If you know that your "schedule" isn't working for you, take that as a win! That realization is huge! Change up your week to what works for you. If you know Tuesdays don't work for tidying, then pick something that will work, that you're comfortable doing being alone. No sense in setting yourself up for "failure" or "regret" or however it makes you feel, just change it up to what will work. You're doing great! Look forward to your videos every day! ❤️
Yes expired stuff has to go back in the fridge, otherwise it rots and stinks out your bin/entire house. (Just gotta remember to clean out the fridge on bin day 😬😬😬)
ALEX IS ONE OF US!!! TOO MANY TABS GANG! also this morning, although it was an anxious morning, I saw the most beautiful trees. The fall colors are really starting to come out and they are so gorgeous. That and one of my favorite songs came on the radio. That in combo of your video means that my anxiety about what I had to do was lessened. But seriously I have like 15 TH-cam tabs open on my laptop on one window alone. Not to mention everything else lol 🕊🏠🕊🏠🕊🏠
OMG YES!!!!!!!! I have all 500 that I’m allowed in safari open and keep needing to find some to close so I can open more!!!!! But my chrome app closes tabs for me which is super annoying, like I’m going to buy these tickets tomorrow and you can’t keep the tab open for ONE DAY but here’s one from two weeks ago that’s still open!!!!!!!
Helloo Alex! Just wanted to let you know how much I've been enjoying these videos every day. I really appreciate you being so open about your mental health. It's really opened my eyes to see that I'm not alone in my struggle. It feels like a vulnerable conversation with a close friend and I hope you realize how much that means to me. You are among the few youtubers I feel a connection to because of how real you are. 🥰
Hey Alex, I have always really like psychology and learning about mental health. It wasn't until these daily vlogs did I realize what some of it actually looks like day to day. I am a highly motivated achiever of type person and to see someone truly want to do move but physically can't due to a psychological reason is eye opening for me. It's not that I feel like I've ever treated people as "lazy" or "unmotivated" but this does allow me to understand more people better and extend grace more frequently. Thank you for always sharing.
Archie eating an apple was EVERYTHING. My day has been made! He is a delightfully curious bird & I really enjoyed watching your time together. Thank you for sharing 🥰
Oooh, the flower on the passion fruit plant just unlocked a childhood memory! My grandparents had one growing on a trellis at the front of the house when I was a kid. I remember it being referred to as a passionflower, but I had no idea that it would technically become a passion fruit. I say technically because I’m in the UK, and I very much doubt our climate would manage to produce the fruit.
the tent conversion idea is really cool! keep us updated on how it goes. gosh, the birds will be so happy to have a safe outdoor space to stretch their wings.
10 minute tidy up vs tidyup Tuesday: Remind me of something I read 'makers schedule vs managers schedule'. People with 'managerial' minds segment their days into hours or half hour slots... makers/creative types tend to divvy the day into two halves.
The tabs thing is super relatable lmao. Also, thanks for uploading these videos. Going through difficult times myself, and they help me feel like I'm not alone
I love being able to watch your newest upload as I get ready for work every morning! In the past couple of weeks I have been able to get out of a rut I was in with self loathing my body. Now I feel so confident and in control again. Good morning dear friend, thank you for being you☺️💖
Hey Alex! Long time watcher, first time commenter. I find myself encouraging you and cheering you on whilst watching your videos each day, and it’s made me realise that I need to be a little kinder towards myself and my own mental health struggles. I also adore all of the bird content, as I had a feathered baby, my cockatiel, who passed almost a year ago, so it’s comforting getting my daily bird dopamine hit from watching your videos 💚 My heart is full seeing your flock continue to grow. Also, I made my bed whilst watching your vid, so I accomplished my ten minutes of tidying - relatively painlessly - so thank you! ❤
today i got up and washed 2 sinks full of dishes for the first time since being released from hospital on friday and I have you to thank for that. we are proud of you every day
I recognize that feeling. When you are alone it is just harder to start 'chores' like tidying up. There is just no motivation. Even when doing something you like (like a hobby) it can be incredibly hard to start something. I find that the body doubling thing works very well for me on moments like that.
Archie is so sweet eating his breakfast 🦜❤ Those earrings are beautiful, I really like the leaves too! I think that maybe they'd look good with your eyes and hair! 🍁 Thank you for this video and have a nice day Alex, love you 😘
I missed Archie ♥️ He is so adorable! Your daily videos make me so happy! I don’t want them to end after 100 days 😅 Alex, don’t worry, spend tomorrow another 20 minutes tidying up. You did a lot today!
Ah, yepp. I am too, well familiar with the mental tabs vs digital computer tabs. Everything open in a new tab :D. Online shopping is always a mess. 🕊 🏠
It’s so satisfying growing your own fruits. Your garden is looking brilliant! I have alpine strawberries, regular strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, loganberries, tayberries, rhubarb and blackberries in my garden. This year I planted a cherry tree, a fig tree and an apple tree but I think that one may have died. 😞 I have also 1000’s of notes saved in my phone. I really should go through them!!! I really enjoy watching Archie having his breakfast. He’s so cute. Locki is so adorable. Bless him.
Maybe your friend in fashion will let you interview her for us? Or even show us a closet tour? I know that’s probably geared more towards the main channel…but would love to see it over here selfishly, haha.
