Unfortunately, I am the joyless owner of one crappy snow shovel (you can't really try these things out in the store), one decent one (purchased one week after getting the crappy one), and one mini car shovel. Ah winters in Maine...
@@veggedout1030 And you'll never need winter clothes. Until you do. And then you won't have winter clothes, because when you live in South Texas why would you buy winter clothes.
I think Marie Kondo's "Spark joy" also means things that necessarily don't make you all "smiley-smiley-heart-beats-fast-happy" or bring you literal "joy", but rather are convenient and the usage of them makes your life easier. Like your shovel and humidifier: Without them you would be less happy because they would make your life harder and your health worse. Hence, in a sense, they "spark joy" in you. Telling this to myself has saved me from feeling guilty of owning some items I don't necessarily "love" but they make my life easier in certain situations.
K3ROKO Marie Kondo does describe this in her books as well: Some things might not initially spark that feeling of ‘joy’ you associate with things you thoroughly love. However, there are tools that we might need in our daily lives (like screwdrivers, vacuumcleaners and humidifiers 😉) that fulfill their purpose and our needs. Therefore they are useful, and if we can learn to appreciate them for this, we can learn that these items do in fact spark joy! Also I love your videos, the dry humour and filming is amazing! And informative as well, thanks! 😊
Yes! My old ratty towels and blankets do not spark joy until I hear that awful sound of one of my kids with a tummy bug. Then man, do the extra towels and blankets spark all kinds of joy!
Here's the reason you should have two pillows and more than one chair; your life is not only yours. It is yours to share. You should have these things so you can have a friend over for dinner/ for the night.
From what I understood she only means she knew from the begining, that she won't need four chairs in that peculiar week. There are things in our lives that we think about as necessities, when they are not. She went on with the extreme minimalism for a week, but someone else could decide to do that for the rest of their life and still unconsciously keep some useless stuff. For example many people completely switched to watching movies and shows on the internet, but still have a TV at home, just because there is a spot for a TV in their living room.
it would be strange to sleep with your buddy/friend in your 20s and 30s. this is not junior high school. that second pillow is for a man she likes sexually. it's not for a buddy!
Very nice and practical video! I also am tired of the whole „if it sparks joy“-thing. It just doesn‘t work for me. My favorite thing is to ask myself if I would buy it again if my apartment got burned down.
This is such an awesome strategy to experience this!! I think everyone should experience extreme minimalism at least once in their lifetime! I used to be a hoarder (boxes and boxes of stuff, you couldn't see the floor, etc), and when I left my old apartment, I put it all in storage just like that. I was DETERMINED to break the habit of hoarding, so when I got to my new apt, I only brought with me my computer, a small shopping bag of clothes, a yoga mat (which I used as a bed), a pot, a mug, and a chair. I set up my computer on the kitchen countertop, and the rest of the apartment was wide open space. It made the small studio apt feel huge. Even 2 years after living in the new apt, guests would ask me "when did you move in?" Eventually I decided to invest in a few specific pieces of furniture after careful consideration of my personal needs (and the needs of my SO who felt that a mattress > a yoga mat), so it's a bit more homey, but the transformative experience of minimalism was so eye-opening.
I went to visit my friends new house prior to her moving in, I loved the fact there was nothing on the countertops in the kitchen, I came home and sort of did the same thing, my hubby was not a fan, I love it and now the lovely hubby is getting used to it, I just need to get the kettle and the tea, coffee, sugar storage jars off the counter and my mission is complete lol
@@michellegordon456 It's so lovely and refreshing. My mind feels clear when I see an nice open clean space. And it's amazing how much stuff you don't need! With enough planning you can really free up SO MUCH storage space. It's amazing!
I loved this! I have really been looking long and far for someone who pushes the boundaries for what is necessary and questions our behaviors in regards to what we own! Thank you so much! Being nerdy and efficient and really going into detail about every aspect was so inspiring to me, I will be taking a hard look at my things again!
