77) How minimalism can enrich our lives with YouTuber and blogger Signe Hansen
Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration
Kaméa Chayne
4.8 • 694 Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2018
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
How can we get people who are very much still seduced by fast fashion into the idea of buying less and buying better? How can we deal with perfectionism in terms of sustainable living, and be able to just enjoy this journey rather than just constantly feel bad or feel like we're not enough?
Sharing her wisdom today is Signe Hansen, content creator behind the blog and YouTube channel, Use Less, which explores minimalism, sustainable fashion, and lifestyle.
Let's dive in.
HIGHLIGHTS
[8:43] How Signe deals with perfectionism and criticism from viewers.
[10:54] What Signe says has been one of the keys to growing her audience.
[13:55] Kaméa: "What's been the biggest life lesson you've learned since you've really cut down and embraced minimalism?".
[20:40] Kaméa: "What can we do to inspire the consumers who are still very into fast fashion?"
[21:54] A few benefits of minimalism that don't have to do with sustainability.
[23:03] How the fear of missing out is a huge driver of over-consumption and how we can combat that.
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| 0:53.8 | The sphere of missing out is what drives us to buy a lot of it. level of support that you're able to share with us. |
| 0:59.7 | This fear of missing out is what drives us to buy a lot of things that we don't need all the time. |
| 1:00.6 | Just kind of develop this feeling of, yeah, so what if I don't have that new gadget or if I |
| 1:04.9 | don't get that new trendy item? |
| 1:06.6 | I can just, I can be just as happy without that product. |
| 1:13.6 | How can we get people who are very much still seduced by fast fashion into the idea of buying less and buying better? |
| 1:23.2 | How can we deal with perfectionism in terms of sustainable living and be able to just enjoy this journey rather than constantly feel bad or feel like we're not doing enough? |
| 1:34.5 | That's just the tip of the iceberg of what you'll hear today. |
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