Getting Your Partner On Board

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Kids & Family, Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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“How do you get family members on board with minimalism? I’ve heard from so many of my friends and family about how they would love to embrace minimalism, but their partners don’t want to. It seems to create a lot of animosity in relationships … What are your thoughts?” Living harmoniously with another human being requires constant dialogue and compromise. It’s no surprise, then, that when one person adopts a minimalist lifestyle the maximalist in the relationship feels uneasy.... Read More The post Getting Your Partner On Board appeared first on Sustainable Minimalists. Our Sponsors:* Thank you to LifeStraw! https://lifestraw.com/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sustainable-minimalists/exclusive-content

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0:00.0	Hello there, welcome back. My name is Stephanie Safarian and you're listening to episode 251 of sustainable minimalist, a twice weekly show about intentional and eco-minimalist living.
0:11.0	On today's show, I am answering the number one question I get from all of
0:16.2	you the listeners and the question of course that I get at least once a week in my inbox
0:22.4	is done-tun-tun-tah. I get at least once a week in my inbox is,
0:23.6	done, done, done, how on earth do I get my partner,
0:27.2	my spouse, my family, on board with decluttering?
0:32.1	This question, I believe, is something that we all struggle with in one
0:35.7	capacity or another so today I am going to do my darndest to answer it. It's a one-part show. I'm giving you five tips in one part and we're going to get into
0:46.7	tip number one after a quick word from today's first sponsor. And we are back, we are discussing how on earth we can get our partner on board with
0:58.7	decluttering. So my first tip for you is a little tongue in cheek, but we got to go there first.
1:05.8	You need to reframe the question.
1:08.3	How do I get my partner on board with decluttering?
1:10.7	I believe that's the wrong question that we should be asking.
1:14.0	The question instead should be, how can everyone in my home learn to live harmoniously
1:21.7	with others who all have different views on clutter.
1:24.6	We cannot change anyone, and if we try, we are going to hit major roadblocks.
1:30.7	In my experience, as a 37, almost 38 year old adult, I believe I've seen that people actually don't really change, do they?
1:41.0	There are exceptions to every rule of course but it is often the case that people become more set in their ways as they age they lean into who they've already shown us they are. So the question isn't
1:56.0	how to get my spouse to essentially change their ways and be more like me. The
2:01.6	question is not how do I get my partner to do something they don't want to do?
2:06.4	The question instead should be, where and how can we find common ground in our shared living space. Now I say that all because my
2:18.0	husband is not a minimalist, not by any means. I have mentioned before on this show that he has a set like a big bookcase full a full set of Encyclopedia Britannica
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