I know this isn't the point, but humidifiers bring me and my plants joy. You breath better and you wake up with better skin, how can one not find joy in these things! 😅
What a cool experiment! And totally with you in keep a set just because you feel like things "belong" together. I just sold the third piece of a matching luggage set because I never used it and it creaked when I did. Made some extra $$ and hopefully it will spark joy for someone else! Thanks for sharing your findings. xWBW
I just found your channel I love it I have been looking for somebody that is trying to do a similar minimalistic approach that I have done I boxed up all of my belongings to understand what I actually need and it really opened my eyes and how little I need and I will always say that the first thing that I benefit from is all the extra time that I have the second thing is whenever I go shopping for anything which is very rare I look at that item and say to myself are you going to be used or put in a box so I've saved so much money and I've been living this way before about 5 or 6 years and when you look at how short life is I have actually gained time and money and happiness and calmness in my life and I hope everybody does this
Omg 20 years when I was 20 a colleague brought a loaf of bread to work, kept a tub of butter in the work fridge, & brought one big tupperware container full of sandwich filling for the week & it revolutionised my life! I was SO awestruck. It was so logical & life changing lol. She made lunch once a week, brought it all in one container + a loaf of bread, the end. Sadly I can't eat bread now & I thought the good old days were over but here you've revolutionised lunches again! Now I just need a job 😁
aussiejubes If all of those things were kept in the work fridge, surely most work places would only have room for a few employees to do that. It only takes a couple minutes to make and pack a sandwich at home.
@@cracticustibicen6374 it's one long, shallow tupperware & a loaf of bread. It didn't take up much room at all & you've missed the entire point by suggesting to make lunch every single day.
aussiejubes I didn’t miss your point. Clearly it was helpful for you and for some people. I was just thinking that if many people at my work place started doing that, we would quickly run out of space due to the number of people sharing one kitchen. No matter how compactly it’s stored, five lunches per person on Mondays is much larger than one lunch per person. In contrast, the time-savings of not assembling and packing your lunch at home each morning (where you could still have everything prepped weekly) is pretty trivial.
@@cracticustibicen6374 the time saving isn't trivial. Getting everything out once & chucking it all in a dish vs getting it all out, making & packing lunch, cleaning up, clearing away etc every morning adds up. Perhaps you just make a peanut butter sandwich & it makes no difference to you but demanding it makes no difference to anyone else is quite aggressive. People's lives are different.
redundancy in numbers is equal to preparedness. The chairs enable you to invite other friends for coffee or conversation at your table. The extra pillow allows the possibility of a tired friend staying over. I recommend keeping highly personal stuff even if impractical for the effects they will have decades from now. Physical objects can be great memory triggers, and allow you to access memories that will now and then be pushed to the recesses of your mind. That why I keep some historical stuff in storage, for the odd dose of temporal, chronological escapism and to connect with earlier times.
I don’t subscribe to much. I watched this video, and subscribed. Video is to the point, music isn’t overbearingly loud, you don’t ramble and repeat, and you just remind me of someone I’d hang with. lol I went to your page and ...videos less than 10 minutes, or less than 5 minutes in some cases? Sign me up. This is the attention span I have. 😆😆
I can tell care and planning went into your voiceover and editing, and it didn't come off as forced or false. You have an interesting way of looking at things, I look forward to watching more of your videos!
@@cameliap1146 I am not envious, I enjoy living in flyover country. I am tired of minimalist TH-cam personalities listing all twelve articles of clothing they own.
lesson number two was impressively interesting ! especially when thinking about the konmari method which can be quite frustrating when you actually _need_ something but don't necessarily _like_ it
She does address this situation though. She says that even though, say, a humidifier may not spark joy, if you find you need it, it's probably because it adds quality to your living space, and that quality sparks joy. Same for the shovel. It's not the object itself but what it brings: a clear driveway, where you can come in and out without risking accident and stuff.
I agree, though my shovel brings me the opposite of joy, shovelling snow gives me the opposite of joy, and having a clear driveway doesn't necessarily really bring me joy, it just saves a lot of frustration of getting stuck lol. But I'm sure saving frustration counts too lol
Great videos and points of view! Might be good to hang on to the second pillow so you can wash/air one out every couple of weeks - I'm still laughing at the "fragile princess" line from one of the other videos.....
I find that when I start opening up boxes I had stored away, with the intention of getting rid of some of it, I look at what's in them and think, "oh ya! I forgot I had this. I love this thing." And then the lid gets closed and I never throw anything away. Maybe I've pared down all that I'm going to for awhile now. I have cleaned out a bunch before storing those boxes away.
an important thing to keep in mind when owning things that in itself dont spark joy, is the purpose they bring to your life. like, you might not love the shovel, but you do appreciate being able to walk out your door. you might not love the humidifier, but you really appreciate not having cracked open skin all winter.
