Tidying & Resetting for Spring
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I just love you’re entire vibe and energy and even if you don’t feel 100% at the moment your energy still radiates peace and tranquility. Be kinder to you, we love you 🫶🏼
This was so soothing. I've been feeling the same way, and have been tidying and catching up on chores, and this was such a breath of fresh air 💛
Fun fact! Actually in our country Iran 🇮🇷 we celebrate the new year at the beginning of spring🤓☺️✨ our calendar is Solar Hijri Calendar!
That's true! Salam from a fellow Iranian ❤😉
@@rahilzabihi9464 Salaaaam🤓😍✨❤️😌
@Nika Kia I live in America and I celibate urge new year in spring. It’s not a country thing it’s a personal preference.
@@never_ending_studiokkswani85-3 of course! What I meant was that it’s our official calendar! But definitely anyone can celebrate however they want to… and it’s beautiful too!
@@nikoolion I see what you mean! I guess technically my family and I created our own calendar, so it’s in our calendar as well. We don’t even follow are countries time zones! LOL! We kinda do our own thing. We follow our own religion and lifestyle as well. We like to like a life more similar to our ancestors.😉😛😜🇺🇸🏴🇩🇰
I’m so glad I’m not alone in this. I’ve never experienced burnout on this level. Sure, you get tired, things slow down in the winter… but this is different. I feel like the last three years are catching up with all of us and we’re just done. Projects, even the smallest sort, feel massively draining. Having your bedroom take an entire week to clean up? Yes. Same. That’s me. And it’s not normal. I’m doing what I can, but also trying to make space for rest. There’s just nothing left to give lately. So priorities are rest. Nourish. Work only as needed. Repeat. ❤
You sure it’s not just multiple COVID infections catching up to you?
I was just telling my daughter how nice it is to see all these young women doing renovations and sharing the good, bad and ugly of it all. Getting burned out definitely happens and you just have to take care of yourself until you start feeling better.
It’s the recognizing where it’s coming from that I was slow to figure out. Of course I’m going to be exhausted if I’ve worked six (loooong) days a week for nine months. 🤦🏼♀️
So true! The Northern Hemisphere Blues kicks in when the light comes back. A lot of adjusting for the body and the brain!
Thank you for checking in with us! The sine wave of life continues.
Happy to hear you are doing healthy self-care!!! What we call chores are often avenues of self-care.
I'm content to live in a 2 BR apartment now I'm 55, but still sometimes the regular chores feel like a lot. I have to remind myself that chores are avenues of self care. I'm not cleaning because the task is fun, but because when it's done I am happier every day.
Hugs & Sparkles!!! 🫂❤️✨
I’m feeling very similar to how you described feeling. I hope your reset keeps you moving back into the space of making things again. I love everything you make!! Sending peace and grace. ❤
I'm really glad I'm not alone in feeling unmotivated and down lately. I hope we can all get through this
we will, we have each other for reassurance and encouragement🫶🏽
Getting stuck in the doldrums can be so heavy, things that were everyday to-do's become drudgery. Finding silver linings can take a herculean effort. This video was obviously a practice in mindfulness and connection for you, and it was just so refreshing to be here for an open discuss your season of melancholy, and the steps taken to muddle through and tend to your life.
Thank you for sharing, I hope the spring brings you treats to encourage happiness, like your ducks that are delighting in a full flowing creek ♥
I miss your renovations video so much... but whe you said you were tired I was like 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Recently I quit my 5 year old job because I was SO TIRED, exhausted even, and yes I know, I know we all have to work in order to provide for ourselves but I just needed to REST, and don't get me wrong that rest has ben sorrounded by small projects in my house, cleaning, tyding, throwing things away... and I love it! I need to start looking for a new job and yes I am scared to fall in the same exhaustion pattern but now I am a firm believer in going easy on yourself and prioritize your rest as much as you can. Sending you los of love and motivation 💕
I always feel very fatigued in spring, I think because everything is coming back to life and there so much to do and so much that you could do and the whole world feels busy. I have chronic fatigue and I find in the winter the pace is just slower and I find it easier to take things slower and accept that I won't be super productive but in the warmer months even though I love them, I feel like I'm out of step with the world a bit because I just can't keep up.
