How I take care of myself living alone - rural tiny home
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How I take care of myself living alone - a rural tiny home
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It’s been a quiet week over here 🤍 I’ve been recently investing extra time in taking care of my health. I wanted to share some ways I cultivate a feeling of comfort in winter. One way I do this is by choosing clothing that makes me feel safe and comfortable in my own skin. I hope you enjoy this simple day of foraging evergreens, pine resin, and making tea, and hopeful affirmations for the new year🫖
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I wanted to chit chat a bit @ 6:59 - I’m trying to do a little sharing in each video ❤️To clarify my situation, my fiancé and I do not live together at this time ☺️ but hope to find a home together next year.
My cottage is designed for one person and I live there alone for now, though things will be different next year ❤️
- It’s been really fun to get used to the camera and give updates. If that isn’t your cup of tea no worries, you can always skip
Hola, me gustaría que siempre habilitaras subtítulos en español, por favorrrrr. No sé cómo van, pero me consta por otros canales, que es una traducción automática, no hecha por el TH-camr, pero imagino que debes habilitar alguna función. Y aunque no sea una traducción exacta, es suficiente para entender el mensaje.
Saludos y graciasss
Be happy always. It's all that matters.🌻❤
It's lovely, I think, it's a video and a vlog, so I can take the best from both ☺
I liked when you say, referring to your younger self "Sometimes I still take inspiration from her". It's a lovely thought and shows love, which ìs so precious and made me think, as I also look at my past self sometimes, but with a negative shade of regret, cos of what I was and now I seem not to be (also not aknowledging I did change, in many ways) What you said made my brain work and I'll try to have a different attitude now. Can't guarantee I'll succeed, but I'll try ☺
I hope this wasn't too long and I hope it made sense 😅
Also, happy furry heart is better ☺
I love when you do a chit chat!
Are you leaving your cottage, are you going to sale it,
Since my husband died in 2014, I have been living alone with one exception. When I retired I was blessed with a cairn terrier puppy name Otis who will be 5 in January and he the little man of my life.. First and foremost I have the Lord in my life that is why I am truly blessed and I can live alone. Have a blessed Thanksgiving.
Cairns are lovely little dogs. 🥰
I'm so sorry that your husbund passed away, I wish your the best for your future. It is good to see that you still living your life happy.
❤️ Many blessings, strength and lots of love to you 💗
I am the same since 2015, with a sweet little pug. He’s everything to me. Most amazing gift! I am 59 now and these videos inspire me to live a peaceful life again and that the world is still beautiful 💕
Dogs are magic, and a puppy.... a bundle of love!
Just the smell of a puppy is relaxing. ❤
I'm 75 and I live alone with my dog . I have no family whatsoever , I do have a few friends and lots of acquaintances. I have been alone fot 17 years, my husband died after 44 years of marriage. My friends don't understand why I like being alone and not fretting about what happens in the outside world. I love your channel. Blessings
I choose solitude when I find that people around me can neither understand nor validate my deepest thoughts, feelings, and concerns. When they can not be gentle enough when I open up, breaking something in me. I'm wondering if it is the same for you.
@@Natalia-mg6yg Love your name, it's so pretty
i am very wonder to hear that.i can't imaging without no one having in my side.i love my family my sibilings and my home. thats my private place.
I'd like to sent you my warm hug. Love you ❤
Same here I haven’t found my mountain place yet it will find me thst way it’s away from racism wars and danger for me
You encourage me to want to do better. As a 44 year old male, who works in a toxic construction environment, who has overcome many bad habits, but still cling to many more, who lives a quiet life alone, I am encouraged to go further and to really enjoy the process of simplifying my life, finding balance, and improving on the things that I have power to improve in my life.
Thank you for sharing your life and perspective. I am inspired 💛
Best of luck, I hope everything goes as you want it❤
Way to go! Best wishes for your journey.
Well said 😊
So many of us find ourselves as women learning to live with ourselves I’m 81 now. You’ve got a beautiful story. Thanks so much for sharing.
As women, we work and raise families and look after everyone, and suddenly we are not needed so much. Its an odd feeling, but its the time to be kind to ourselves
I spend time with God...That's where I find peace, healing and great joy.
Same
My daughter would immerse herself in different historical time periods. When she was 13 she was immersed in the 1920s and she chose to wear an antique 1920s lace tea dress and a flapper's style hairdo to her 8th grade graduation. I love how she walks to the beat of her own drum. So proud of her. Some of her peers did not appreciate her individualism at the time but she has many friends now who do. Continue to Be yourself, Enjoy yourself, LOVE yourself.