I rarely comment, but I wanted to let you know how much I appriciate these videos. Also a tip regarding tooth brushing! I've struggled with it as well and something that helped me so much is getting an electric toothbrush! If you can stand the sound it make it so much easier and you just stand there letting it do the job for you:)
I find that I can old be productive late at night and I saw a tiktok saying that it's common to feel calm and focused late at night because there are no external expectations to be productive-- it made so much sense
Have you tried the Gippsland Toffee yogurt? It’s amazing! Especially with some fruit-free muesli and chopped banana or strawberries ❤ The Jordan’s Choc Hazelnut granola also works well with it too. It has little curls of dark chocolate in it. 😋
If you are having trouble with trash near the bed and tidying up put a small trash can up there and maybe a basket to collect dishes to take to the kitchen! Also, feeling compelled to do stuff when someone else is around is definitely normal adhd brain! I love these videos so much! It’s so nice to come home from work at 3 am when NO ONE is awake and at least have Alex to keep me company while I do my normal household stuff!
Love redbubble! I have a store on there and so far everything I have ordered has been a really great quality. I make paint pouring paintings and other things and take pictures of them and have things listed from those pictures. I have gotten zipper pouches, blankets, and pillows. I want to get some of the clothing but haven't bought yet.
I'm proud of you for getting up to brush your teeth at the end of the day, and very excited for the RedBubble shop! I'm feeling a bit sick toda so I'm just taking it easy with hot tea and laying down on the couch
I'm from Wisconsin, and one of my favorite breakfasts we would do growing up was cottage cheese with apple sauce and then pan fried bread dough dipped in strawberry jam ( grew up in the country so it was homemade applesauce and strawberry jam from our garden)
BREAKFAST in New Hampshire USA!! We will usually have "scrapple" (you have to cook it a special way.. also dont look too much into what its made of), scrambled eggs with hot sauce and toast with jelly- usually concord grape jelly. My family has a grape tree that has concord grapes so we used them to make the jelly. Annnnnd of course coffee with maple syrup in it :)))
I do the put out of date food back in the fridge, but I keep it there till I have to do the bins. Also I do the loads of tabs thing as notes. I feel the losing the tabs, ( my life thoughts 🥺) . Today was a good and bad day. Went to see my mama in hospital ( I hate hospitals) due to mental health/ Asperger's any multiple other health issues, I don't wont to leave the house. I got screamed at by my sister ( who I feel was close to a melt down because she is trying to " push through" , she is also a late diagnosis ADHD). Then at the hospital two people decided to shout at me for not wearing a mask in the hospital,(I feel they were stressed over the person they love being in hospital, and decided I was a good candidate to vent at) an people wondered why I never leave the house. I will feel it tomorrow. You did a lot today, well done 🖤🖤🖤
As far as international breakfasts go also. Please try Huevos Rancheros. I’ll be making that soon. Its a favorite of mine. It’s a good ass tasty Mexican breakfast. Do Australians have access to Tortillas? Are they even good? I have no idea. You fry tortillas up lightly. You fry some eggs up sunny side up style. You put salsa and cheese over the tortilla and put your egg on top. You add more cheese atop the egg. There’s several variations. And this is one of the ones I do. I also add additional mexican spices to the eggs. I made my own mix that had garlic and onion powder, chipotle, chili and black pepper and salt. It also has paprika and celery salt. And also there is always salt and cayenne. I put equal amounts of each powdered spice in a spice dispenser and i sprinkle it atop most of what I eat. Soup. Egg. Toast w butter. Whatever have you. There are many ways to use it. But anyways. Huevos rancheros should be easy enough to make.
I love when my chickens watch the kids eating in the family room...I want to be grumpy that they got out of their yard and are pooping on the doorstep but they're so cute and I'm most likely gonna let them in to eat the kids scraps which just encourages them 😂 Also I use tabs in the same way
I too keep tabs open for ages so I can remember things. I’m bipolar with ocd and generalised anxiety and I thought I was the only one with loads of tabs open. I’m currently sitting here after skin removal surgery and in quite a bit of pain. I was inspired to go for it as a 41 year old from your videos as you are doing it for yourself and so am I. Sending ❤ to you, all your friends and hubby and the bird/ dog family.
I definitely relate to all the tabs open on my phone/iPad. I’ve taken to, every few months or so, going onto Chrome on my PC, opening every tab on there via the account sync, saving them all as bookmarks in a folder titled that date, and then force-closing my browsers everywhere to start a new session. It means everything gets saved in case I ever need it, but I don’t consistently have hundreds of tabs open.
I absolutely love how you say I could do a video on your tabs. It’s like looking into your way thinking. Passion fruit is one of my favorite and yours are looking fantastic. Thank you so much for your videos they help more than you know. I feel like my friend is just talking to me. 🥰🥰🥰
Thank you, Alex for just being you! ! I just wanted to say, that these videos really help me get through the day and make me smile. Whatever you do, however long the video is, I just find myself looking forward to your newest upload or rewatch/listen to the videos you uploaded already while I try to motivate myself to draw. I don't really comment, because I rarely use my computer and watch on my switch most of the time and I don't have discord either :D But I still just wanted to let you know, that I've always loved and still love your videos. You have such a bright and welcoming personality and I hope everything goes well for you in the future. Wish you all the best and again, thank you for being you!