I hope your tidy up made you feel better, even in this transition state your house looks lovely as ever and the ducklings are adorable
This. And especially if you have a yard or a house to 'fix up,' the tasks seem endless. It is a relief when winter comes because outside doesn't matter as much then haha! Plus, if you have unrelenting heat and wildfires, it just adds to the malaise.
Oh, I've missed you!! I didn't comment last time and I should have, but I ADORE those short videos where you do a couple of small things. Like this one, and the one where you put the lock on the bathroom door. Watching a big, full room project is amazing, don't get me wrong, but the small scale stuff feels attinable, and therefore inspiring. It makes me think that "yeah, I can move that big plant to a better spot and find something to store my charger, I can do it!"
I would be SOOO happy with an occasional short video like that, where you can put smaller tasks on a to do list and do them in a video.
This was such a treat Ariel! I've missed watching your video's and I'm grateful for this short little video! Hope you enjoyed making it and that it will help you get energized for future projects. I'm sorry to hear about the set-back with the kitchen renovations. Sending you good vibes and warm hugs!
Cluttered house is a cluttered mind. It's worse when you get a slump because (if you're me), you start beating yourself up for each day that passes where you don't do any of the little tasks you want to get done. 😭 -- my mantra in 2023 is giving myself grace
This was so REAL! I appreciate so much knowing others fall into slumps where energy is low, motivation gone, desire to rest so intense. But putting one step forward - for me sometimes that little thing is getting dressed- can provide enough ump for another thing (maybe make eggs vs cereal?)… one step in front of the other. Thanks Ariel for sharing this.
Would absolutely watch you tidy your house like this whenever! It's very soothing. I really feel you with the bike thing! They can be so hard to put away. (Very very very beautiful bike btw!)
You're ok, Ariel! Your creativity is there. Being at rest and quiet nurtures your spirit, being patient and content to wait for the next idea.
Thank you for sharing. It seems like you've touched a cord with everyone. In my life I call where you're at little "eddies"...kind of like being a leaf caught slowly circling at the edge of a stream, watching the rest of the world speed by. Fighting it is honestly too exhausting. So I've learned instead to just let myself be still, to let the flow of my slow little eddy drift me around it's circle. It's the constant relearning to accept things that I can't control. Stillness has it's place. Eventually, when the stream is ready, it will pick you up again. It always does:) Have a lovely spring everyone!
I’ve been going through a really tumultuous time mentally and I had known about your channel forever, but last week, I started getting into your house renovation videos and they provided me so much needed comfort, hope, and inspiration. Your joy is infectious! Even when in a rut, you have helped give me the nudge to get off the couch, do the dishes, and maybe even clear that doom pile off the dining table. 💛
I love your videos, wheter they're 5 minutes or 30. The vibes are so relaxing and chill but aesthetic at the same time, I just love it.
I’m so glad you made this little something video. It was a totally different than anything you’ve done, but I’m here for YOU. The way you talk, your perspective, your style, YOU! And all the versions and moods of you. People are complex and life’s phases are inevitable. Share whatever you want and your fans (me) will be here when you do. ❤
Ariel, you are a real human. Let yourself feel everything ♥️
Nature has seasons too
Love love love from Italy
I love all your videos, your energy however high or low really shines through your work, whether high energy or low. This was such a calm pause, from what I can imagine being a busy life with renos and work 🙏
Firstly, I truly hope you and your family are safe from the wildfire situation going on! WOW. So tragic! I'm in MA and we're just dealing with the smoke/poor air quality but OHH you and your beautiful home have been on my heart and mind!!! Relieved to see you posting this today. I loved this video! It's good to remind ourselves that it's not all about the big renovations...the simplest changes can make a world of difference too. I love your style. Stay safe and be well 💜
We all have those moments Ariel. You have done monumental things in the past couple of years, so please be easy on yourself. Love your outlooks on books, life etc.❤
Okay but the yellow color of your sheets was like a burst of sunlight to my soul - love using color to get myself out of a funk!
