12 Easy Rules To Own Less Stuff
Summary
TLDRThis video script offers 12 simple rules to help viewers own less and live more, focusing on the joy and essentialism in possessions. It promotes the 'one in, one out' method to control the influx of new items, digital organization with tools like One Password, and the importance of maintaining and curating belongings. The speaker also emphasizes intentional shopping, avoiding backup clutter, finding a personal style uniform, prioritizing experiences over material goods, and practicing delayed gratification with wish lists. Regular reviews of possessions are suggested to declutter and enhance the quality of life.
Takeaways
- 😀 Owning less can improve your life by focusing on items that spark joy and are essential to your lifestyle.
- 🔍 Practice the KonMari method of asking if an item sparks joy and contributes positively to your life.
- 📦 Adopt essentialism to keep only items that serve a purpose and contribute to a better life.
- 🛍️ Implement the 'one in, one out' rule to maintain a balance and prevent unnecessary accumulation of items.
- 🔒 Use password managers like 1Password to securely organize and protect your digital life.
- 🚗 Take care of your possessions to maintain their value and prevent the need for frequent replacements.
- 🛒 Practice intentional shopping by asking key questions before making purchases to avoid impulse buying.
- 🏠 Curate your home with items that match your actual life and needs, not just an idealized version.
- 🗑️ Make decluttering a regular habit to prevent buildup and stress, and integrate it into your routine.
- 👕 Identify and stick to a 'uniform' of clothing that you wear most often to simplify your wardrobe.
- 🎁 Prioritize experiences over material possessions for gifts and personal enjoyment for lasting memories.
- 📝 Keep a wish list and practice delayed gratification to avoid unnecessary purchases and make more thoughtful decisions.
- 🔄 Regularly review your possessions to assess their value and necessity in your life.
Q & A
What is the main message of the video script?
-The main message is about the benefits of owning less and providing 12 simple rules to help achieve a more minimalist lifestyle.
What does the script suggest as the first step to owning less?
-The first step is to keep only what you actually want, focusing on items that spark joy and are essential to your life.
What is the concept of 'one in, one out' mentioned in the script?
-The 'one in, one out' rule suggests that for every new item brought into your home, an old item must be removed, helping to maintain a minimalist lifestyle.
How does the script recommend managing digital passwords securely?
-The script recommends using a password manager called 'One Password' to securely manage and store different passwords for various online accounts.
What is the importance of taking care of your belongings according to the script?
-Taking care of your belongings can increase their longevity, save money, and contribute to owning fewer items by avoiding unnecessary replacements.
What is the term for the practice of buying only what you need and planning purchases?
-The term is 'intentional shopping,' which involves asking yourself key questions before making a purchase to ensure it's necessary and valuable.
How does the script define 'curating your home'?
-Curating your home means making purchases that match your actual lifestyle and needs, rather than buying items based on an idealized vision of your life.
What habit is suggested to make decluttering a regular part of life?
-The habit of making decluttering a routine, such as going through items in your home every month or couple of months, is suggested to prevent buildup and stress.
What is the term used in the script to describe the tendency to keep extra items 'just in case'?
-The term used is 'backup clutter,' which refers to keeping extra items for potential future needs that may never actually arise.
How does the script suggest finding a personal clothing uniform?
-The script suggests identifying the 20% of clothes you wear 80% of the time and focusing on those, while avoiding impulse purchases of the other 80%.
What is the alternative to accumulating stuff that the script promotes for gift-giving and personal purchases?
-The script promotes giving and investing in experiences over stuff, as experiences create more lasting memories and value than material items.
What is the suggested method for avoiding impulse online purchases?
-The method suggested is to add items to a wish list and review them after a period of time, often leading to a realization that the item is not needed.
How often should you review the items you own according to the script?
-The script suggests regularly reviewing the items you own, asking if they have been used or brought value in the past 6 months to a year.
Outlines
🌟 Embracing Minimalism: The Power of Owning Less
The speaker introduces the concept of minimalism and its impact on their life, proposing 12 simple rules to own less and live more. The focus is on keeping possessions that spark joy and are essential, using the principles of 'KonMari' and 'essentialism'. The first rule is to keep only what you truly want, asking yourself if an item brings joy, has been used recently, or is essential to daily life. If not, it's time to let go. The 'one in, at least one out' method is introduced as an effective way to maintain a minimalist lifestyle by ensuring that for every new item brought into the home, another must be discarded.