From South Africa 🇿🇦One of my favourite breakfast’s is Melkkos (Milk Food) 💓 It’s not the healthiest but it’s soooo good! Sift the flour and salt together and rub in margarine/butter. Bring milk to the boil. Add flour mixture to milk and beat. Lumps will form but keep stirring well! When lumpy, cover with lid and simmer for 5- 8 minutes, until cooked. Serve hot with cinnamon sugar. I’ve been loving the vlogs, it’s like talking to a friend. Have an amazing day Alex ❤
Aww you've got the quokka hoodie on!!!! I was admiring that the other day on whatever website it was, its sooo cute!!!😍 Of the ways to leave this world, I reckon 'eaten by chicken' is a pretty cute way to go!!😆
When I say I am fully invested in your daily posts and updates on your honest perfectly imperfect WHOLESOME life-it's an understatement. ❤️ Love you guys!
Sometimes I will avoid going places in my house or doing things that signal to my brain that I’m “done” for the day. Like not change into my comfy clothes if I have to go out, or stay downstairs because if I get into my nest I won’t leave. Maybe that could help you? Like if you want to tidy and you’re downstairs, tidy downstairs or do whatever tasks you can do that don’t involve the same warm nest of your bed and adorable chill chonk pigeon.
I used to use a chrome extension that keeps all the tabs in an organized list on the side. It helped me with my " out of site, out of mind" I just had a new install and I cant recall what the name of that chrome extension ( because again I just forget to look) is but once I do Ill be redownloading it but if someone else uses something like this could you mebbe let Alex and me know. It was a huge life saver. Once the tabs get too little i have no clue what they are and they go into the black hole in mah mind.
As someone who discredits her own experience, it's really good to see someone else dealing with similar issues. I can see something is a real problem for you and can have compassion for you, which means I can have compassion for myself when facing similar struggles
Hi Alex! I love watching these videos to decompress after work. It's nice being able to just listen to you chat like I'm hanging out with a friend 🙂 it's quite comforting
Excessive browser tabs, you say? ROTFL, SAME! That is SO MUCH ME! I get distracted and dogleg from one thing to the next to the next, sometimes until the whole browser crashes; occasionally, when I go back to a tab days later, I can't even remember why I have it open. And I too have lost all my weeks and months of thought-zigzags when the browser-crash damage finally goes beyond the reach of History's "Restore Session." It's heartbreaking. Speaking of which, I still can't really talk about what happened when my Notes app crashed and took YEARS of documents with it. As for engagement rings--no WAY! I bought MYSELF a Moissonite solitaire way back in the day, partly because SPARKLAY, mostly to stop all the nimrods constantly trying to hit on me. (Not that I was all that; it's just that I kept pulling stunts like walking down the street and getting in cabs, with tits no less. The nerve of me.) And as for migraines--my mom's mom got them, my mom got them, and I do too. With me, when things start getting a little too bright and eye-dagger-y, the countdown is on, but once everything starts getting too loud, if I'm not somewhere dark and quiet where I can wrap a bathrobe around my head, it's Too Late.
I KNEW I saw a collie the other day! ❤️ We have 4 collies and an older Shetland sheepdog. I just love them! 3 of our collies are therapy dogs and 1 is also a crisis response dog.
I think the word you were looking for, for your friend is that she's a buyer. Person who purchases stuff for a company. Also I totally relate with all the tabs! I always try to keep mine under 100 on my phone because if I don't it doesn't tell me how many are open and it becomes ridiculous haha 🤣
Yes. I have moved to buying higher quality less often also. Also helps with the massive waste issue - so many clothes in landfills. The quality is worth it. I also feel more put together in the higher quality clothes. It's hard because my mental illness causes binge type behavior and I would binge shop.
one swedish breakfast mostly during the winter is rice porrige. trhis type off porrige been made sence atleast end off 1800 and before rice with had a simular one done with some type of grain I think it was We use a rice like a sushirice for it and take quite some time to boil. 2 servings 1dl rice 2 dl water 1/4 teaspoon salt ½ cinamonstick 3 3/4 dl milk make rice, water and salt boil and turn heat on low and simmer for 19 min. add the cinnamonstick and the milk. make to boil and then lower heat again and let simmer for 40 min. serv it hot with grounded cinnamon and suger spread over the rice porrige and add some cold milk in the bowl. Can also use a some butter in a hole in the porrige for serving and a few other options.
Parsley, when it flowers, is a SUPER pollinator and butterfly attractor. I would wait until it actually goes to seed before you pull it out. Can you get a buffered version of your medication?
Every time I watch the daily videos I always have a list of things I want to comment about but never do. So here they are :) 1. At this point watching your videos everyday is the only routine I have in my life. 2. Seeing your garden really inspires me to finally start my own. But since I'm in America and its fall now I think I'm going to wait until spring. I'm pretty certain that I will spend all of winter researching and planning, which will be really fun. 3. I completely relate with the tabs on my computer. I currently have 3 separate browsers open with at least 20 tabs on each. My computer really hates me, but the idea of closing them is really stressful. I know that if I close them before I finish whatever I was doing I'll just forget about them immediately. But I never have the attention span to actually ever finish all those tasks. Which is really annoying. Even on my phone I have all 500 tabs open on safari. And 500 is the limit so I'm always deleting tabs that I don't care about anymore just to open new ones. It's a really bad habit I have. But keeping all the tabs open gives me relief from all my racing thoughts, because I'd rather have the option to go back to that tab and finish it than not be able to remember it at all.