Since the last video you posted, I started listening to your podcast from the first episode. I am now at episode 140 and can't wait to catch up with present day Ariel and Raeleen. However, watching this little video felt like walking far behind you on some road, but suddenly spotting you on the other side of a bay when the path bent just the right way. Happy spring to you, sending love and energy!
Wow, this is relatable. I completely empathize with being stuck in a sad little rut and feeling uninspired and down, even if there are plenty of good things to be happy about (flowers! ducks! electricity upgrades!). I know it doesn't really help now, but these things do ebb and flow and you will find joy in your projects again. Your creativity is inspiring to me and even though you say you are feeling uninspired right now, your creativity still shines through in this video. Thank you for sharing it with us!
This was so nice! 🌼 watching this in February with snow outside the window that won't go away, just gave me a lot of soft hopefulness 🌸
I've also been very mentally drained recently, I've just been taking it one mini step forward at a time. Slow and steady wins the race
Can we appreciate the PERFECT blanket flip while making your bed??! I am in awe 😂❤
The little ducks certainly brought a smile to my face, they are too cute! 😄 Take it easy on yourself, your energy will return. Wishing you a wonderful rest of spring and summer! 💛
Thank you for putting this video up! I think a lot of people feel pressure to only put up the glossy shiny lovely parts of their lives, and I totally get that, but my life isn't usually glossy or shiny, so it's super relatable to see videos where people are like "things have been a little tough and this is what I have to offer!!"
I've been rewatching house videos of yours for the cozy vibes and it was a nice surprise to see this one come up 💜
Thank you for sharing. Maybe we all feel much the same at the beginning of spring. Winter In Nova Scotia must be quite harsh, so enjoy your little flowers and go at your own pace.
😊 I hope you are not affected by the forest fires , as I woke up with the hazy smoke in the air yesterday, coming all the way from New Brunswick to Ontario. Take care, Ariel!
Dearest Ariel, Thank you so much your honesty in how you are feeling right now and for sharing it with us. This was such a sweet lil video. It's so okay to have periods of rest amidst everything that life asks of us. For me, the important thing is honoring that need for rest, and when I feel within myself the urge to do something I don't resist it. When I'm ready, I tell myself to do something small and then I can go back into my rest, but more often than not, it sets off a chain reaction of wanting to do more. Either is okay, there needn't be judgement
This was loooooooovely. I think a new year starts whenever you want it to. Any day. Anytime you like xx
This video could not have come at a better time for me. i've been feeling stuck (honestly, a bit mentally constipated), and things have begun to pile up. so thanks for reminding me how nice it can feel to just change my sheets, put away my laundry, and move around my furniture!
This was calming. I feel like I get into those ruts too. The struggle of knowing there’s things you want to do, but physically or mentally you’re struggling to do them. This describes it and shows it so well. Beautiful filming!
Hi Ariel springtime is time for renewal, a fresh start, a new beginning - Outside nature is coming alive to remind us that inside we are coming alive again too - let springtime color and light fill you with the joy and promise of renewal, blessings Ariel! 😊👍👏💕
I feel you so much. My husband and I bought a house in June 2021 and are just now getting done with the renovations, and move in this month. It's been a hard slog and we had to constantly remind ourselves that this is a marathon and not a sprint.
Watching your videos gave me a lot of motivation and joy in this time, so thank you. 🤗🌞
Love from Austria 🧡
So glad you shared that you are not feeling tired. Everyone needs to know it is ok to not have energy all the time.
Tidying can be so renewing. I used to do this with my first graders when we were having a difficult day. We'd stop everything and take the time to clean out our desks, wipe our faces & hands, and tie all our shoes. Then, we were ready and able to start again.
