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Hi! I lost you when my phone broke but i am back! Merry Christmas! ❤

It looks like you’re poor!!!

I dont have the tissues, the hot water bottle or the 2nd bottle. However, I have heavy TOTM tablets and 2 others from a recent 24hr sickness and Peppa Pig plasters. 😅

I admire your bravery and willingness to share your struggles about internet addiction and how you want to change not only to help yourself and improve your life, but for the sake of your son as well. ❤You're a good mom - even if you're not perfect and not where you want to be yet. I believe in you! 😊 You help show me where I can/want to try to be better with tech too. Thank you for making this video. I didn’t know I needed to hear this from another extreme minimalist - it’s validating and comforting to know that someone else is experiencing what I am. Your journey of switching to physical items is really mirroring my own. And honestly, I’ve been struggling a little bit with it. I'm a more extreme minimalist myself, and the past couple of years have been what I'll call "mindful gathering" for me. I definitely relate to the struggle/balance of adding more physical possessions to improve my life, but also not wanting to add too much more. A few years ago I decluttered all my books (I had less than 10). It was so freeing and I never regretted that. I mostly used the library too and have taken full advantage of my library system's ebooks especially.😊 Well, this year, after careful consideration, I decided I wanted to bring a few books back into my life - books I've read from the library that I've referenced several times that are my favorite. It's much easier to flip through a book and find what I want when I need/want to read it than an ebook. Plus, I wanted to reduce screen time as well and not have everything I do be tracked constantly. I also bought a handful of books to help with my language learning/books in my target language. That felt really important to me and it has helped my learning progress. Also after not being able to do art for several years because I have pretty severe arthritis in both my hands (even though I'm only 35), I've recently found out about adaptive art tools. I've been investing in those and buying art supplies because I can't do the majority of art I used to do. I'm having to build up my art supplies nearly from scratch and trying to balance having varied art/craft interests but also making sure I can use up &/or not forget what I actually buy. There's a few other areas of my life where I'm wanting to go more physical too (like photos, alarm clocks and certain personal writings/notes and stuff. Like you said, who knew we'd go back to having that pre-tech stuff from when we were younger after several years of not needing to have it. I think for me too, it's the fact that I'm struggling with organization - on where to store it all, therefore it feels like it's all over the place. Since I highly value an orderly, visually calm environment that’s functional, I’m struggling a bit with my limited space. And it boils down to this as you stated: as people, our needs, wants, and desires change. We're still minimalists, but we've changed. And like you said, our needs and wants might change again in the future. It's not about the amount of possessions we have - it's a mindset. I have what I need and I'm now able to get the things that can support my current life and my needs further. And honestly I believe most people would think we’re both still rather “extreme” compared to the general population. 😊

The little things adding up quickly. I understand about the nail polish for sure. Have you ever tried nail stickers? My best friend wears them almost exclusively and loves them. They don't take long to put on, clean up with acetone and a nail brush and last for a couple of weeks. I personally don't like the feel of them, but it's a possible option for sure, if you still want colored nails. 🙂

Awesome! Great job! I definitely need to do some "cleaning house" of my phone and laptop. Thanks to you I revisited my "scroll down" (?) page (which I also keep as minimal as possible for the same reasons) and somehow finally figured out how to get it even MORE minimal! For a year and half (since I got it) it's been bugging me that my brightness bar is way at the bottom and I just somehow saw how to move it and also remove the media and device control buttons (which I never use). So thanks! and I need to delete some emails I saved for reference but if I'm being honest I never will! ❤😊

I completely understand the nail polish issue. I wash my hands, veggies, toys, my child's hands so often that it rubs off so quickly. Not worth it.

Good for you! What is it with toasters? I hate having a toaster even though it gets used by my household (including myself) a couple times a week and goes away in a drawer right underneath where it is used. If I was alone, I wouldn’t have one. I’d make do with my oven or a pan on the stove.

Hi there beautiful. Just an idea with the name of your channel. I really like your old name extrememinimalist but it was a bit hard to find. If you typed it into the search a heap of other channels and videos would come up. Your new name may be a bit confusing as it has a symbol. Just an idea but i think “extreme minimalist Nicole” sounds catchy, and suits you and your channel really well. Regards from Australia

Congratulations 👏👏👏

Recently I've had this kind of nostalgia towards the 90s (when I was a child/teen) and getting some of the simplicity back. Less digital stuff, more analog. And I miss things like being excited for a new episode of friends on x day at x time.

