it's encouraging that you keep posting in this channel, i really like this lifestlye, i am 39 and i thought i am the only one with those struggels but it is comforting to to feel I am not alone... we are more than what society makes us think we are
Hi Jenny! I'm on the similar boat (40yo, no glamorous job, long time relationship but not merried, no children, chronic disability and toxic family environment which forced me to leave my home country). All your struggles are real and understandable. I feel them with all my heart. ❤ At the same time: You've been through a lot and still are doing well. You're kind and caring. If you could manage your life differently you would. And your life metters just the way it is. Just keep challenging yourself to grow. One day at a time. Your light is shining no metter what! 🌟Lots of love. 🤗
This is the sweetest comment. Thank you so much, I really mean it! I really needed to read something like this today. I’m sorry to read about all your struggles but I’m glad to hear that we can relate with each other even if we don’t know each other personally. You are not alone, you got this! 🤍 sending you so much love strength and positivity! Xx
@@TheSimplicityDiaries I know! Life is tough and we all need more support and kindness (also towards ourselves!). I'd love to have a cup of tea with you and a hug. 🤗 Keep your head up high and shine! ⭐
Jen, let me tell you one thing. It does not mean that those who at your age are married, or have children or have a stable career, have it all figured out or are somehow on top of the world. I am 53, married with two grown up daughters and work in the family business. I look back at my life sometimes and feel that I have never actually lived for the sake of living. Yes my daughters are precious but we are constantly working, go away on holiday for very short days and have no riches to speak of. I recently decided to start studying and thinking of going on a trekking expedition. I think what gives life to your life are the exciting things you do for yourself. . . not what society dictates. So let the eyebrows rise and do what makes you happy. Much love, Doreen xx
This comment just made my day! Thank you so much Doreen, you are the kindest soul. I’m so glad to hear that you are taking on new, exciting projects and plans. Don’t forget that you too deserve to live your best life. Sending you so much love strength and positivity! xx
I am turning 58 in a couple months and I entirely relate to your sentiments at the end. I don't know if I'll ever feel like I have the answers but by focusing on the things I value, I care less about fitting in with 'normal' and it helps me feel good about my life's choices.
Hi Jenny, Thank you for sharing! I'm two months into being age 44, and I still have no clue what my dream job is either! I cringe when people ask me what my 5 year plan is! I also haven't met the miles stones many of my freinds have at this age, which can feel a bit alienating at times. I also have one long silver hair that now grows out of my upper lip until I pluck it out 😅 I think the older I get the less i care about what people think so much. I hope this helps make you feel a little better! x I think the key is to live according to your values!
Hi Jen :) I really enjoyed your vlog and the things you said. I'm 41, will tun 42 in November this year. I am married but I don't have kids and don't intend to have some. Sometimes I feel all the struggles of getting older in a world, where women especially have to be fresh, youthful and so on. I have wrinkles, my face changed a lot the last two years, and yeah, the hair-thing you mentioned.... my life is unconventional- I don't think that I will work in my job forever because it is very exhausting in the long run. I love doing music in my spare time and from time to time I am a Djane. I am married to a chronic ill person which leads often to many worries, sadness and pain besides the fact that we love each other. I think that we don't have to have everything figured out. Nobody Is perfect and what does that mean anyway? by the way: hands up for the black cat T-Shirt :D And your new glasses suit you very well :)
I feel you! All the things you said resonate a lot with me!!! I turned 44 this year and I don't have all the answers either... To be honest it seems that I have more questions now than when I was in my 20s... My life is "unconventional" to most people. I have a job that I don't like and no clue of what my dream job might be. Sometimes I feel a bit lost😅... You're totally right about stubborn hairs... I have one on my chin... No matter how many time I remove it, it always comes back... 😂 Anyhow, thanks for sharing! I felt seen and it felt good❤! Thank you!!
I can empathize with you, but as you get older it also becomes easier to worry less about what other people might think about you. I think something is changing here too and older women are much more visible than they were 20 years ago. When I was younger, I didn't have any role models of (especially child-free) women in their 50s and 60s, but today there are so many powerful and amazing women who are anything but invisible. Ultimately, it also has a lot to do with your own attitude. You rock, Girl! 😍
You're so right! Thank you! 🤍 Who cares what others think, all that matters is that we live a life that we can be proud of and that is aligned with our values and who we are!