Your daughter sounds so cool. Growing up and even now I would take bits and pieces from my favorite time periods and incorporate them into my fashion or decor.
@@BlackGirlLovesAnime6 You sound pretty cool too!
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So cute ! God bless her more ! Ameen
I love it! When I was in jr.High I dressed like a combo of Bette Davis,Joan Crawford,Katherine Hepburn. The handbags,the dresses,I had a trunk ,the coats,I loved the 40s,50s look. I still have some handbags that I wear with my jeans and crocs.I will never let go of that in me.
She lives a very rich life. I am finding that enjoying my natural world, cultivating my relationships with my neighbors and dearest long-term friends, forsaking any social mediam(thus concentrating on real people), and seeking intellectual growth, all have made my world thrive and grow. Kudos, sister!
Lovely comment, Hello how are you doing 👋👋👋👋
she does live a very rich life. the life of a rich and privileged individual. this is not a realistic depiction of cottage life, but LARPing by someone that has no idea what the rest of the world go through every day. i'm glad she's living the way she wants to live, but i sure do wish cottage life was as akin to living in the city as she makes it.
Exactly
speechless..!
What is she recovering from?
I am 63 and live happily alone. I love your beautiful environment that you create. Wished I had a cottage like yours and live a healthy lifestyle as you do.
"We don't realize the impact media has on us until we step away" this hit me so much! I am going to take a healthy break this weekend. Thank you ❤
I stopped cable and cut back on many things in social media, all I could except for what I use to market my books and the change is amazing! I'm an empath and the anxiety and sorrow I felt is manageable now. So worth it🙂
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Wow powerful words my son he will be 33 soon he is the most calmest person I know he calls himself calm Tom my golden son......he tells me all the time not to read the paper nor watch the news and I get it because it does affect me ..at the same time I want to know what is going on in our world....so I truly try now to get little pieces here and there .....and focus more on finding a more peaceful world peace.
It's me again. Your comment about media is so true. Our t.v. broke one summer. And I told my husband maybe we didn't need one, as we were busy outside that time of year. We never went back to it. So much bad influence.
@@cherylwebb8340 Hi. I’m seriously considering giving up my TV.
Oh my goodness, when I was a child I wanted to be Anne of Green Gables so much that when we went shopping at the second hand stores I would pick out the most old fashioned clothing I could find and wanted to take a basket to school. I never thought anyone else was like me. I am very drawn to old fashioned things and have decided recently that I am going to embrace those things and not worry about what others think. Thank you for sharing that story about the dress. ☺️
I wanted to be Laura Ingalls Wilder. Read all the books when I was young and found them so interesting.
Victorian age .... I wanna live in
Jo March from Little Women for me! I identified with her so much; her temper, being the "man" of the family and her ups and downs. I made myself a couple of long dresses to wear to school (this was in the early 70's so "maxi" dresses were okay).
For Paola's Quinceañera (the traditional Hispanic 15th birthday) she didn't want the typical grand party.....she wanted to go to Prince Edward Island and explore all things Anne of Green Gables and Lucy Maude Montgomery. That is how obsessed she was with Anne! One or the best vacations we ever had. (From the Cottage Fairy's father).
@@barthmerrill7947 I am 44 years old and that is still a dream of mine to go there. I'm hoping this is the year ☺️
At 58 I find myself starting over and alone in the world. Your videos help me learn to be ok by myself. Something I find excruciatingly difficult to do. I struggle to learn how to redefine a life at my age that I had planned out so differently than where I am now. Thank you for throwing me a lifeline.
I started over at 58 also... Brutal. It was 4 years of hell.
I don’t know what is involved for you in starting over again. For me, it was 56 when I got divorced and had to sell the family home. I was also MD of a large company which was both good and bad in that I was always busy but, equally, I never got to relax. I made a conscious decision not to go chasing anything for a while. A couple of years later, I decided to see what I could find. I used an upmarket seniors matching agency and had a couple of lovely days or evenings with 2 different ladies. Then along came number 3; that was nearly 20 years ago and we are very happy and married. For me, the greatest lesson that I had to learn was to like myself; forgive myself for the occasional failing and stop setting targets for every little thing (E.g. can I finish the dusting and be back from shopping by 12). For me, it made me a more settled person
I feel the same…going through a divorce at age 72 with health problems…
U can do it..I did and Im 58, I will start traveling in Sept...just do it..I'll be traveling g alone I've never been out of the state of TX. So I'm taking a great leap to Turkey ...it's never too late to reinvent yourself...
All Blessings.
Always I wanted to live like this in my entire life. I don’t know why I behave like this. No bullshit, no fake and toxic people. Only peace.
