I'm Stephanie Safarian and this is episode 108.

You are listening to the Sustainable Minimalist Podcast,

a show about living simply and sustainably with your family.

Here's your host, Stephanie Safarian.

Hello there and thanks for joining me.

On today's show we are applying the TEDx of Minimalism to our time,

to our finances, and to our most important relationships.

I like applying intentionality to all areas of my life. It's a quirky little hobby of mine and I find myself asking

what would a minimalist do in all situations and all challenges that come up in my day-to-day life where the answer isn't

immediately clear to me. The truth is that most of us could manage our time better,

most of us could benefit from some financial tweaking and most of us could

curate our relationships in ways that make them more enjoyable right? So today I am offering up two minimalist tips for prioritizing time, two tips for tweaking finances, and two tips for managing interpersonal relationships the minimalist way. My goal is to really hone in on how

perfectly a less-is-more lifestyle works in all areas of our lives, not just in the decluttering process.

Everything we talked about today can be found in this week's show notes at mama minimist.com

forward slash 108. When it comes to managing our time the minimalist way my first tip is to tackle the dreaded

task first.

Now, Mark Twain so famously said, right?

If it is your job to eat a frog,

it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And if it's your job to eat

two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first. Now what on earth does this mean? Frogs eating frogs, what does this mean? Frogs eating frogs?

What does this mean?

It means that if you have a task looming over your head that you're dreading,

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