I’m trying so hard to concentrate on what your saying however I’m so distracted by how adorable Archie looks with his messy little face 🤣 I just love watching him destroy this Apple 🍎
At home ill from work, so a nice long pretty pastel video is just want I needed 😊 love the garden updates but so jealous of your passion flowers, I’ve tried to grow them 3 times and they always die on me
1:01:31 I do the exact same thing when it comes to cleaning up my room, what I've been doing to help me clean my mess when no one is around is that when I get up and I know it's cleaning day I'll grab the nearest mess pile and plop it onto my bed. So that way when I goto clean my room instead of seeing the mess and my bed and going to my bed to do nothing all day, I'll see the mess on my bed so if I want to relax I'm going to have to clean the mess on the bed and that would get me into the groove of cleaning other things around me. You could try this method on Tuesdays if you want to
I always watch these videos in bed before sleeping but this time I was getting ready for bed while watching and I hadn’t brushed my teeth yet, thanks for reminding me haha
Always love watching these, it's great having some company in the morning whilst I wake up. I wonder if tidy up Tuesdays could be an excuse to invite a friend over? Or at least video call with one of them and that might give you the body doubling you need to get stuff done ✨💚✨
So speaking of yogurt, when I was in college I used to mix smashed banana in with my plain yogurt, and it neutralized all the acidity and you got no acid kick banana flavored yogurt. Other fruits were tasty mixed in, but banana literally took away all the sour taste and you may as well have mixed it with vanilla. So good. As long as the yogurt hasn't gone off already. I trust that your yogurt had gone bad. But a general recommendation. Or if you can't be bothered, you can eat the banana as a banana with the yogurt
I have like a million tabs open, lol. And over 100k pins on pinterest to remind me of things, also those earrings are beautiful they look like a pair my great grandma had that were garnet. Also lucky just makes me smile as do your videos!
Okay so first time using my headset (to watch you, but i think its also my first vlog) and the dogs and dan scared the the crap out of me 🤣 The audio quality is beautiful 🤣
The plain Chobani yogurt is supposed to smell and taste like sour cream... it does smell and taste off when you first try it, and I seriously thought mine was spoiled as well. But it's because there is no flavor. It's used as a "healthier" substitute for sour cream in dishes, and is mostly used as a base for adding other stuff in to or for smoothies. (of course if the best by date is passed, toss it) w/💖 from a long time lurker that binges all your videos but never comments lol
I also struggle with tidying up, but I have days where I just really have the urge to clean, and then I clean and clean for hours without any breaks, if I forget to wear gloves the skin on my hands really hates me for it lol
Missed a few days so trying to get back into them. I do the exact same thing with tabs! I also have the problem where I open tabs within tabs on my phone when I'm looking at multiple things related to the original thing 🤣
Crossfit has made my life with ADD, depression and anxiety 1000x better and I have so much more quality of life now ✨️ I used to think I hated fitness, now I train 6 days a week 😅🙈
Just do what you can manage, and don't be hard on yourself if you're not feeling good! I have chronic illness, and used to feel so awful that I couldn't do things, but I try to be less hard on myself now. It is what it is. Let's be kind to ourselves 💖💖🏴
i want you to know your ability to grow passionfruit in your own backyard makes me deeply deeply jealous because it is my favorite fruit and my cold north american locale could never
That is so funny you mentioned the Kardashian pink turtle neck because I have only been subscribed since late last year so still haven’t watched most of your vids further back than 2020…but yesterday I watched an ASOS haul where you couldn’t send back the unwanted items because you left it too long…one of the said items was a turtle neck you hoped would look like that one…I am not quite as bad re ‘Tabs’ but guess it’s an ADHD thing as I so easily get side-tracked like that 🤭
Alex you should get a sonic electric toothbrush. I struggle with brushing daily as well. It has a built in timer and is much better on your gums and teeth with less physical effort which can cause receding gumline.
If you know that your "schedule" isn't working for you, take that as a win! That realization is huge! Change up your week to what works for you. If you know Tuesdays don't work for tidying, then pick something that will work, that you're comfortable doing being alone. No sense in setting yourself up for "failure" or "regret" or however it makes you feel, just change it up to what will work. You're doing great! Look forward to your videos every day! ❤️
When I stay up late it means I get TWO episodes in “one day”! Woohoo!
I do also 😂
Yes expired stuff has to go back in the fridge, otherwise it rots and stinks out your bin/entire house. (Just gotta remember to clean out the fridge on bin day 😬😬😬)
ALEX IS ONE OF US!!! TOO MANY TABS GANG! also this morning, although it was an anxious morning, I saw the most beautiful trees. The fall colors are really starting to come out and they are so gorgeous. That and one of my favorite songs came on the radio. That in combo of your video means that my anxiety about what I had to do was lessened. But seriously I have like 15 TH-cam tabs open on my laptop on one window alone. Not to mention everything else lol 🕊🏠🕊🏠🕊🏠
Oh yes tabs are like my bestie
I currently have 43 haha
OMG YES!!!!!!!! I have all 500 that I’m allowed in safari open and keep needing to find some to close so I can open more!!!!! But my chrome app closes tabs for me which is super annoying, like I’m going to buy these tickets tomorrow and you can’t keep the tab open for ONE DAY but here’s one from two weeks ago that’s still open!!!!!!!
I have 4 or 5 Chrome windows open with 20+ tabs lol
Archie’s honking will never get old 😂😂
My dog was watching and doing the head tilt thing 😂 he was very confused
I loved that part I love seeing Archie. I love all her different kinds of animals
Alex is such a wonderful person 💖
His screech sent my cats, who were curled up on the bed, running out of the room!