Hey ariel I just wanted to let you know that I missed you and please make more of this type of video it's very realistic + relatable and soothing to watch just a mini vlog where you show us a little part of your life that we can relate to. Also, take all the time you need to film the kitchen renovating don't feel the pressure to film something big and massive to keep up the viewers expectations it's ok take it nice and slow, step by step and we'll get there for now just focus on what YOU wanna do and good luck👍🏻
As someone fighting out of a long rut this was really appreciated. Thank you for sharing.
It's a little nice to know that people with gorgeous homes and fairy tale like lives have the same ups and downs like the rest of us. Thanks for showing us a bit of the behind the scenes in this beautiful video!
I loved this. Your final comment about things requiring maintenance reminded me of a Susan Sontag quote from her notebooks - “Nothing exists unless I maintain it (by my interest, or my potential interest). This is an ultimate, mostly subliminal anxiety. Hence, I must remain always, both in principle + actively, interested in everything. Taking all of knowledge as my province.”
I have been missing your videos so much today. I was watching old ones, one after another. Missed your uploads. Welcome back
I am working on carving a linocut block as I watch this, and it is so cool to see the very same materials and tools in your office. Even though there's a melancholy about this video, it's so important to feel that whenever it comes. It brings other moments, better or worse, into stark relief. Just like how negative space of a carved linocut block is needed to produce beautiful art. 😊
This was a nice reminder that it's okay to take your time and tackle chores and to dos a bit at a time. You've done a great job on the house and I think small projects would be good for your joy. ❤ be kind to yourself dude. That's been my reminder as my chronic pain has been flaring up. 💜
This was a great video Ariel! I love your positive response to a funk. Reorganizing and cleaning always helps reset my mind- those clean sheets looked heavenly! Big fan of your channel and the podcast for many years now.
I felt so blah recently in my apartment, I needed to clean but instead before cleaning I spent 2 days rearranging my furniture, that always makes it like a new space to me and brings my mood and creativity up.
thank you so much for this. im caught in the same sluggish routine everyday where i don't get out of bed for real until the afternoon. i feel so uninspired by my surroundings... but you've reminded me im allowed to move my desk to another window, or take everything off a surface, clean it with some multisurface spray, and then put everything back in any way i want. often times it doesn't feel like im allowed to make these small changes, like there's someone i should be asking permission from. your home is so lovely, even when it's not as tidy as it is at the end of this video
I was wondering yesterday how things are going with you. I’m moving to my first non rented house this summer and so I’ve been rewatching your makeovers to get inspiration for what I could do to my space once it’s my space. It’s a new build house so it’s a perfect white blank canvas and I’m so scared that I’ll do something to mess it up. But watching you do you is making me realise that I can’t mess up. There’s nothing that can’t be changed or fixed or altered if I don’t like it anymore. Plus colour is cool
Congrats on the house - I hope you have fun decorating it!
I could honestly watch you put out videos like this for hours. I love all of your content but this felt so soothing and comforting. I have also been a bit down in energy the past month... Maybe it's something in the air.
Watching your house videos has made me feel confident doing some DIY work in my new apartment :,,) thanks for showing this stuff!
I, watching this in January 2024. I’ve been feeling the same way. I’ve been thinking of starting a TH-cam channel for awhile and selling vintage/antiques as well. A couple of weeks ago while taking my Christmas tree down the vacuum died. An unplanned expensive right after Christmas mad me kinda sad. Today, I feeling put the vacuum together and vacuumed and put the future back where it belongs normally. Side note I swept a bunch of pine needles off my carpeted floor. Ugh! I purchased fabric a couple of years ago to make pillows and tomorrow I think I’m going to do it. Plus I have a scrap of beautiful I think I’m going to try and make a circular pillow too. Thanks for inspiring me and encouraging me that I’m not the only one who has these moody times.
