Well, hello there and welcome back. My name is Stephanie Safarian and you were

listening to episode 243 of the Sustainable minimalist podcast, a twice

weekly show about intentional and eco-minimalist living.

On today's show, we are discussing the concept of generational clutter,

which is a fancy, schmancey way of saying that on today's show we are outlining ways to tell your

parents and grandparents that you don't want their stuff. Some relatives are

decent about attempting to give you generational clutter.

Perhaps they ask you first before just showing up at your doorstep with stuff and unloading it.

But generational clutter can come in other forms too. It can come in the

form of you visiting your grandmother and your grandmother before you leave opens up

her China cabinet and takes out a crystal vase and

hands it to you and she's looking at you with that twinkle in her eye and how on

earth can you say no to grandma, right? That's generational clutter.

Generational clutter can also be family members arriving at your house for a

weekend with a trunk load of stuff from their house.

Just putting it in your garage.

That has happened to me a couple times.

Generational clutter can enter your home through many routes and many forms,

but essentially

generational clutter is stuff from your parents and your grandparents and your

aunts and your uncles that you don't want but you feel guilty about declining.

So today's show is split into three parts.

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