I watched your videos when I suffered from panic attacks and couldn't eat from all the stress. I ate my meals to your calming and beautiful videos. You helped me, thank you infinitely
Sophia, so sorry to hear... just letting you know, there are ways out of it. Panic attacks are a sign of an overstimulated nervous system and have their cause most likely in buried experiences which could not be processed... allow yourself to reach out, I do so myself and it helped to dissolve it completely
Same here. Her videos honestly saved me from nights of pure pain.
I’m eating now. It is peaceful to watch this video while eating. ❤️
@@unlockyoursoulmemory4199 They can also be caused be chemical imbalances in the brain. I had to have medical therapy and hospitalization to help me get control of my panic attacks. Sometimes thoughts cannot be quieted on our own merit.
@@robinholbrook6576 of course it can be a combination of many aspects... yet those chemical imbalances are oftentimes caused by emotions triggering them, did you look into Joe Dispenza explaining how hormones are sent out due to emotions following a certain mindset... and you are absolutely free to follow along what resonates with you, but just ask yourself, were you born with it, or did it come into your life at a certain time?
" It's amazing how you don't realize the impact media has on you, until you step away from it."
Wise words.. Wise words indeed 💖
Says the cottage fairy that has a film and editing crew following her around ...LOL
@@SuperBookdragon umm.. I'm not gonna argue cz I don't know about her crew.. she might just do it herself.. Or she might have a team.
But let's focus on what's being said rather than who said it... Shall we?
Everybody deserves a good homelife...peaceful, quiet, and safe. Anything less than that is uncivilized.
What a gentle blessing you are, I live alone in my little town house but I'm never Lonely. I embrace all my hobbies from painting watercolors, playing my guitars and writing music, to building and designing, to preparing all my breads and canning food, I enjoy my solitude and peaceful lifestyle. I do love to engage with gentle and kind hearted souls when I do go out but I honestly prefer to enjoy all the life experiences and talents I have acquired over the many years. I agree with you about surrounding yourself with positive uplifting energy, this world is too full of destructive forces that will so easily snatch away what you treasure the most. You would be a good person and such a joyful element to anyone's life, your humble passion and tender nature is a treasure this world has overlooked. Be blessed and keep safe and always remember to listen to your inter-voice, I'm glad to have found you today and your positive energy and warm sunlight.
So much agree with your sentiments, Danny - kind, gentle-hearted souls should be the only ppl we need to engage with
on any level. Peace and eternal joy to you from someone who admires those who have had the energy and wherewithal to gather life experiences and talents for such a time as this.
My mama died on hospice last summer at my home at age 68 and my dad is now on hospice at 78. Challenging times for me. Your videos bring me so much peace and comfort. Thank you. 🕊️
What a loving, caring and brave daughter you are.. God bless you and keep you protected, resilient, supported. Hugs to you💐🌻🌹
I am sorry for your loss! Wishing you all the strength you need!😇🙏🏼 Bless your soul for taking care of your parents.
Sending you lots of love, strength and healing energy. I hope you’ve been able to find more peace and joy in the memories of your parents. Blessing to your dad as he makes his transition. May it be sweet and peaceful🌸
Y'all are the sweetest. Bless you all for your kind hearts.
Dear Tammie...I'm so sorry that you're suffering this much sorrow and the loss of your Mom...and Father who is in hospice.
I pray that you experience the loving embrace of the Lord in all of this. - Noelle
So true that what you wear influences your mood and how you feel about yourself. Like you I was always drawn to “old-fashioned” clothing and I once had a job in a pioneer museum where I wore an 1830’s dress and cap - I really felt like myself in that costume! In daily modern life I love to wear skirts that swirl around my legs, cozy sweaters and comfy boots. So important to be true to yourself. This was another beautiful slice of your life - thank you for sharing!
I live alone but not alone because I live with three big dogs. We had a wonderful walk in the bush today. The trees were covered in snow and looked like a fairy tale. The river is still open and sounded like music. We walked for a couple of hours because the dogs were eager to run in the snow and I wanted to start looking for a small tree I could dig up and pot for my Christmas tree this year. When we got back we made sure my rabbits had lots of warm bedding and the water pump was free of ice. It was very quiet and peaceful. I’m going to spend time drawing this afternoon and will make a nice root vegetable soup for supper. I had a good crop of carrots, beets, potatoes and onions and herbs this year and I’m looking forward to a wonderful aromatic soup later today.