Helloo Alex! Just wanted to let you know how much I've been enjoying these videos every day. I really appreciate you being so open about your mental health. It's really opened my eyes to see that I'm not alone in my struggle. It feels like a vulnerable conversation with a close friend and I hope you realize how much that means to me. You are among the few youtubers I feel a connection to because of how real you are. 🥰
Most of these videos feel like she has 1 main goal while she simultaneously starts 100 side quests :'p
Hey Alex, I have always really like psychology and learning about mental health. It wasn't until these daily vlogs did I realize what some of it actually looks like day to day. I am a highly motivated achiever of type person and to see someone truly want to do move but physically can't due to a psychological reason is eye opening for me. It's not that I feel like I've ever treated people as "lazy" or "unmotivated" but this does allow me to understand more people better and extend grace more frequently. Thank you for always sharing.
Your garden is lovely. Your environment is life goals with beautiful plants, lovely friends and family and adorable animals.
Archie eating an apple was EVERYTHING. My day has been made! He is a delightfully curious bird & I really enjoyed watching your time together. Thank you for sharing 🥰
Oooh, the flower on the passion fruit plant just unlocked a childhood memory! My grandparents had one growing on a trellis at the front of the house when I was a kid. I remember it being referred to as a passionflower, but I had no idea that it would technically become a passion fruit. I say technically because I’m in the UK, and I very much doubt our climate would manage to produce the fruit.
the tent conversion idea is really cool! keep us updated on how it goes. gosh, the birds will be so happy to have a safe outdoor space to stretch their wings.
10 minute tidy up vs tidyup Tuesday: Remind me of something I read 'makers schedule vs managers schedule'. People with 'managerial' minds segment their days into hours or half hour slots... makers/creative types tend to divvy the day into two halves.
The tabs thing is super relatable lmao. Also, thanks for uploading these videos. Going through difficult times myself, and they help me feel like I'm not alone
i love the little interspersed chicken asmr in these videos
I love being able to watch your newest upload as I get ready for work every morning! In the past couple of weeks I have been able to get out of a rut I was in with self loathing my body. Now I feel so confident and in control again. Good morning dear friend, thank you for being you☺️💖
Hey Alex! Long time watcher, first time commenter. I find myself encouraging you and cheering you on whilst watching your videos each day, and it’s made me realise that I need to be a little kinder towards myself and my own mental health struggles.
I also adore all of the bird content, as I had a feathered baby, my cockatiel, who passed almost a year ago, so it’s comforting getting my daily bird dopamine hit from watching your videos 💚
My heart is full seeing your flock continue to grow.
Also, I made my bed whilst watching your vid, so I accomplished my ten minutes of tidying - relatively painlessly - so thank you! ❤
today i got up and washed 2 sinks full of dishes for the first time since being released from hospital on friday and I have you to thank for that. we are proud of you every day
Hahahaha Dan and I have the same approach to fertiliser. They get what they get and only the strongest survive haha
When Dan’s confusion face is a smoulder 😂❤
you take such good care of Errol, I love watching u cuddle w him, especially since seeing him in such a rough state in the beginning!
I recognize that feeling. When you are alone it is just harder to start 'chores' like tidying up. There is just no motivation. Even when doing something you like (like a hobby) it can be incredibly hard to start something. I find that the body doubling thing works very well for me on moments like that.
Archie is so sweet eating his breakfast 🦜❤
Those earrings are beautiful, I really like the leaves too! I think that maybe they'd look good with your eyes and hair! 🍁
Thank you for this video and have a nice day Alex, love you 😘
Watching this is my reward for bringing in my bins...at nearly midnight.
I missed Archie ♥️ He is so adorable!
Your daily videos make me so happy! I don’t want them to end after 100 days 😅
Alex, don’t worry, spend tomorrow another 20 minutes tidying up. You did a lot today!
Ah, yepp. I am too, well familiar with the mental tabs vs digital computer tabs. Everything open in a new tab :D. Online shopping is always a mess. 🕊 🏠
It’s so satisfying growing your own fruits. Your garden is looking brilliant! I have alpine strawberries, regular strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, loganberries, tayberries, rhubarb and blackberries in my garden. This year I planted a cherry tree, a fig tree and an apple tree but I think that one may have died. 😞 I have also 1000’s of notes saved in my phone. I really should go through them!!! I really enjoy watching Archie having his breakfast. He’s so cute. Locki is so adorable. Bless him.
I cant tell you how incredibly helpful these videos are. I did dishes today. It's a big deal.
Maybe your friend in fashion will let you interview her for us? Or even show us a closet tour? I know that’s probably geared more towards the main channel…but would love to see it over here selfishly, haha.
I rarely comment, but I wanted to let you know how much I appriciate these videos. Also a tip regarding tooth brushing! I've struggled with it as well and something that helped me so much is getting an electric toothbrush! If you can stand the sound it make it so much easier and you just stand there letting it do the job for you:)
Love the cinematography of chickens pecking the camera. Really fun.
I find that I can old be productive late at night and I saw a tiktok saying that it's common to feel calm and focused late at night because there are no external expectations to be productive-- it made so much sense
I also use tabs but I use the group function to put related tabs together - health info, shopping, inspo etc
Your morning routine and blog is part of my morning routine. I so appreciate that you share with us! ❤
Have you tried the Gippsland Toffee yogurt? It’s amazing! Especially with some fruit-free muesli and chopped banana or strawberries ❤
The Jordan’s Choc Hazelnut granola also works well with it too. It has little curls of dark chocolate in it. 😋
If you are having trouble with trash near the bed and tidying up put a small trash can up there and maybe a basket to collect dishes to take to the kitchen! Also, feeling compelled to do stuff when someone else is around is definitely normal adhd brain! I love these videos so much! It’s so nice to come home from work at 3 am when NO ONE is awake and at least have Alex to keep me company while I do my normal household stuff!