🛡️ Digital Organization and Security with One Password
The speaker discusses the importance of digital organization and security, recommending the use of 'One Password' to manage and secure online accounts. They share their personal experience with using a single password across multiple accounts and the risks involved, such as the potential for a security breach affecting all accounts. The benefits of One Password, including its encryption and automatic password generation, are highlighted. The speaker also mentions a special offer for their audience, emphasizing the product's role in simplifying digital life and enhancing security.
💰 Financial and Environmental Benefits of Taking Care of Possessions
The speaker emphasizes the financial and environmental benefits of taking care of one's possessions, such as maintaining a car or phone to increase its resale value or longevity. They suggest repairing items instead of replacing them and practicing intentional shopping by asking critical questions before making a purchase. The idea is to avoid impulse buying and ensure that new items have a designated place in the home, reducing clutter and unnecessary accumulation of stuff.
🏡 Curating a Home that Reflects Your Actual Life
The speaker talks about the importance of curating a home that reflects one's actual life rather than an idealized version. They share a personal anecdote about replacing a leather couch with a more functional one after having children. The focus is on making purchases that serve the family's needs and not just aesthetic desires. They also discuss the importance of making decluttering a habit, suggesting regular decluttering sessions to prevent the buildup of unnecessary items.
🎁 Prioritizing Experiences Over Material Gifts
The speaker advocates for giving experiences over material gifts, sharing how this approach has transformed holiday and gift-giving traditions in their family. They argue that experiences create lasting memories and are more valuable than physical items. The speaker also suggests keeping a wish list for potential purchases to practice delayed gratification, which can prevent impulse buying and lead to more thoughtful and satisfying acquisitions.
🗑️ Regularly Reviewing and Decluttering to Live Intentionally
In the final paragraph, the speaker stresses the importance of regularly reviewing and decluttering possessions to identify items that no longer add value to one's life. They suggest asking whether an item has been used or brought joy in the past six months to a year. By doing so, one can train their brain to desire less stuff and focus on what truly matters, leading to a more intentional and fulfilling lifestyle.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Minimalism
💡Joy
💡Essentialism
💡Decluttering
💡One in, one out
💡Intentional shopping
💡Curating
💡Backup clutter
💡Uniform
💡Experiences over stuff
💡Wish list
Highlights
Owning less can improve your life by focusing on possessions that spark joy and are essential.
The concept of 'things that spark joy' involves evaluating each item for its emotional significance.
Essentialism promotes keeping only items that serve a purpose and contribute positively to life.
The 'one in, one out' method helps maintain a balance by ensuring something leaves when something new enters.
Using a password manager like 1Password can secure digital possessions and simplify online security.
Taking care of possessions like cars and phones by maintaining them can increase their value and lifespan.
Intentional shopping involves asking key questions before making a purchase to avoid unnecessary acquisitions.
Curating your home to reflect your actual life can prevent buying items that don't align with your needs.
Making decluttering a habit by regularly reviewing and removing items that no longer serve a purpose.
Avoiding 'backup clutter' by assessing the necessity of items kept 'just in case' scenarios.
Finding a personal 'uniform' of clothing that you enjoy wearing can reduce impulse buying of unnecessary items.
Focusing on experiences over material possessions for gifts and personal enjoyment creates lasting memories.
Keeping a wish list and delaying purchases can prevent impulsive buying and promote thoughtful consumption.
Regularly reviewing owned items to assess their continued value and relevance in your life.
The importance of spending time with loved ones over acquiring more material items for happiness.
The video's recommendation of subscribing for more content on decluttering and minimalism.
The speaker's personal struggles with minimalism and the ongoing process of simplifying possessions.