Thank you for posting this! Sometimes I feel bad for not making progress on my house projects (one year later and my main bathroom STILL doesn't have a door) but then I remember I'm always DOING something and therefore always tired. I've been avoiding some of my favourite home renovators on social media lately because it is starting to make me feel guilty. Seeing the ebb and flo is hopeful and inspiring. Love the duck content!
This year especially I really realised that we can't go at 100% all the time, and just how wonderful it is to take breaks and take time to do things at a slower pace. Take care of yourself because no one else will do it for you! ❤
I love videos like this 🤍 calm, quiet, slice of life types where you just clean or do small projects and talk to us like we’re your friends (who am I kidding, I love every type of video you release). Hope you’re well and if you’re not, I hope you’re getting better 🤍
Love watching people tidy 🌸❤️
I feel the same way. We are in the "June gloom", overcast skies, fog, no sun. I sleep well but still have no energy despite walking for an hour every day and eating smartly. Purging your stuff helps as does fresh flowers despite where they are found!
It is so overwhelming when you're mountain of "to-do's" feels never-ending! I have been feeling this way lately, too. Here's to fresh, Spring beginnings!
Love your videos. House reno or not. I watch and listen as I tidy up my home. You help make it feel like someone is there with me as I clean 😊
I love the vibes of this video. I did the same sort of reset to my kitchen this spring. A fresh space, clean slate, makes me feel so much better.
As I’m stucky in bed feeling dreary trying to get the energy to clean! I’ll try to be gently productive, this was comforting
I woke up this week exactly like this. Like you, I'm up and cleaning, although I don't have as much to clean because I have a small apartment. But making these small steps in cleaning will help with the mental aspects of your mood.
Love seeing you so much. Even if it's a small little video, it makes me so happy. So thank you!
Every time you post it is always exactly what I need at that time in my life. I too have been feeling tired and sloth like. This has reinspired me to do a refresh and restart things.
I needed this! I think it might be time for a tidying session for me too. And I totally agree about the start of the year, it feels like it should naturally start around spring, not the middle of winter! In January I'm recovering from the holiday hubbub and all I want to do is hibernate for a while, certainly not think about the coming year and make resolutions, etc. Now is the time I'm starting to feel energized again and actually motivated to begin projects.
So lovely in its simplicity! Thank you so much for sharing what you did.
It's okay to have "down moments", it's okay to not always be productive and feel like you need rest, to hibernate for a bit and recharge your energies.
Sending you positive vibes and virtual hugs!
Take as much time as you need, Ariel. We love you ❤
Glad to see you again even if you’re feeling a bit down❤️ Cleaning and organizing really does help, good job!
Gal! I am so happy when I see you post! I relate and appreciate your vulnerability and strength.
Honestly that sounds so real after the whole go go go stage of getting your new home in order. You didn’t have a choice but make it happen and make it livable and that takes resources and energy. Either way this video was very relatable
Grateful for whatever Ariel content we get!! 😌
Hi Ariel, these little short videos are really lovely, don't always think you need to do a big thing.
You inspired me to clean along with you. Just like listening to a friend, talking things out, working it out as we go along :) My Room feels so much fresher now, thank you :)
Those ducks are so cute!!!! Thank you for sharing this💖 I hope your spring and summer are full of joy
I hope your area of Nova Scotia is safe from the fires. The video is beautiful and I completely understand not always having the energy to want to tackle things you're going about regaining that in such a healthy way.
It’s nice to see that I’m not alone in doing small projects because I’m too overwhelmed or things just aren’t in order for the grander ideas. But are they grander or just more time consuming and I relate that to grandness. I have the issue of not starting at all and always adding new things I want to do to my list. On to the new mindset of just starting!
This is actually the exact mood I’m in and I’m so glad you shared this ❤ I just came back from a trip with my toddler, I’m pregnant, I have my own business, and getting back into the swing of things is really hard. I’m lacking motivation, my house is a mess, and I just see “things I need to do” all around and it’s really making it hard to concentrate on anything. I’m going to try to get up and get some stuff done today and knowing that you reluctantly started but that it made you feel a bit better is comforting. I’m going to try to be kinder to myself and hope you are, too!