I came across this today, exactly when I needed it. I'm 54, estranged from difficult relationships, learning to be with me comfortably. It's not always as easy as it should be, but I intend to move through this and evolve this chapter of my life with grace and compassion for my existence. I've been deeply depressed lately, unbearably it seems, but I know there is value in this experience. I appreciate this video so very much. It's inspiring and comforting. Thank you. Especially the part about turning off the news. I'm an extremely sensitive, empathic Soul and you are absolutely right about it's impact. I appreciate this more than I can express in mere words. 🕉
I feel you 🙏
Gosh can we have a ladies tea party 😂 Im 33 and I feel you too!
You chose the exact words I would have here. Same story except I’ve been intentionally alone for six years now. I can’s imagine another way of living. Thanks for sharing and well wishes. 😊
Turning off the news four years ago!! Peace. Is key
You have strength and ofcourse you're amazingly capable to handle it all. Stay healthy and happy.🙏🏻
Your comments about stepping away from the media cannot be more true. I have pretty much cut out social media over the past year and a half and have restricted my news intake to just a few minutes a couple times a week and I am so much happier because of it. Every time I have hopped on facebook or turned on the radio for an extensive period of time since, I immediately start feeling the negativity and my anxiety levels rising. So much about mainstream media focuses on the bad and is designed to encourage fear and division because that what seems to keep people engaged. I do not believe in that. I think your channel is a perfect example of how people can be just as engaged by focusing on peace, nature, and perseverance through challenging times.
I'd like to make a suggestion: Replace traditional news by subscribing to email newsletters from the non-profits and organizations that you like and want to support. That will be something new to read each day, and a connection to events and programs that you might want to participate in or support.
@@Jen.O I actually do something like that already. Not email letters per se since my inbox is too full as it is. But on Instagram, I only follow groups/creators/people who add positive energy to my day. From a mental health standpoint, it's very beneficial.
Yasss! Well said!!!🙌
I've been so tempted to do this! I don't know why I am afraid to.
in stressful times, your videos calm me down so much. i wish to live like you one day.
much love, and wish you good health ❤️
I rarely listen to the news now, and don't watch live television or listen to the radio. I'm much happier listening to audiobooks or my own choice of music, reading, or watching my choice of old tv series or films on demand. I enjoy looking after my land and animals, and am not interested in the fearmongering of the media. Your way of life is so beautiful and your videos always cheer my day. Thank you!
“practice seeing the world, truly seeing it, instead of constantly being in my own head more than i want to”
I gasp. i relate so much to her in this line. this is how imagine my life in the future. peaceful, with nature, happy. maybe other view abundance as having many cars, living in a mansion, have many money but my definition of abundant is this kind of life.. 💕💕💕
I moved to a rural home a short time after my husband passed. I have loved the quiet and peace here. I am kept company by 2 dogs and 3 cats, all the wonderful creatures that cross my path. So many people have been stunned I live alone way out here’ ( I’m 15 minutes away from a store or a hospital). I can’t stand the thought of living in town.
I Think you have found peace and tranquility in your environment and surroundings, and have opened your heart to the real values in life! Well done!!
I have two book recommendations for you: "Women who run with the wolves" by Clarissa Pinkola Estes and "Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Both have old stories and talk about our connection to nature, maybe your sort of thing :)
Hey!! I'm going to look those books up. Thank you for the share.
Women Who Run with the Wolves brought me out of situational depression earlier in my life. ❤
☺️ Was going to recommend “Women Who Run with the Wolves” if no one else mentioned it... a beautiful, powerfully enlightening book! 🙏💕
EXCELLENT recommendation! I am reading Braiding Sweetgrass now, and have read parts of Women who Run with the Wolves.
I grew so much after reading Women who run with the wolves and will take you up on Braiding Sweetgrass.
The media can take over our lives if we're not careful and we can develop an unhealthy addiction to "the news" which really doesn't reflect the world at all, but merely a certain section of it. To switch off the media for a week and to turn our attention to our surroundings is far more real and wholesome. The small things of life and our involvement with them teach us far more than the daily news does. Thank you for reminding us of this.
Thank you. My husband of 50 years died of cancer on February 10, 2022. You have given me some very good ideas. I will be fine as long as I have a plan. Such beautiful ideas! Thank you! Have a wonderful week!
She is so down to earth, & she has such a positive personality
My husband died in January, 2019. As much as I miss him after 32 years of marriage, I have to admit that I am doing fine living alone here in Puerto Rico. Vaya, fellow, Boricua. May God bless you.
God bless you too! ❤️🙏🇳🇿
Have you found any channels of older women living like this or similar intentions? If so, I would love to watch them-if you would share.
I lost my husband in 2020 after 32 years of marriage also. I live alone in the country with a big yellow lab and 3 kitty cats. Slowly making progress living a new life. I am Puerto Rican also. Love and peace to everyone.
