I can improve on slowing down my response time. I tend to think and speak quickly, which isn't always effective in healthy communication. I liked the tip in one article about LARA (Listen/Affirm/Respond/Add) to help with making sure you are listening and communicate with your friend/partner/coworker and still getting your own needs met.

I worked on this with my partner; he is particularly vigilant about expiration dates, so it was good to update him with the recent data/information about them. We were able to review our stock of food and keep some things longer, while placing expired food in the compost bin and recycling the packaging.