Thank you for the new vlog, loved it Good job with the saving jars! And the glasses look really good on you! This year I hope to turn 40 in september too. Time flies, unbelievable. My life doesn't fit "the average" either since I haven't be able to work for quite a while, I do have no kids, live on my own in a social renting place and don't have a relationship (well, let's say friends with benefits with my ex-partner). And yes, age is showing on my face but I'm really thankfull for being alive and after a few pretty hard health-years I'm finally getting a little better so I'm looking forward to what life brings me including having a natural aging appearance ♡ Wishing you a healthy and happy 2025 ☆
It's so comforting to see someone a little bit older than me (I'm 30) feel the same way. I'm chronically ill, single and live alone with my cat and always battle thoughts about where I "should" be in life while my friends get married, have babies and buy houses. Really, we are lucky, because we have been forced to find the joy in the simple things. And hitting societal milestones doesnt necessarily equal being happy. So I've done the scary thing of start a TH-cam channel this year, to rebuild my own self confidence and try something new. Your videos are so calming to watch and I hope one day I can have the same impact 🤍
This things that you've written is EVERYTHING: "we are lucky, because we have been forced to find the joy in the simple things. And hitting societal milestones doesn't necessarily equal being happy." Thank you for this kind reminder!! You rock and I wish you all the best! 🤍
Jenny!!! Sei mitica! Ho 50 anni e mi sento alla stessa maniera, anche se ho famiglia... che dire, forse la vita non è tutto un luccichio, ma fatta anche di momenti così! Ti mando il link di un video che ho appena visto... e che mi ha commossa
Cara Chiara, grazie di cuore! Ho appena visto il video. Davvero bellissimo. Difficile ricordarsi che noi siamo anche i nostri spazi negativi... ma senza di essi non potremmo essere "noi". Un abbraccio! 🤍
Oi querida Jenny, há muito tempo vejo seus vídeos mas raramente comento. Gosto demais dos seus vlogs e Ziggy é uma fofura 😸 Eu sou brasileira e moro sozinha na França. Tenho 2 gatinhos (Tofu e Cafuné) que resgatei nas ruas (antes eram 3 mas uma gatinha morreu no final de 2023). Nasci no Rio de Janeiro e o clima na França não é fácil pra mim mesmo depois de anos. Morei em Paris, depois em Dijon e agora estou em Nancy por causa de um emprego novo. Aqui é o lugar mais frio onde morei. Já vivi situações bem difíceis aqui na França. A última vez que fui ao Brasil ver minha família foi em 2011. Apesar das dificuldades que já tive, e que ainda posso vir a ter no futuro, sempre tenho fé e gratidão pela minha vida atual. Atualmente, sou professora de canto em um conservatório de música da região onde moro. Essa é a primeira vez que sinto estabilidade e tranquilidade. Moro num apartamento de 30 metros quadrados que adoro, é o meu cantinho de paz ✨ No momento, não tenho a menor intenção de estar com alguém, estou apreciando minha companhia e meus momentos de solitude e cuidando de mim 😊 Faço algumas compras em lojas de segunda mão (Secours Populaire e Emmaüs) por aqui e encontro roupas, louça, e móveis de excelente qualidade. Também comecei à fazer compras no Lidl e pensei em você 😉 Vou vivendo cada dia de uma vez, plantando sementes de alegria no trabalho com meus alunos e de esperança em tempos melhores quando vou aos parques observar a natureza. Tudo é cíclico e nada é permanente. Um abraço quentinho pra você e para Ziggy 🥰😸
Thank you for all you share. Have been following you for several years and appreciate how you share your life's challenges and concerns - truly inspiring. Love your glasses. They really frame your face well. 😊
I love your channel and your lifestyle. I am 41 years old and I don´y have the answers either but I leant to flow more. We make life very complicated. kiss 🫂🖤
Thanks for sharing this with me, I love your attitude! I think you're right, sometimes (or often, actually), we make things more complicated than they are. Letting ourselves go more with the flow is purely an act of self-love and self-kindness 🤍
@@TheSimplicityDiaries yes!I think that we should be kinder to ourselves. Maybe the secret is to feel more special and complete jus by being at peace.💞
it's encouraging that you keep posting in this channel, i really like this lifestlye, i am 39 and i thought i am the only one with those struggels but it is comforting to to feel I am not alone... we are more than what society makes us think we are
Hi Jenny! I'm on the similar boat (40yo, no glamorous job, long time relationship but not merried, no children, chronic disability and toxic family environment which forced me to leave my home country). All your struggles are real and understandable. I feel them with all my heart. ❤ At the same time: You've been through a lot and still are doing well. You're kind and caring. If you could manage your life differently you would. And your life metters just the way it is. Just keep challenging yourself to grow. One day at a time. Your light is shining no metter what! 🌟Lots of love. 🤗