My TABS ARE THE SAME WAY!!!! IT DRIVES MY FRIENDS INSANE!!!
Love redbubble! I have a store on there and so far everything I have ordered has been a really great quality. I make paint pouring paintings and other things and take pictures of them and have things listed from those pictures. I have gotten zipper pouches, blankets, and pillows. I want to get some of the clothing but haven't bought yet.
I'm proud of you for getting up to brush your teeth at the end of the day, and very excited for the RedBubble shop! I'm feeling a bit sick toda so I'm just taking it easy with hot tea and laying down on the couch
Loki is so freaking adorable....and the girls...all the animals too freaking cute in different ways
So much BIRD. I was smiling the whole time 🥰
I'm from Wisconsin, and one of my favorite breakfasts we would do growing up was cottage cheese with apple sauce and then pan fried bread dough dipped in strawberry jam ( grew up in the country so it was homemade applesauce and strawberry jam from our garden)
BREAKFAST in New Hampshire USA!! We will usually have "scrapple" (you have to cook it a special way.. also dont look too much into what its made of), scrambled eggs with hot sauce and toast with jelly- usually concord grape jelly. My family has a grape tree that has concord grapes so we used them to make the jelly. Annnnnd of course coffee with maple syrup in it :)))
I do the put out of date food back in the fridge, but I keep it there till I have to do the bins. Also I do the loads of tabs thing as notes. I feel the losing the tabs, ( my life thoughts 🥺) . Today was a good and bad day. Went to see my mama in hospital ( I hate hospitals) due to mental health/ Asperger's any multiple other health issues, I don't wont to leave the house. I got screamed at by my sister ( who I feel was close to a melt down because she is trying to " push through" , she is also a late diagnosis ADHD). Then at the hospital two people decided to shout at me for not wearing a mask in the hospital,(I feel they were stressed over the person they love being in hospital, and decided I was a good candidate to vent at) an people wondered why I never leave the house. I will feel it tomorrow. You did a lot today, well done 🖤🖤🖤
As far as international breakfasts go also. Please try Huevos Rancheros. I’ll be making that soon. Its a favorite of mine. It’s a good ass tasty Mexican breakfast. Do Australians have access to Tortillas? Are they even good? I have no idea. You fry tortillas up lightly. You fry some eggs up sunny side up style. You put salsa and cheese over the tortilla and put your egg on top. You add more cheese atop the egg. There’s several variations. And this is one of the ones I do. I also add additional mexican spices to the eggs. I made my own mix that had garlic and onion powder, chipotle, chili and black pepper and salt. It also has paprika and celery salt. And also there is always salt and cayenne. I put equal amounts of each powdered spice in a spice dispenser and i sprinkle it atop most of what I eat. Soup. Egg. Toast w butter. Whatever have you. There are many ways to use it. But anyways. Huevos rancheros should be easy enough to make.
I love when my chickens watch the kids eating in the family room...I want to be grumpy that they got out of their yard and are pooping on the doorstep but they're so cute and I'm most likely gonna let them in to eat the kids scraps which just encourages them 😂
Also I use tabs in the same way
I too keep tabs open for ages so I can remember things. I’m bipolar with ocd and generalised anxiety and I thought I was the only one with loads of tabs open. I’m currently sitting here after skin removal surgery and in quite a bit of pain. I was inspired to go for it as a 41 year old from your videos as you are doing it for yourself and so am I. Sending ❤ to you, all your friends and hubby and the bird/ dog family.
The chicken feeding 😩😩😩😩 that was so funny I love them so much 💗
That blueberry has to be incredibly root bound, you need to get it out of that pot and planted in the ground. Wait until it's done fruiting though.
I definitely relate to all the tabs open on my phone/iPad. I’ve taken to, every few months or so, going onto Chrome on my PC, opening every tab on there via the account sync, saving them all as bookmarks in a folder titled that date, and then force-closing my browsers everywhere to start a new session. It means everything gets saved in case I ever need it, but I don’t consistently have hundreds of tabs open.
The cutoff lemon stealing wh***s reference 🤣
Chicken feeding is awesome ASMR! 💖 Loved the earrings, but would've preferred if the leaf was a dark green instead of red.
I absolutely love how you say I could do a video on your tabs. It’s like looking into your way thinking. Passion fruit is one of my favorite and yours are looking fantastic. Thank you so much for your videos they help more than you know. I feel like my friend is just talking to me. 🥰🥰🥰
Thank you, Alex for just being you! ! I just wanted to say, that these videos really help me get through the day and make me smile. Whatever you do, however long the video is, I just find myself looking forward to your newest upload or rewatch/listen to the videos you uploaded already while I try to motivate myself to draw. I don't really comment, because I rarely use my computer and watch on my switch most of the time and I don't have discord either :D But I still just wanted to let you know, that I've always loved and still love your videos. You have such a bright and welcoming personality and I hope everything goes well for you in the future. Wish you all the best and again, thank you for being you!
From South Africa 🇿🇦One of my favourite breakfast’s is Melkkos (Milk Food) 💓
It’s not the healthiest but it’s soooo good!