@@carmenmanson5258 sorry for your loss. I too lost my husband of 36 years , March 2020. I am adapting to living on my own.
@@lauraann4014 men wear themselves out taking care of the family. Then we die so a new guy can enjoy what we worked so hard for.
My lovely sweet daughter & i live together and we made our home our cozy, chic inviting home. Soft lighting, fireplaces, velvet sofas, and ocean style bathrooms. Our family and friends never want to leave...lol💞be at peace within and God will comfort your heart🙏
Your channel is like a movie. You might feel like you are just like a quiet supporting character, but you are the main character! I love reading books where the setting is in country or rural areas. I just love your videos! 😍
In which country u live
You have helped me redefine what it means for me to "succeed." Thank you for your honesty and the love and care you give to the world. My spirit is at peace whenever I watch your videos. Thank you, Paola!
Same
Your videos are almost like a meditation, with your calming gentle voice, the beautiful scenery, the lovely scenes in your home and the music. And of course, your shared feelings and words of encouragement. All the little thoughtful details in your home are so lovely - like the little decorative spoon, your mortar and pestal, fabrics you use, your teapots, tea cups and even the books, all lend themselves to a sense of warmth and unhurried enjoyment. Thank you for sharing.
You’re so right about the spoon, Chris. It the little things that help make life sweet.
@@cathybaird7207 lovely relaxing voice and your environment is priceless --
Be the change you want to see --
All I dream about in this life is good health, my own home and my favorite job. It is so wonderful and valuable when you are healthy and nothing hurts, all tests are good. When you have your own cozy house, albeit small and simple. It's great when there is a quiet job without much stress, somewhere in a small town with friendly and familiar people. I don't need anything more in this life. Of course, there will be failures and problems, but the basis of happiness for me now is only this - health, home, work and a familiar cozy circle of friendly people. I don't even dream of a partner. I wish everyone and everyone to find their place of power, their safe place where you will be calm and well. On weekdays and busy days with stress, quiet streets, houses and coffee shops are especially valuable for calming down.
It is so nice to know more people are either cutting down on using social media, or not using it at all. I hope this continues. It is so nice to see people reading, conversing with others, using their creative juices. God bless.
While she posts this on TH-cam 😂🤦♂️
@@jgould30 Yeah the logic in this one is quite amazing. :D
Hi it's ok to be friends
You have added so much to my life. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your beauty, appreciation of our world, your honesty and of course your love of books....(and small flowers). Somehow your love of small things makes me feel honored when sometimes I am feeling small.
Sending you love.
Amen. I love "... makes me feel honored when sometimes I am feeling small". Reminds me the Japanese notion of "wasabi" (?): appreciation of wear, use, and experiences, where a crack in a cup would be repaired with gold, making the "scar" more precious than the item itself.
Hello, kind counselor
I believe I have heard that Fred Rogers, of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, has told the story of a time in his childhood when he was afraid or concerned about the scary/negative thins he saw in the news. His mother told him when he sees these types of things to look for the helpers. They are always there.
Everything about you is art. I love everything in your house and how you touch every single one of them with so much gentleness. I wish I could live a life like yours. Your videographer is amazing. He captures all the emotions and feelings you portray.
there is a guess that she takes everything herself
@@user-ts7sh4gp3t Wow. That's awesome,.
A beautiful, independant woman, a Labrador retriever and a remote cottage.
Women are so enchanting...
The visuals in your video are incredible...they just make me so so happy! From all the little jars, with tea, pine resin, clovers, etc, to the artsy way you decorate, your amazing style, the little mushroom cork in that jar, your dog...I'm so grateful I found this channel. Your positive messages have helped me remember to focus on the small things. I'm letting my inner child come out more and more and not feel shame. Your message always seems to touch me and spark inspiration, and for that, I am so grateful!
I'm with you about Paola's way of life.
For my part, I cut myself off from my family of origin out of necessity, as my parents are narcs, my grandmother and aunt were narcs...yeah...so now I am clearing out old unhealthy ideas about myself, allowing my own inner child to speak, and reveling in the connections I have found with not just likeminded people, but my ancestors as well.
I have had to allow myself the emotional space to rediscover what abilities I have and come to terms with just how much personal power I gave away.
What is the resin for?
You have such a sweet and honest down to earth aura about you. I'm inspired by your simplicity at your young age. I'm 63 this year and I'm barely getting it. 🤣. Stay healthy and grateful to our Lord Almighty 💖
This is like a real life episode of little house on the prairie.