This is the sweetest comment. Thank you so much, I really mean it! I really needed to read something like this today. I’m sorry to read about all your struggles but I’m glad to hear that we can relate with each other even if we don’t know each other personally. You are not alone, you got this! 🤍 sending you so much love strength and positivity! Xx
@@TheSimplicityDiaries I know! Life is tough and we all need more support and kindness (also towards ourselves!). I'd love to have a cup of tea with you and a hug. 🤗 Keep your head up high and shine! ⭐
Jen, let me tell you one thing. It does not mean that those who at your age are married, or have children or have a stable career, have it all figured out or are somehow on top of the world. I am 53, married with two grown up daughters and work in the family business. I look back at my life sometimes and feel that I have never actually lived for the sake of living. Yes my daughters are precious but we are constantly working, go away on holiday for very short days and have no riches to speak of. I recently decided to start studying and thinking of going on a trekking expedition. I think what gives life to your life are the exciting things you do for yourself. . . not what society dictates. So let the eyebrows rise and do what makes you happy. Much love, Doreen xx
This comment just made my day! Thank you so much Doreen, you are the kindest soul. I’m so glad to hear that you are taking on new, exciting projects and plans. Don’t forget that you too deserve to live your best life. Sending you so much love strength and positivity! xx
@TheSimplicityDiaries the same back to you. Take care!
I know exactly what you mean, but I really do believe we are all feeling that way- just not brave enough to share. Thank you for being brave enough.
Thank you so much 🤍
I am turning 58 in a couple months and I entirely relate to your sentiments at the end. I don't know if I'll ever feel like I have the answers but by focusing on the things I value, I care less about fitting in with 'normal' and it helps me feel good about my life's choices.
Hi Jenny, Thank you for sharing! I'm two months into being age 44, and I still have no clue what my dream job is either! I cringe when people ask me what my 5 year plan is! I also haven't met the miles stones many of my freinds have at this age, which can feel a bit alienating at times. I also have one long silver hair that now grows out of my upper lip until I pluck it out 😅 I think the older I get the less i care about what people think so much. I hope this helps make you feel a little better! x I think the key is to live according to your values!
Thank you for sharing this with me! 🤍
Hi Jen :) I really enjoyed your vlog and the things you said. I'm 41, will tun 42 in November this year. I am married but I don't have kids and don't intend to have some. Sometimes I feel all the struggles of getting older in a world, where women especially have to be fresh, youthful and so on. I have wrinkles, my face changed a lot the last two years, and yeah, the hair-thing you mentioned.... my life is unconventional- I don't think that I will work in my job forever because it is very exhausting in the long run. I love doing music in my spare time and from time to time I am a Djane. I am married to a chronic ill person which leads often to many worries, sadness and pain besides the fact that we love each other. I think that we don't have to have everything figured out. Nobody Is perfect and what does that mean anyway? by the way: hands up for the black cat T-Shirt :D And your new glasses suit you very well :)
I feel you! All the things you said resonate a lot with me!!!
I turned 44 this year and I don't have all the answers either... To be honest it seems that I have more questions now than when I was in my 20s... My life is "unconventional" to most people. I have a job that I don't like and no clue of what my dream job might be.
Sometimes I feel a bit lost😅...
You're totally right about stubborn hairs... I have one on my chin... No matter how many time I remove it, it always comes back... 😂
Anyhow, thanks for sharing! I felt seen and it felt good❤!
Thank you!!
I can empathize with you, but as you get older it also becomes easier to worry less about what other people might think about you. I think something is changing here too and older women are much more visible than they were 20 years ago. When I was younger, I didn't have any role models of (especially child-free) women in their 50s and 60s, but today there are so many powerful and amazing women who are anything but invisible. Ultimately, it also has a lot to do with your own attitude. You rock, Girl! 😍
You're so right! Thank you! 🤍
Who cares what others think, all that matters is that we live a life that we can be proud of and that is aligned with our values and who we are!