Transcripts
having less stuff will absolutely change
your life I can confidently say that
because it's changed mine in fact I just
had to make that mess uh for this intro
and clean that up right now I want to
give you 12 simple rules that have
helped me own less crap and can
hopefully help you as well first if
you're not quite convinced you should
check out these reasons why you should
own less stuff you can pause if you want
to see them but now rule number one keep
what you actually want first off it's
not just about getting rid of things
right it's about understanding and
focusing on keeping things that actually
spark joy in your life and are essential
to you not having the least amount of
things possible that you can count and
keep track of it's about structuring
your life and your possessions in ways
that actually improve it if you look at
mariea she has this idea of things that
spark Joy where you go around your house
and with each thing that you pick up you
ask does this spark Joy do I have a
positive emotional response to this
thing then there is this concept of
essentialism this is where you only keep
things that serves a purpose it's this
idea of less but better where you want
everything in your life and every
possession that you have to be something
that you actually need and makes your
life easier or better in some way this
is our donation then so as you're
sorting through your possessions ask
yourself a couple of questions does this
item bring me joy have I used it in the
last 6 months or the last year is it
essential to my daily life does it make
me happy or make my life easier or does
it make me money if the answer to any of
those questions is no then it's probably
time to let go of those things you want
to remember that everything that you own
should support your current and future
goals and lifestyle and not just be
stuff that you have because you wanted
it at some point in the past the one in
at least one out method this rule is
really simple but also super effective
for once you get your home to a place
where you want it to stay or you just
want like less crap coming into your
house you apply this rule that when you
bring something into your house
something else has to go out of your
house it is simple but it really really
works you buy a book you get get rid of
a book you buy a cup or a new shirt or
whatever and you have to get rid of
something else and when you do that it
makes buying things much more important
cuz you know it's going to cost you
something in return there's not only the
monetary exchange but you're going to
have to find something in your house to
get rid of you end up buying less stuff
you have less crap in your home you're
welcome don't lose your crap okay so
this doesn't actually help you own less
stuff but it does help give you some
peace of mind and stay organized
digitally how I do this is using uh
something called one password I've been
using this for years it's a complete
Game Changer as far as like and
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video I literally used to have one
password that went to everything that I
had online it I I was so dumb it turns
out there's people in black hoods who
are trying to steal your stuff and if
they get into one thing and everything
else is the same password they get into
everything not good so over a year ago
somebody recommended that I start using
one password to protect myself and my
family and and my business and I got to
tell you Uncle Kevin you were so right
now you might be thinking oh why don't I
just use like Google password manager
key JS because if somebody hacks your
Google account they get all of your crap
however if they hack one password um
they can't actually see your stuff so
they just get like a blob of encrypted
information and they like it would take
like a thousand years to be able to
uncode all of your passwords so you just
have to make one strong password that
maybe gets written down on a piece of
paper and puts in the safe so you don't
forget it and then you can keep
everything secure when you sign up for a
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honestly I am such a big fan of this
I've been using it for a really long
time don't let the guys in hoods get you
check out one password let's get back to
it take care of your stuff this applies
to so many things if you look at the big
things like your car investing time
energy money into keeping it clean
repairing things before they break just
trying to be really cautious with it
when you go to sell it in the future
it'll have more value and end up saving
you a decent amount of money the same
thing can happen with phones where
instead of always getting the new
upgrade wanting to have the newest piece
of technology just use whatever phone
you have until it literally doesn't work
anymore can save you a lot of money and
in turn help you buy less stuff whether
that's literally washing your clothes
differently so that they last longer
repairing shoes and pants instead of
just replacing them whether it's
something cheap which we kind of have
this mindset of well it was cheap I'll
just get a new one it's not a big deal
or whether it was something expensive
just take care of your stuff practice
intentional shopping this will help you
really bring less stuff into your home
when you ask these couple of questions
was this a planned purchase or is it
just an Impulse buy would I pay full
price for this item or am I just buying
it because it's on sale will my life
change at all if I do not buy this thing
and is that change worth the money do I
have a space where I know this thing
will go or is it just going to land on
my kitchen table and be super annoying
and then I won't get rid of it and it'll
just sit there for days and weeks until
I finally decide where it goes and then
I don't actually end up using it how
often am I going to use this thing if
it's something that you're not going to
use all that often maybe see if you can
borrow it from a friend or buy it at a
thrift store and then donate it
afterwards more stuff isn't always the
answer curate your home a lot of times
when we go to buy stuff we will have
this ideal self in mind it's this idea
of what we want our house to look like
what we want our life to look like but