I find so much inspiration from your channel.

Deleted the YT app. Apparently I can upload absolutely fine without it. ❤

Deleting your accounts and not simply avoiding sites like amazon is definitely a step above and something I feel like I need to work on. Towards the end you talk about change. In the more traditional sense of zen and minimalism, that’s one of the reasons to detach - so that we reduce suffering by not being bound to things when life changes (or always will of course). I like that approach, I have to work hard to be in charge of my things not have them be in charge of me.

Impressive. I need to do some clean up on my phone. Not quite as far as you have gone though.

Oh how things are so different now 😂

That's amazing that Harrys speech is improving 🎉 I have watched the 1st few seasons of outlander years ago and loved it but have no idea where I got up to to restart it!

Another really interesting video xx. 40 gb is doable, I have 20 on my phone and have never yet run out of data, have just upped it to 60 because it’s actually cheaper with giffgaff to do that at ten a month than the 12 I have been paying for 20gb! Love watching your journey as a parent, Thankyou for sharing

Your son is so sweet!!! You’re so calm I love it!! The gentle hair stroke to a PULL 🤣 🥰

That is so sweet!! Finally made it over ❤️ if it means something to you, I say keep it 🤩

Lovely video, I loved the fruit races haha ❤

I actually have recently realized how much storage photos have been taking up on my computer when i never look at them. So I've slowly started going through folders of trips. I can't believe I took so many photos of artifacts in museums 😂

i deleted alot of photos yesterday i think maybe 500 in total over 3 or 4 account some was not of me tho so just me maybe 350 haha i dont think i have that much haha. dont take photos every day

Please let me know how YOU are finding the audio in this video. It sounds choppy on my end.

I just had two pairs of leggings rip in the butt recently too. I felt so guilty tossing them but I got them second hand and wore them until then so I guess really I shouldn’t. I love your content so much, thank you! 💖

Really enjoyed this and your thought process. Has inspired me! I'm in the long term process of decluttering our home so great to have motivational videos!

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You need a mic or speak louder

Audio is low, but I was able to hear by turning up my volume. The sound is a bit strange too, but understandable. I find watching your declutters useful because you explain why you both had the items and why you declutter them.

It's interesting now that you can look back and realise how many of your behaviours didn't make sense even at the time, but it's not like you knew what to doi instead, i.e. walking to college in heels. It seems like you've come a really long way, and you deserve credit for that. I think many of us know they're coping mechanisms, it's doing something we can do, as opposed to what makes sense. I look back sometimes at what I chose to focus on when life was falling apart, it's hard to explain the level of regret to others who haven't lived it. Something that has helped me is to think about it as if it was a friend in the same situation that was struggling as much as I was, how would I see them? Would I see them as an awful failure? Or would I see them as someone who was overwhelmed and made mistakes, but is worthy of redemption, self-love and self-improvement? I realised that forgiving myself doesn't mean I have to condone or approve of my past behavior, but it does mean I give myself a chance to do better in the future and maybe one day become the person in someone else's life that I never had. Still really hard though, I'm not there yet but I'm working through it.

This was great , really enjoyed it

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Great declutter 👍🏻 I hate the sorting and taking to bin/charity shop/selling too. I have loads more here to do too, it adds up super quickly doesn't it, esp with children! If the packed lunch box cleans up well, they are quite handy as toy storage. I used to recycle the girls plastic ones for their felt pens etc and the cloth ones like you have for their figure toys. Could be handy to store his cars or something in? But I agree they are hard to clean for sure!

That part where your kid stole the toy reminded me the time when my ex and I were at the cosmetic store. I bought something and said that I will receive a gift too. While I was paying I saw he did sth there but I didn't realize what he was doing. When we came out of the store it turned out he had put a bottle of foundation into the paper bag where the other purchases were. He thought this was my gift 😂 I couldn't stop laughing 😂 and I was just thankful the security gates didn't start beeping otherwise it would have been like we stole it on purpose. We took it back and apologized. The salespeople said they were wondering where it went 🤣 I think they even gave us few parfume samples as a thank you 😀