Taking the whole cassarole of the week's lunches is a really smart move. Bravo ! On the subject of moving, if you ever need to do it, it will be a piece of cake compared with the non minimalist person.
Finally a minimalist that looks like (a) they're taking the piss out of the whole minimalist as holier than thou movement, (b) doesn't look like they make $100K per month and have all high-end everything...
Good question! I usually would have enough extra basic items for 3 additional house guests (bed linens, pillows, silverware, cups, plates, and towels), though right now, the extras are all in storage. I know from past experience that 3 people is really the maximum I can comfortably have overnight at my place at one time, and I frankly have no interest in hosting more than that. I could see downsizing to only having 1 extra set of everything, but only if I fully intended to not really host anymore (which I don't want to commit to at this point). I think it really depends on what your intentions are - if you're very interested in hosting, keeping more extra sets of basics may be justified, as long as you're actually using them. If you really don't want to keep things around, but still host from time to time, some people may just resort to using paper plates, using beach towels, and borrowing linens from their neighbor when guests are visiting. For me, keeping around 4 total sets of things makes the most logical sense for my situation. Although I AM really enjoying only having 1 set of things in my apartment at the moment... 😁
minimalism makes finding stuff and cleaning much easier. it is also easier to move house. less places for bugs to hide (especially in apartments like in nyc). it also gives you more real estate space in your home by freeing up space.
I once had my only shovel disappear, and had to get along without one for awhile. My new one definitely sparked joy. I've also suffered nose bleeds when without a humidifier. When I get a new one, I expect it to spark joy.
I’m later in life and add more pillows around me for support. A doctor told me to get an extra small pillow under neck (on top of reg pillow) to avoid neck surgery for herniated discs. Worked like a charm and keeps neck aligned...... ya.... so people... are different...
There are some people who only sleep with one pillow? Am I the only one who sleeps with 3? One under my head then one on either side of my body nestling me in and so that i have something to put my knees over.
You are not alone. I sleep alone - well, with a tiny kitten, but with four pillows. One flat one for under my head. A fluffy feather for when the flat one makes my neck hurt. A buckwheat pillow that makes my neck hurt but is great for hugging to me to keep my arm from falling asleep. And one for the kitten that I sometimes snuggle into the small of my back if she's not using it. Or sometimes between my knees.
I think people believe being a minimalist means having no artwork, no curtains, very little of anything. Perhaps that is your vision. I think it's ridiculous. I see these apartments, to me, seem empty and void of all personality. Me? I feel being a minimalist means having the thing you enjoy without those things overpowering your life. I had a Spawn collection that got out of control. I had Spawn figures everywhere! (ACK!). Now I have three. The three I have always enjoyed. Do I have more than one plate? Yes, I have 4. Why? Because sometimes I need more than one plate. I have stuff. My stuff is part of who I am and what I enjoy. But my stuff doesn't over power me or my life. And just for grins - I live in a 13 x 30 tiny house that was once a storage shed. When I got here, almost all of my things fit in the house. I do have a small storage shed - I do not wish the minimal myself into oblivion. What I like about this video is that she has her stuff in storage for a short time to see what she really wants to keep, rather than getting rid of everything on frenzied clean out. The table and chairs thing - I would keep two chairs. Why? What if you have someone over and you both want to sit at the table. Two pillows on your queen bed is just fine. So you use only 1 pillow, you can still have two. Just sayin' you don't have have an empty home to be a minimalist.
Agreed! I prefer to go out to restaurants for food with friends - none of our living spaces are large enough for everyone, and that way, no one has to cook or clean!
Same, I'm like the opposite of a minimalist (I'm slightly a hoarder because I get scared that "I might need this someday and don't want to regret getting rid of it"). But I love watching minimalism videos because I wish I could live such an uncluttered life, and it inspires me to see people do it - though maybe not quite as uncluttered as Lefie lol. I feel like I need objects around to make my space cozy and inviting too.
I notice that minimalist youtubers don't make minimalist videos. They're usually overly produced and long winded. I like her because she goes minimal to get her points across
You might have missed the heart of Spark Joy, if you didn't have the shovel, you would be less happy. Realizing that will spark joy. There are two books I recommend, Spark Joy to get rid of half your stuff, then Goodbye Things to learn the philosophy and go further. I moved into a micro apartment last year, way too small for me, so I moved into a bigger apartment, but after sparking joy and saying goodbye to things, when my lease is up I am going back to the little place and saving 400 a month. (Yeah, rent in the NY area is crazy).