maybe it doesn't actually look like that
for instance I used to have a leather
couch that was given to me for a work
project now that we have two kids um we
realized that while this looks cool it
is not a functional member of our
household so for the first time ever we
bought a new piece of
furniture this couch well this might not
be as aesthetic as our other one was as
a now family with a toddler who likes to
climb on things this is way more
functional for our home so every time
you're buying something you got to ask
is this something that I I want my life
to be like or is this something that my
actual life is like we have to make a
lot of different decisions now that we
have kids on things that aren't
necessarily what we want our house to
look like but they serve our family the
best make decluttering a habit
decluttering and kind of going down this
journey of minimalism it's not a
one-time thing you don't do it for a
weekend and then never worried about
again it's important to constantly once
a month once every couple months go
through and declutter stuff in your
house keep a box around do whatever it
takes but continually get rid of stuff
slowly so that it doesn't build up and
stress you out and then you freak out
make it part of your daily routine so
when you see stuff that you haven't used
in a while you instantly get rid of it
so that it doesn't clutter up your
life by the way if you've been enjoying
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backup clutter which is the common trap
of the frugalist or frugal people what
are they called frugalist Fugler
brugal person I if you're anything like
me and you're really into saving money
then this can be a huge trap that you
fall into where you keep that backup
pair of shoes just in case your feet
grow you keep the extra mugs that you
bought at a thrift store in case 17
people happen to come over you keep the
shirts and the pants in case you go up
or down in size you have all this backup
stuff for just in case X Y or Z happens
you probably know what those things are
that you have whether it's in your
kitchen or your closet so you got to ask
yourself have I used this thing in the
last year has that just in case thing
that backup plan actually happened in
the last year and if not it might be
time to get rid of that thing or like a
lot of stuff I don't know how much you
have find your uniform both me and
Meredith have been doing this over the
past couple years so we actually just
Consolidated closets cuz we got rid of
so much stuff So eventually I will
actually organize and keep all my gear
here but in the meantime most people
wear 20% of their clothes 80% of the
time and this can literally save you
thousands of dollars to find what that
20% is for you and then not buy the
other 80% of crap that you just impulse
buy constantly for me I wear these cut
shirts pretty much every single day I
mostly just wear black now because you
can't see when you like spill coffee on
it and stuff for pants I found a pair of
jeans that fit me really well
everybody's going to be different not
everybody wants to wear just all black
all the time but if you have a problem
shopping next time you go to pick out
your clothes in the closet see which
ones you're skipping past constantly and
just try to curate the ones that you
actually enjoy wearing that way every
time you grab clothes it's your favorite
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anyways experiences over
stuff that was not a good idea this has
literally changed every holiday and gift
giving in general in most of my family
where we have been focusing on giving
experiences over stuff and even for
ourselves investing in experiences over
stuff because personally we remember
going out and spending time with friends
or family way more than having an extra
sweater or like whatever you randomly
get people as a gift and if it is going
to be a gift it should be a gift that
gives experiences like my wife gave me a
pizza oven a couple years ago and that
has given us a lot of pizza parties and
great memories instead of doing jewelry
or whatever for different anniversaries
and birthdays we go on a little trip or
we go out somewhere Loc we'll spend a
night in we'll do Pottery together we'll
do things that aren't just a thing it is
time together to enjoy each other to get
you know each other better to have a
laugh I think for me if I look back over
the most important moments of my life
they weren't when I got stuff they were
when I spent time with the people that I
care about keep a wish list and then
check it twice and ask yourself were you
naughty or nice no we should I I I got
to edit that out most of the best
purchases of my life have come from
delayed gratification and that's from
this habit that's turned into a rule of
keeping things on a wish list when I
want to buy something on Amazon or any
store online I just put it in the cart
and then I think about it for 3 days and
then I think about it for 30 days and
then I totally forgot that I was ever
going to buy that thing and it doesn't
end up in my house or I write it down in
my calendar ask my wife's opinion ask a
friend's opinion and instead of
instantly buying stuff but just practice
this I can buy it tonight I can buy it
tomorrow I can buy it next week that
will literally stop you from buying like
half the stuff that you buy online
regularly review the stuff that you have
the more often you review the stuff that
you own and ask have I used this thing
in the past 6 months or a year or does
this still you know bring value to my
life you will start to realize how
little stuff actually improves your life
and you'll start to like train your
brain to not want stuff as much if
you're constantly decluttering stuff and
asking that question of you know does
this bring me joy you will train your
brain to realize the things that truly
matter and the the fake things that I
don't know how I got this that that were
given to you on on a set like 2 years
ago and you just haven't gotten rid of
because you've been thinking about
getting a real plant but you never
actually got the real plant cuz then
you'd have to water it but it's cool
background I still struggle with a lot
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