I love it 🧡
I'm sorry but I can not live by myself. I need the noise of children around me. But I understand you and your love of been alone. My sister is just the same. For every person God has designed life for some of us to choose. May God bless you and keep you safe each day. 🎉❤
My husband died of Covid in October. We had just become empty nesters and were in the process of selling our home to our oldest son and his family to raise all of their children in as the house was too big for just the two of us… now I’m swimming in it all alone.
I love smaller places and would love to live in a tiny house. I have looked at them and studied them for years never dreaming one day I might actually be in the position of making that choice.
My Deepest Condolences for your loss.
So sorry xxx
I’m sorry for your loss. Hang in there. 🙏❤️
So very sorry for your loss 💜 perhaps one day you will be ready for that transition 💜 sending warm wishes 💜
Wait a while to make big changes. Please let yourself grieve and heal f over loosing your husband. I hope you find peace and find the life you deserve.
This is the calmest, most wholesome video I've seen in such a long time! Having such mindfulness, harmony and balance is definitely a goal of mine. A really tough goal!
Same here. A few tears have been shed and I know not why!
Same here ❤️
that is exciting to know..... can we be friends?
Let It Be 💦
I hope that you have found the mindfulness, harmony, balance, and peace that you deserve since posting this.
We all CHOOSE how we feel. All emotions are simply choices. If you are choosing to feel poorly, just ask yourself, “how else could I feel”? Ask until the truly answer arrives and choose that🙏
Most of us underestimate the bliss of a simple life!
When I woke up this morning, I was feeling a little “off.” I’m so glad I came across this channel. This was like a breath of fresh air to me.
yes indeed. you must have been on this channel long... can we be friends ?
god bless you 🙏🏼🇦🇺
What? You can make a tea out of pine needles?
This is me right now
Me too. X
Just want to thank you for the little talks, catching us up and sharing with us. It's been great to see you and to hear you. So personal and it takes a freedom and confidence to speak like that in front of the camera. Way to go Paola. Your boldness emboldens me. 🌺❣️🌺
How lovely. I live in a rural area and also enjoy the simplest of things these days. I love just walking among my trees and watching the birds watch me. It gives me so much joy to just be in the moment here. Blessings.
I’m 17 now living in a big city but I want to live this way one day.
well sure it's all about saving money and buying nothing but toilet paper, several food pantries for food look them up, go to online classifieds for the absolute cheapest 1 roomer or family members to stay with or a friend. When you get your check don't spend it that's a nono. before you know it you have enough to find your own little plot of land closest to your work or delve into the working at home options on TH-cam ect. While you are saving money this gives you time to look and check out all the money home job options and it's exciting to start that journey sooner than later.
I'm crying...again. YOU'RE THE BEST, PAOLA!! THE BEST! Idk what have i done to find your channel at the first place but I'm so so glad that through this channel i get connect with you, with such a beautiful soul. Through your videos i always feel as if there's atleast someone who understands me. You not only guide me but inspire me in SO MANY WAYS! You give me hope that everything will be fine and life is worth living. Thank you! Thank you sm! 🥺🤍 God bless you, Paola.
Hang in there. Heal, and you will find your own treasure inside of you for yourself, and to share with others.
@@famulan3479 🤍🤍
She is lovely isn't she... Love her videos lots... I wish more people would be like her
Stopping watching the news helped my anxiety and depression so much. I have a friend who updates me on what I need to be aware of which doesn't trigger me like the fear inducing language and approaches of mainstream media. I also subscribe to good news & articles on kind actions which warms my heart and calms my soul 🙏🕯🕊💚💫
Nice to hear someone that still cherishes books. They are special to me too. All my life what I needed to know next would turn up in the next book. Magic at work. Take care adieu.
I'm 17 and going to turn 18 this august. I hope and wish everybody has a fulfilling, calm and happy life.
I love the talk of the healthy escapism can unhealthy. A lot of things I claimed I like were unhealthy escapism taught through childhood or just me having to be in survival mode. I used to like watching tv, daydreaming and a lot of other things. Even though I still enjoy those when I can, most of my unhealthy escapisms were laziness. I’ve rewrote the meaning of what a healthy escapism looks like, for me and true art. ❤️
That’s so beautiful! ❤️
@@viciousLUA thank you ❤️
I dont know where to begin
kiyana - Good for you love! Laziness never got any of us anywhere! So glad you rewrote that! Tell us what you are up to. I care and I'm interested.
As an artist and someone that has overcome anorexia as a teenager, I can relate to letting go of things that do not serve us to make room for the things that will serve us. I love your videos.
Also I'd like to add, self forgiveness is essential. The hardest thing to do, but once you truly forgive yourself... Zen.