Sift the flour and salt together and rub in margarine/butter.
Bring milk to the boil.
Add flour mixture to milk and beat.
Lumps will form but keep stirring well!
When lumpy, cover with lid and simmer for 5- 8 minutes, until cooked.
Serve hot with cinnamon sugar.
I’ve been loving the vlogs, it’s like talking to a friend. Have an amazing day Alex ❤
Aww you've got the quokka hoodie on!!!! I was admiring that the other day on whatever website it was, its sooo cute!!!😍
Of the ways to leave this world, I reckon 'eaten by chicken' is a pretty cute way to go!!😆
It’s an Oodie! I got it for Dan 😄 he got me the green one, but we tend to swap ☺️
When I say I am fully invested in your daily posts and updates on your honest perfectly imperfect WHOLESOME life-it's an understatement. ❤️ Love you guys!
Sometimes I will avoid going places in my house or doing things that signal to my brain that I’m “done” for the day. Like not change into my comfy clothes if I have to go out, or stay downstairs because if I get into my nest I won’t leave. Maybe that could help you? Like if you want to tidy and you’re downstairs, tidy downstairs or do whatever tasks you can do that don’t involve the same warm nest of your bed and adorable chill chonk pigeon.
I used to use a chrome extension that keeps all the tabs in an organized list on the side. It helped me with my " out of site, out of mind" I just had a new install and I cant recall what the name of that chrome extension ( because again I just forget to look) is but once I do Ill be redownloading it but if someone else uses something like this could you mebbe let Alex and me know. It was a huge life saver. Once the tabs get too little i have no clue what they are and they go into the black hole in mah mind.
Cockatoos steal our citrus - including unripe lemons. Cheeky birbs! Also flying foxes love passionfruit 🦇
As someone who discredits her own experience, it's really good to see someone else dealing with similar issues. I can see something is a real problem for you and can have compassion for you, which means I can have compassion for myself when facing similar struggles
You talking about tabs is SO COMPLETELY RELATABLE
Hi Alex! I love watching these videos to decompress after work. It's nice being able to just listen to you chat like I'm hanging out with a friend 🙂 it's quite comforting
I am also now giggling at the fact that I, the criminal scum, did in fact stop dead when you told me to🤣
The toast popping up right when Alex fell sent me 😭
Don’t forget to buy the fertilizer that the passion fruit tree needs!!!
Thank you!!!!
Excessive browser tabs, you say? ROTFL, SAME! That is SO MUCH ME! I get distracted and dogleg from one thing to the next to the next, sometimes until the whole browser crashes; occasionally, when I go back to a tab days later, I can't even remember why I have it open. And I too have lost all my weeks and months of thought-zigzags when the browser-crash damage finally goes beyond the reach of History's "Restore Session." It's heartbreaking. Speaking of which, I still can't really talk about what happened when my Notes app crashed and took YEARS of documents with it.
As for engagement rings--no WAY! I bought MYSELF a Moissonite solitaire way back in the day, partly because SPARKLAY, mostly to stop all the nimrods constantly trying to hit on me. (Not that I was all that; it's just that I kept pulling stunts like walking down the street and getting in cabs, with tits no less. The nerve of me.) And as for migraines--my mom's mom got them, my mom got them, and I do too. With me, when things start getting a little too bright and eye-dagger-y, the countdown is on, but once everything starts getting too loud, if I'm not somewhere dark and quiet where I can wrap a bathrobe around my head, it's Too Late.
Bliss, nothing like a bird enjoying a apple
I haven't heard the name Woolworth's in years! I didn't know they still have them in Australia. Here in the states they closed in 1997.
any chance I could get a link for those awesome hoodie blankets?
I KNEW I saw a collie the other day! ❤️ We have 4 collies and an older Shetland sheepdog. I just love them! 3 of our collies are therapy dogs and 1 is also a crisis response dog.
I think the word you were looking for, for your friend is that she's a buyer. Person who purchases stuff for a company. Also I totally relate with all the tabs! I always try to keep mine under 100 on my phone because if I don't it doesn't tell me how many are open and it becomes ridiculous haha 🤣
Yes. I have moved to buying higher quality less often also. Also helps with the massive waste issue - so many clothes in landfills. The quality is worth it. I also feel more put together in the higher quality clothes.
It's hard because my mental illness causes binge type behavior and I would binge shop.
Malaga is a suburb of Perth, WA
one swedish breakfast mostly during the winter is rice porrige. trhis type off porrige been made sence atleast end off 1800 and before rice with had a simular one done with some type of grain I think it was
We use a rice like a sushirice for it and take quite some time to boil.
2 servings
1dl rice
2 dl water
1/4 teaspoon salt
½ cinamonstick
3 3/4 dl milk
make rice, water and salt boil and turn heat on low and simmer for 19 min. add the cinnamonstick and the milk. make to boil and then lower heat again and let simmer for 40 min. serv it hot with grounded cinnamon and suger spread over the rice porrige and add some cold milk in the bowl. Can also use a some butter in a hole in the porrige for serving and a few other options.
Yum!! I’ll try this 😍
Parsley, when it flowers, is a SUPER pollinator and butterfly attractor. I would wait until it actually goes to seed before you pull it out.
Can you get a buffered version of your medication?
