I’ve been asked this in some shape or form. How do I convince my husband, wife, child, roommate, sister, parents to be a minimalist, declutter, be organized. The words are interchangeable but the solution is the same for every recipe.
You don’t.
The truth is your stewardship is first with yourself. I started my journey to simpler living by choosing what worked for me. Small steps like getting up at 3AM and going to bed at 7PM. I did that for a week then my husband joined me. Eventually I started working out. During that time I also found a podcast called The Minimalists. Listening to them while I went for morning walks motivated me to start to declutter and minimize my possessions.
Did I talk to my husband about it? No. He came home one day to most of my clothing gone from the closet and saw I’d listed a lot of other stuff on Marketplace. He asked me if I was leaving him, half joking, I laughed and said I was just simplifying my life. By getting rid of what I didn’t need I was making room for what was important.
That was it. I went about minimizing what was mine for about 6 weeks. Donating, gifting, selling, and trashing anything that didn’t make the cut. I was ruthless. Also I added the money earned to a joint savings account. My husband after about a month started doing it himself. We didn’t have a big conversation or a come to Jesus about it. It was quiet easy and purely personal choice
So my advice is to start with yourself pursue your own joy and then see what happens.
Bri Clark 