I love this Ariel! ❤ sometimes tidying and refreshing things is the thing we need to start feeling a bit more like ourselves again 💕
Historically the new year was in spring! I've been feeling low this spring too, and feeling like my renovations aren't going to end, so solidarity on the whole feelings thing. I've been better the last couple weeks, hopefully it get easier for you too!
I was looking for a comment mentioning that! I studied French renaissance and in the beginning of the 16th century, the new year moved from Easter to January, as Easter moves every year, which made years unequal.
Easter still is the beginning of the liturgical year for the Catholic Church.
love this Ariel. Keep on keeping on. We love you in whatever mood you're in.
Clearly Canadian! I’d forgotten that existed! I used to love it but haven’t seen it since I was a teenager; not sure you can still get it here (UK). Thanks for the video- it’s refreshing to see that even you aren’t always feeling productive/like tidying up, Ariel! X
I recognized the bottle before it was even in focus! I always got the cherry flavor as a kid on trips to Barnes & Noble, but it's practically non-existent in the U.S. nowadays. I'm glad to discover that Canadians still can and do drink it.
I love the vibe / music choice Ariel !!! You're inspiring me to take on my own clean up and reset routine :)
I call it hitting my wall. When I am physically tired, my mind and body are no longer having fun. Now I’m older than you still I have advice for you. Give yourself grace. When you are ready get back into, do it slowly. I have been loving your show. Im looking forward to your kitchen redo; I love your sense of design and color.
I can't explain how much I loved this. I guess mainly I feel seen.
Sounds like you're in a burn out :( I am too right now and it's honestly BRUTAL. I haven't been able to read since December. I fall asleep at work and can't muster the energy to do simple tasks like shower, eat, change clothes. I sleep so much.. I'm envious of your ducks! That would bring me so much peace. I have an app that identifies bird songs so when I sit outside I find out which birds are singing. It's great.
I feel this in MY SKELETON ❤
I'm glad we are not alone. Don't get me wrong, I am truly sorry you are feeling down, but my husband and I are also going through these same feelings. It's almost good to hear we are not the only ones going through it. My house is in shambles. Our front yard gardens were in such bad shape we gave in and called a landscaper to dig them out, kill some invasive vines and mulched the garden beds. I will take a "page from your book" and attempt to organize and breathe new life into some areas of my home. Hopefully we will all be able to renew our energy before the end of the summer.💖💖
I’m happy too see you again, even if only for a few minutes. ❤️❤️❤️
Hi Ariel, take your time. I sort of feel like that lull in spirit is everywhere too. I've been feeling tension and overwhelmed too. I appreciate this changing pace of video. It was validating.
I loved this! I hope energy and inspiration is finding you today Ariel!
Spring definitely is the new year! Petition to have the spring equinox be the official start of the new year
I'm in the middle of a house Reno, and feel exactly the same way. It's all a domino effect, and the house has different plans to mine. We are stuck in a limbo at the moment and it's draining. Hopefully your spring clean gets you enegergised again ❤️ I'm hoping my new front door will brighten up my mood when I walk through it (when it eventually gets here!) It's a collection of the small things that make a big difference.
Everyone of us humans are dealing with this dilemma of managing messy spaces and cleaning them. It’s good you are addressing it. Don’t get discouraged.
Ah the slumps. We all get them but very few people talk about them. Thankfully we've had lashings of sunshine here in Ireland for the last week and a half roughly and it finally feels like summer is almost upon us. We seemed to go from winter to extra dose of winter, quick glimpse of spring and now almost summer. It's been weird but great to have that lift now to the mood. But the energy still isn't there yet. Darn you thyroid!! I hope you continue to rise. It's been good seeing you irrespective of whether you're in a slump or not. Thanks for sharing so honestly xx
Really appreciate the honesty and vulnerability in this video ☺️ this is so real and relatable ❤️