Every time I watch the daily videos I always have a list of things I want to comment about but never do. So here they are :)
1. At this point watching your videos everyday is the only routine I have in my life.
2. Seeing your garden really inspires me to finally start my own. But since I'm in America and its fall now I think I'm going to wait until spring. I'm pretty certain that I will spend all of winter researching and planning, which will be really fun.
3. I completely relate with the tabs on my computer. I currently have 3 separate browsers open with at least 20 tabs on each. My computer really hates me, but the idea of closing them is really stressful. I know that if I close them before I finish whatever I was doing I'll just forget about them immediately. But I never have the attention span to actually ever finish all those tasks. Which is really annoying. Even on my phone I have all 500 tabs open on safari. And 500 is the limit so I'm always deleting tabs that I don't care about anymore just to open new ones. It's a really bad habit I have. But keeping all the tabs open gives me relief from all my racing thoughts, because I'd rather have the option to go back to that tab and finish it than not be able to remember it at all.
I’m trying so hard to concentrate on what your saying however I’m so distracted by how adorable Archie looks with his messy little face 🤣 I just love watching him destroy this Apple 🍎
At home ill from work, so a nice long pretty pastel video is just want I needed 😊 love the garden updates but so jealous of your passion flowers, I’ve tried to grow them 3 times and they always die on me
1:01:31 I do the exact same thing when it comes to cleaning up my room, what I've been doing to help me clean my mess when no one is around is that when I get up and I know it's cleaning day I'll grab the nearest mess pile and plop it onto my bed. So that way when I goto clean my room instead of seeing the mess and my bed and going to my bed to do nothing all day, I'll see the mess on my bed so if I want to relax I'm going to have to clean the mess on the bed and that would get me into the groove of cleaning other things around me. You could try this method on Tuesdays if you want to
How can I find your RedBubble store? I tried Pretty Pastel but it didn’t work. Never used RB before
I always watch these videos in bed before sleeping but this time I was getting ready for bed while watching and I hadn’t brushed my teeth yet, thanks for reminding me haha
Always love watching these, it's great having some company in the morning whilst I wake up. I wonder if tidy up Tuesdays could be an excuse to invite a friend over? Or at least video call with one of them and that might give you the body doubling you need to get stuff done ✨💚✨
So speaking of yogurt, when I was in college I used to mix smashed banana in with my plain yogurt, and it neutralized all the acidity and you got no acid kick banana flavored yogurt. Other fruits were tasty mixed in, but banana literally took away all the sour taste and you may as well have mixed it with vanilla. So good. As long as the yogurt hasn't gone off already. I trust that your yogurt had gone bad. But a general recommendation. Or if you can't be bothered, you can eat the banana as a banana with the yogurt
I put things back in the fridge, telling myself that it will stop my garbage from smelling haha
I have like a million tabs open, lol. And over 100k pins on pinterest to remind me of things, also those earrings are beautiful they look like a pair my great grandma had that were garnet. Also lucky just makes me smile as do your videos!
Okay so first time using my headset (to watch you, but i think its also my first vlog) and the dogs and dan scared the the crap out of me 🤣
The audio quality is beautiful 🤣
Archie is so cute the way he looks into that box 😊
The plain Chobani yogurt is supposed to smell and taste like sour cream... it does smell and taste off when you first try it, and I seriously thought mine was spoiled as well. But it's because there is no flavor. It's used as a "healthier" substitute for sour cream in dishes, and is mostly used as a base for adding other stuff in to or for smoothies.
(of course if the best by date is passed, toss it)
w/💖 from a long time lurker that binges all your videos but never comments lol
You are braver than me tasting it! I would have binned it when it smelled funny.
Being fed to the chicken on 1.5 speed is terrifying 😂 like being attacked by hungry dinosaurs 😂
I also struggle with tidying up, but I have days where I just really have the urge to clean, and then I clean and clean for hours without any breaks, if I forget to wear gloves the skin on my hands really hates me for it lol
I love these videos. These are posted right when I get up in the morning and they are now an essential part of my morning routine!! Love you Alex!!
Thank you for posting these Alex!
Missed a few days so trying to get back into them. I do the exact same thing with tabs! I also have the problem where I open tabs within tabs on my phone when I'm looking at multiple things related to the original thing 🤣
/chickens pecking/ Hm, I wonder how her phone screens get cracked? Lol
It’s only been a day since I last watched your video but I was so ready for this one I shocked myself at how fast I clicked! ❤️❤️
Crossfit has made my life with ADD, depression and anxiety 1000x better and I have so much more quality of life now ✨️
I used to think I hated fitness, now I train 6 days a week 😅🙈
Just do what you can manage, and don't be hard on yourself if you're not feeling good!
I have chronic illness, and used to feel so awful that I couldn't do things, but I try to be less hard on myself now. It is what it is. Let's be kind to ourselves 💖💖🏴
i want you to know your ability to grow passionfruit in your own backyard makes me deeply deeply jealous because it is my favorite fruit and my cold north american locale could never
That is so funny you mentioned the Kardashian pink turtle neck because I have only been subscribed since late last year so still haven’t watched most of your vids further back than 2020…but yesterday I watched an ASOS haul where you couldn’t send back the unwanted items because you left it too long…one of the said items was a turtle neck you hoped would look like that one…I am not quite as bad re ‘Tabs’ but guess it’s an ADHD thing as I so easily get side-tracked like that 🤭
Alex you should get a sonic electric toothbrush. I struggle with brushing daily as well. It has a built in timer and is much better on your gums and teeth with less physical effort which can cause receding gumline.