Not sure how this landed in my recommendations a year later but the moment, today, was perfect. This is a time of monumental transition. This morning i found myself genuinely torn between doubling-down on the ‘driven’ life necessary to get ahead and turning the other direction - disembarking from that train entirely and wondering what that would be like. Then, your voice, this window into your deliberate quiet life lands in my lap?
I’m inspired and grateful.
Your videos give me so much peace. With love from Tanzania
Living alone is one of the best experiences in life, it gives you time to think of yourself, you're always busy doing things and it makes you feel gratifying of being self sufficient.
I love the way you put so much love into every little thing you do and your home is lovely. I am a big pet lover and just love your doggie. Thank you for sharing & Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones.
yeah very nice... I will love to be friends with you dear
I love your spirit ❤ You are truly beautiful inside and out. May the LORD continually bless and prosper your soul.
Such a beautiful presentation. You’re an inspiration. At 72 I’m leaving New York City and moving my online business and residence to 400 miles away in a smaller town. I was a bit worried how I’d adjust but now I’m at ease
I’m so grateful you exist as a model. You’re a unique example of being oneself…
because it’s so destructive to compare our lives to others.
She's given me hope that it is possible!
I'm an artist and moderator in museums, living at the country side, too, with my two dogs, and I learned to live alone, after my husband became an ex. I've never been creative and happy like now, living alone. Following your cottage life, I feel a lot of your thoughts being my own thoughts and feelings, too.
Really glad to come across your channel. Very different from the chaos that we are all exposed to right now. Thank you for that sense of peace. It's refreshing. ✌️
I just shared your video with my daughter. She’s fighting some “demons” and I think your message is so wonderful.
Wow,..that shot of the mountains with the blue and pink sky!!!💙
Thank you for being one of the sources of good news and peace in our world.
Hello Kalen
I'm patiently waiting for the day I can live alone.
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I try to remind myself to Enjoy where I am & with whoever’s company presents itself each day with the confidence the rest of my desires will unfold naturally in its own time! 🙏❤️🙏
That sounds hard. I'll cross my fingers for you.
Solitude is great but we need a companion and dogs are great ❤❤❤
Such bliss! and oh my... that herbal store is amazing 🥰
❄️Thank you for this peaceful video. I am almost 50, but always loved the “olden days!” You have encouraged me to read some of my old favorites from the Little House series:) Have a blessed Thanksgiving!❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
Oh, I loved her books when I was younger... I'm 55 years old, and still love the idea of a simple life. Although, I don't think Little House on The Prairie would have been so simple.
@@SisterSherryDoingStuff ~
That is so very true! I hope you enjoy this beautiful day🤎💛🍂
I have the whole set, I'm going to reread them this winter.
@@elizabethwidlund3859 ,
That is so awesome! I’ve been looking for them at thrift and antique stores lately, but no luck yet. Enjoy!❄️
I live in the country too. It is really so calming and peaceful. Sometimes, our mind and body need this peace to heal from an overactive lifestyle and nervous system. Moving to the country has been the best decision and now, I feel like I am ready to go out and explore more. Thank you country living for the peace and healing you gave me!!
"all the light we cannot see" . Thank you for a beautiful idea for the Christmas presents!
I love how gentle/peaceful your channel is, I need it in the hurricane that is my life ♥️
You exude so much grace and so much light, it’s unbelievable. Your TH-cam channel is truly a gift to the world, a place where we can be calm, loving, and peaceful. Thank you for all that you do 🙏🏾❤️
Just found you XXX
I've just found this. Much much needed.
This was my very first visit and my very first thought 🌹
@@lesleyhogg2495 Me too Lesley. Beautiful 😍. 🌹
no black woman can have that
You are alone but you are happy because you build a harmony between you and nature. This harmony keeps you fresh and alive all the day.
I don't recall the last time I listened to a person for 15 minutes and enjoyed it!
I love your style. Your clothes match the colours of the landscape too, so beautiful! I’m drinking my tea here watching your newest inspiring upload, thank you 🙏💗
Such a wonderful and amazing lady. You remind me of Jane Austen. So soft-spoken and discerning. This is what all TH-cam videos should represent; a way to remind us that true beauty lies on the inside. You are such a delightful person.
"Love is not love which alters where it alteration finds or bends with remover to remove..."
You are the star to every wondering bark!
