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my parents won't let me be a minimalist.
How do I convince my parents to let me do
what I want to do?
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So you're trying to convince your parents
to let you be minimalist
and really explain why you're
doing what you are doing.
That's great.
That's awesome.
This can either be very
easy or very difficult.
But if you want it to be easy,
you're gonna have to do a lot of work,
in that you should do your research,
find some of the great
minimalism videos that you found,
make a little log of them,
get them all queued up and ready,
write yourself a little speech
or just like a little blurb
about hey mom, hey dad, whoever,
I want to talk to you about something
that's very important to me,
and I want to explain why.
And if they're like we're busy right now,
you're gonna be like hey I
need some attention right now.
(laughing)
But just make sure you have
done a lot of research on it.
You have some books from
the library with you.
You have some photos
of things you are trying
to instill in your life.
You're basically going
to do a research report
for minimalism to show off to your parents
to convince them why you want
to do what you want to do.
And this isn't just about minimalism.
This will work with anything, really.
You want something bad enough
and you show somebody, you know,
I'm willing to research,
I'm willing to show you all this stuff.
A lot of times, they'll let you do it then
because they're like, wow,
I guess you really care about this.
Instead of being like,
I just, I really want
to go to that concert.
Please, everyone else is going.
(groaning)
I'm the only one who doesn't go.
(groaning)
No, no whining.
It's not about whining.
It's about business.
This is a business
transaction with your parents.
That's how you win them over, okay?
No emotions in this.
It's all business.
It's how you get what you want.
So you're gonna write
yourself a little blurb,
you're gonna have some videos queued up,
you're gonna have some photos queued up.
Maybe you'll have a
little bit more written.
You're gonna give them a presentation.
This is basically a pitch meeting,
so if you need more help
on how to pitch this,
just look on YouTube for pitch meetings,
there's books on pitching
if you want ridiculously more information
on how to do this really well,
and how to sway them to your side.
There's also a book by
Dale Carnegie, I think,
like How to Win Friends
and Influence People.
That could be useful.
Practice it a little bit
so that you know how long it's
gonna take for you to do it
in front of them.
Of course, you're gonna
get nervous probably,
but it's fine.
They're gonna love you for this.
They're gonna love that
you spent so much time...
Well, they should hopefully
love that you spent so much time
showing why you care about something.
Because, you gotta
remember, you're a teenager.
You change your mind a lot.
So, if you're willing
to spend this much time
showing why you like something,
and why it's important to you,
they're gonna trust you a
little bit more on that.
So we're trying to build a trust here,
because even though this
is in a way business...
Well, yeah.
You've got to make them trust you
because right now they
see you as just a kid,
but if you show them, like,
this would be more of an adult quality
of researching out,
showing the information,
not getting emotional
except for if you're happy and excited.
I mean, feel free to be that,
but don't whine.
No whining!
No getting angry.
If you parents still don't understand
after you do all this.
(sighing)
You've got some tough ones there.
You've got some tough ones, then.
So if you do all this,
give a presentation,
and they still say no,
well, I would like a
well-thought-out response
as to why,
because I really want to understand,
and this and that.
I want to see where you're coming from,
I want to know why you think
this is detrimental to me.
Just ask them a ton of questions.
Try to get as many answers as possible.
I feel like I've presented
my side of the case,
so I really want you to
present your side of the case.
Again, not everyone's parents
are gonna want to do this,
but, it just makes you
seem more like an adult.
Less emotional, less hormone-driven.
Usually, you'll get a lot
more respect if you do this.
Just, you know, it just
shows that you care.
That you really do care.
If you are really stressed out at home
because the whole house is such a mess,
be like maybe we can have a
day where we down-size together
and make it like a fun thing.
I know people will not do minimalism
unless they are emotionally ready, so,
that might not work either,
but I know, like, you had said
that your bedroom is where
you practice your minimalism,
and that's awesome.
So if you do at least
have some sort of space
that you can keep to
yourself, that's great.
You can't always get the
whole house, you know.
And one more thing you
may want to show them
is an episode of Hoarders,
especially if you think your
parents are kind of hoarders.
You don't have to get
through a whole episode,
you can just find a clip of
it on YouTube or something.
And, I'm concerned about this.
If I don't work on my emotional issues,
and you don't work on
your emotional issues,
our house could end up like this.
Hoarders scares just about everyone,
because you're like oh no, am I this?
Am I this?
Am I this?
Okay, hopefully that helps.
If you have more questions,
put them down in the
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Alright guys,
this has been how to convince your parents
that you want to be a minimalist.
I'm Jera Sky, and I gotta go.
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Ow, my neck.
Oh my God.
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I wish there was a little bit more.
Oh, man.
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That was great.
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I was like oh, that's the kitty ride.
