Marketplace and one other?
He didn’t mention a second place.
Great listening
Yes to form and function.
Now I want to see your furniture style 🙂 please
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2 Minimalist Tips for Saving Money on Every Purchase. In this practical video, discover minimalist strategies that can help you make mindful spending choices and save money while embracing a more intentional and fulfilling lifestyle. Embrace the 30-Day Rule and prioritize value over quantity.
Failure is success in progress.
Educational and funny :)
Talking about 30/30 rules, I have things in my mind that I already considered over a week and I still hesitate making a purchase, for example, building a gaming computer despite having a laptop that can do the same function (albeit hot) already, and that's making me uncomfortable. (Maybe I am highly affected by RUclips recommending those things to me.) Do you have a second threshold, or any way to remedy that?
What about a cooling stand for your laptop as an alternative? It costs less and occupies less space.
Thanks so much
Excellent
U guys are awesome
I really love everything you put out there, but if you were talking about Gucci... it's an Italian brand founded by Guccio Gucci in Italy.
No he meant Nugochi.
@@johannegarneau6739 Ahhh! Thank you! I thought that can't be right, my bad.
As a very conservative Christ follower, this was a great episode! Not 1 scripture verse quoted, but 100% biblical!
you're not going to show us a picture of this apartment? come on !
Give it away!
Would you please tell me the American designer's name from the '30s? Thank you.
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Whoaaaa cool
I love you
So much ❤️
Most of what I purchase is fresh.... So no coupons.
I didnt get rhe second rule. Can anyone write what was it?
Buy used
This is Biblical. Jesus said he who is willing to loose his life will gain it. He who hangs on to his life will loose it. (Not verbatim ☺️)
Very thought provoking?! A NOGUCHI TABLE ! Purchased on Facebook marketplace; for a song. .. Really! Along with your Herman Miller table and with your Boconcepts 10,000.00 dollar sofa?! This isn’t minimal; this is selective snobbishness! Shame on you! Hope the Noguchi was a fake! Serves ya right!