Totally agree, so refreshing
This was a recommended video to me this morning and I am just blown away by how it was sent to me at the right season of my life. I can’t articulate how calming and reassuring this was for me. I’ve began practicing a more mindful life and really just trying to honor my body and self and slow down. I seem to be met with a lot of opinions on how this isn’t “normal” but to me, it feels like everything up until now was abnormal. You spoke on mental health and addictions, so I’m going to be watching many more of your videos to learn your story and hopefully bring some of this stillness into my own life. So, THANK YOU. This 15 minute video brought some much needed validation into trusting my own intuition.
Also, I’ve had the thought process all week about how long skirts used to bring me so much joy as a child. The way they swished about my ankles and in my imagination I was a princess in a forest. So, today, I’m going to go find myself a swishy, ankle length skirt and allow myself to feel that freedom again. My inner child needs that. Again, THANK you and you have a new subscriber ❤️👏🏼
It's hard to trust yourself when others are pushing back. Slowing down lets you find your voice, which often seems to quiet as we lose ourselves to the demands of the world outside. Take time to heal, and to find yourself. Only you know who and where you want to be. Blessings and peace on your journey. Incidentally, I found a very positive channel, Beryl Shereshewsky (spelling?) shares food and stories and art, and is so uplifting!
This was me tonight! Perfect timing to come across this.
Same here i agree❤️💯
I can't stress this enough.... How it feels so smoothly filmed....
Паола,спасибо за ваши видео.Нравится все,что ты делаешь.Какой милый твой пес,как он привязан к тебе.Здоровья тебе и твоим близким,!🥰🥰🥰
One’s health is essential to continuing one’s LIFE JOURNEY . What A MIRACLE BEING HEALTHY AGAIN .💝
2:08 thank you for your channel, I am showing these videos to my female teenage students who are suffering from bullying or solitude. It helps me building their self confidence and making them realise that your company is better than a superficial company ❤.
I'm not sure you will read this as I see you have so many comments. But I want to say THANKYOU for what you do- blessing the lives of countless people with the love you send our way through your videos. I cannot say what your videos mean to me. You are a truly inspiring person and I so appreciate the warmth and beauty you send my way. Keep doing what you're doing, for you spark life and joy and peace in everyone who watches your videos. God bless you so richly in all you do and as always I look forward to your next beautiful and inspiring video 💖
Your videos remind me each week the beauty of life and inspire me to take be present for the little moments 😌 thank you
This is a wonderful video! It is so helpful for single people moving away from family, for those newly divorced, for widows and widowers! Thank you!
What a beautiful and refreshing Journal of your work and life..I adored watching this🌼🕯️🦆
So much beauty and inner bliss in this video! Sending love from the Philippines! 🥰
hi Paola! i just wanted to say how your vlogs are really calming and relaxing, i remember watching your videos every day when i was going through a bad patch. it really helped to calm my nerves and take me into another place, somewhere where i can rest my mind. i love the camera-work, storytelling and your art in your videos (basicaly everything about your videos) you have such a unique channel i really appreciate all the effort and work you put in to make these videos, i hope you will have an amazing day or night :)
I live in western Montana, in a valley that looks a lot like yours. This is the dream right here. Your lifestyle has been my goal for the past few years. I can’t wait to grow for the next few years as I wait for the housing market to crash. At 23, it’s almost impossible to maintain your lifestyle without making over $50k a year. But hopefully within the next ten years I can live in a little cottage near the forest but far enough from civilization. Riding a horse bareback and gathering berries and other edible foods the world gives is just one of my many adventures I dream of. Keep it up with the nice videos.
Living alone is heaven, in my opinion.
I think the reason why I love this channel is because I really crave being able to enjoy the present moment. Being at a mental place where I can just enjoy what is right in front of me and be at peace with it. I've been struggling with chronic anxiety and depression since I was very young. Everyday I choose to fight for me and take steps towards having true inner peace. I know it's possible. This channel is, not only a peaceful space, but it inspires me to enjoy the present moment. When I can enjoy the present moment, the mental stress and anxiety slowly fades away. That is what living truly is. Thank you for sharing your life with us Paola. 💗💗💗
I feel the same way, I have a hard time relaxing and enjoying the now, it’s what inspires me to make videos. It’s very therapeutic and reminds me of the peace I can incorporate into my life, even though I don’t always have it. It means a lot to connect with other people who love the same things❤️
Just a simple “thank you” your videos are always so lovely 😊🇬🇧
You are such a well spoken, and articulate lady!! I agree with you: we DO NEED to find that balance in our lives, and also to try to focus more on the positive aspects of our lives. It’s far too easy to wallow in self pity; as I tend to do : am trying to overcome this. GOD BLESS XXX
I just found your channel in perfect timing. I am 48, a recovering addict that is rebuilding my life and finding it really hard because I am all alone. It is good to see how you live alone in a healthy way. Thank you for sharing!