Thank you for the new vlog, loved it
Good job with the saving jars!
And the glasses look really good on you!
This year I hope to turn 40 in september too. Time flies, unbelievable.
My life doesn't fit "the average" either since I haven't be able to work for quite a while, I do have no kids, live on my own in a social renting place and don't have a relationship (well, let's say friends with benefits with my ex-partner).
And yes, age is showing on my face but I'm really thankfull for being alive and after a few pretty hard health-years I'm finally getting a little better so I'm looking forward to what life brings me including having a natural aging appearance ♡
Wishing you a healthy and happy 2025 ☆
It's so comforting to see someone a little bit older than me (I'm 30) feel the same way. I'm chronically ill, single and live alone with my cat and always battle thoughts about where I "should" be in life while my friends get married, have babies and buy houses. Really, we are lucky, because we have been forced to find the joy in the simple things. And hitting societal milestones doesnt necessarily equal being happy. So I've done the scary thing of start a TH-cam channel this year, to rebuild my own self confidence and try something new. Your videos are so calming to watch and I hope one day I can have the same impact 🤍
This things that you've written is EVERYTHING: "we are lucky, because we have been forced to find the joy in the simple things. And hitting societal milestones doesn't necessarily equal being happy." Thank you for this kind reminder!! You rock and I wish you all the best! 🤍
Ziggy under the blanket is everything 😂❤
Jenny!!! Sei mitica! Ho 50 anni e mi sento alla stessa maniera, anche se ho famiglia... che dire, forse la vita non è tutto un luccichio, ma fatta anche di momenti così! Ti mando il link di un video che ho appena visto... e che mi ha commossa
Cara Chiara, grazie di cuore! Ho appena visto il video. Davvero bellissimo. Difficile ricordarsi che noi siamo anche i nostri spazi negativi... ma senza di essi non potremmo essere "noi". Un abbraccio! 🤍
Oi querida Jenny, há muito tempo vejo seus vídeos mas raramente comento. Gosto demais dos seus vlogs e Ziggy é uma fofura 😸
Eu sou brasileira e moro sozinha na França. Tenho 2 gatinhos (Tofu e Cafuné) que resgatei nas ruas (antes eram 3 mas uma gatinha morreu no final de 2023).
Nasci no Rio de Janeiro e o clima na França não é fácil pra mim mesmo depois de anos. Morei em Paris, depois em Dijon e agora estou em Nancy por causa de um emprego novo. Aqui é o lugar mais frio onde morei.
Já vivi situações bem difíceis aqui na França.
A última vez que fui ao Brasil ver minha família foi em 2011. Apesar das dificuldades que já tive, e que ainda posso vir a ter no futuro, sempre tenho fé e gratidão pela minha vida atual.
Atualmente, sou professora de canto em um conservatório de música da região onde moro. Essa é a primeira vez que sinto estabilidade e tranquilidade. Moro num apartamento de 30 metros quadrados que adoro, é o meu cantinho de paz ✨
No momento, não tenho a menor intenção de estar com alguém, estou apreciando minha companhia e meus momentos de solitude e cuidando de mim 😊
Faço algumas compras em lojas de segunda mão (Secours Populaire e Emmaüs) por aqui e encontro roupas, louça, e móveis de excelente qualidade.
Também comecei à fazer compras no Lidl e pensei em você 😉 Vou vivendo cada dia de uma vez, plantando sementes de alegria no trabalho com meus alunos e de esperança em tempos melhores quando vou aos parques observar a natureza. Tudo é cíclico e nada é permanente.
Um abraço quentinho pra você e para Ziggy 🥰😸
we will never again be as young as we are today🫶
Thank you for all you share. Have been following you for several years and appreciate how you share your life's challenges and concerns - truly inspiring. Love your glasses. They really frame your face well. 😊
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I love your channel and your lifestyle. I am 41 years old and I don´y have the answers either but I leant to flow more. We make life very complicated. kiss
🫂🖤
Thanks for sharing this with me, I love your attitude!
I think you're right, sometimes (or often, actually), we make things more complicated than they are. Letting ourselves go more with the flow is purely an act of self-love and self-kindness 🤍
@@TheSimplicityDiaries yes!I think that we should be kinder to ourselves. Maybe the secret is to feel more special and complete jus by being at peace.💞