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The Minimalists

Can a minimalist live with a hoarder?

The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Leisure, Home & Garden

4.711.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2021

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Joshua and Ryan discuss checking ourselves for compatibility and compassion in our relationships. Listen to the full episode at patreon.com/theminimalists

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0:00.0

I just focus on that words.

0:02.2

Hmm.

0:03.9

How do you live as a minimalist with a hoarder?

0:06.6

My boyfriend is the worst accumulator of crap I've ever seen.

0:12.3

There's something much deeper going on than hoarding here.

0:15.4

Our house is littered with the remains of all the hobbies you tried to start.

0:20.4

Every time Amazon, every time Amazon comes, I groan.

0:24.8

All right, well, let's talk about this.

0:26.2

So there could be a compatibility issue here.

0:30.0

In relationships, there are sort of three things that are the glue of any relationship.

0:34.2

There is chemistry.

0:36.2

That's how relationships often start.

0:38.6

Right?

0:39.5

You can even think of these as sort of like the head, the heart, and the genitalia.

0:46.1

So I look at everything.

0:49.2

And with the chemistry, obviously, it's like, I'm attracted to you.

0:54.5

Yes.

0:55.3

Now, that can be a sexual attraction, but it can also just be there are certain people who are magnetic.

1:00.9

And so it doesn't have to be a sexual attraction.

1:03.2

But there's a chemistry between the dynamic of two different people.

1:07.4

Right?

1:07.9

Yes.

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