Meredith asked what if I went to your living room and just dumped a big pile of trash in there and I was like here you go Merry Christmas. If someone is disrespecting your boundaries if they are going out of their way to not support you it's easy to look at that and say well if it was trash I would get it out of my house as soon as possible but we're talking about trash. You don't have to be mean about it you can show compassion and still say no thank you for the gift. Malabama: Is there some other way that you can get them to hear you without being rude without being unkind?
The Minimalists talk about holding on to boxes of sentimental items. Listen to all 2 hours of episode 374 on The Minimalists Private Podcast.
Discussed in this episode:
How do we find the strength to let go of significantly sentimental items or find the peace to keep them? (01:47)
Isn’t our reliance on the ‘rules’ of others simply a lack of our own discipline? (15:02)
What is your perspective regarding discipline? (18:10)
How do you record podcasts when much of your staff works and lives remotely? (20:16)
How do we convince loved ones that we truly don’t want physical gifts? (24:02)
How do we create effective boundaries that others actually recognize and respect? (26:42)
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