This was your first video I watched. I was thinking, your soroundings look so boring and you seem so depressed. For some reason I subscribed and watch some of your other videos. You are a riot. Very entertaining. And you are happy! I think I will stay.
I totally use both pillows. I roll all over the place and like to go to the cooler one lol. But I have a question about the food: Do you put it in a fridge at work and no one touches it? Or is that just a one day portion?
That's five days worth in one big ol' dish! I bring it in on Monday and scoop out only what I need to eat every day. No one touches it. My office supplies plates, silverware, and microwaves, so I use those when I need to eat.
Ok. I love this channel. I wanted to say that first. Secondly, at what point does minimalism become "living out of your car." And no judgement, I half-live out of my car as it is. I just also have some books in there. A bag of clothes to donate that is 2 months old. A clarinet. At least a dozen empty water bottles. Jumper cables. A backup set of jumper cables. 2 different blankets. 2 Flashlights that don't work. One that does. A cup of loose change. A hairbrush. And 2 lanyards: one with my gym keys on it, another with crap from highschool and college on it that is now 14 years old. I just realized I'm living out of my car. While I also have an apartment. Maybe I should seriously try minimalism.
but when you invite people or they want to come over, and there is only one chair around the dinner table, isn't it rude to have nowhere to comfortably sit them down for a meal? or if you only own one pillow and maybe have a someone over for the night (a friend or a family member, or a sexual partner) how would that go? do you use the pillow and they sleep on a rolled shirt or no one sleeps on the pillow, or you give it to them? providing basic comfort for guests is important for hospitality and showing respect to the guests.
I don't have people over often - we go out instead. It's awesome if you love hosting guests, but it's not a requirement - I've just chosen to use other options (hotels, Air BnBs, go without a pillow for the night) instead.
@@Lefie oh yea that works. but it's not the same kind of hospitality, and isn't that way more expensive for you. But custums are different all around! In my culture we have a ton of ways to sho hospitlity, cuz having guests is extremely important. it's a whole thing preparing, especially for older women.it's really sweet, though,
I guess I allocate my money differently, so I'm not actually spending more money than I would otherwise - it's just going to different uses. Having a uniform, for example, saves me money that I can use elsewhere. That's awesome you love hosting! I have a couple of friends who are really great at it and delight in it, too, and I appreciate that. You're totally right about customs being different all around. 😊
Entertaining at home is not necessary, and does not give me joy. Recently I gave a surprise birthday party for DH, and chose to have it at a restaurant/bar, where guests could come and go at their convenience. Also, since guests were invited from some distances, the location was somewhat mutually convenient for everybody. It was much better than at home, which would have stressed me out immensely. I did not have to serve drinks, prepare and serve food (when the food ran low, I just ordered up more), take coats, tell people where the bathrooms were (and check them for cleanliness) and on and on and on. Instead, I enjoyed myself thoroughly because I could focus on socializing with the guests. Finally, somebody else did the clean up. All I did was write a check.
@@kateyare4708 sounds convenient. I personally love inviting people and cooking the nicest of meals and preparing some activities. It makes me so happy seeing people sit around the table and talking to each other and connecting or catching up.
Oh so this is why there's echo in the more recent videos.. you could install some pads but is that considered unmininalistic? I'm not sure, but it'll help with the audio quality.
You’re brave. Pillows are so essential for back and neck support when sleeping on your side or stomach. I mean granted, if you don’t have sciatica or issues with neck or spine, you can omit but I think most of us experience pains in some of these areas. Pillows are such a big hell yes for me. My bf has 10% of the bed cause my pillows need space lol
You know you are a minimalist when you hear an echo of your voice bouncing off the walls
Well said.
Goals
Not only minimalism but tiny house minimal too...better.
so true
Chris Ose lol I’ve been noticing that is a common theme
I too am the joyless owner of a snow shovel.
Unfortunately, I am the joyless owner of one crappy snow shovel (you can't really try these things out in the store), one decent one (purchased one week after getting the crappy one), and one mini car shovel. Ah winters in Maine...
V C Oh how glorious it must be 🙌🏻
@@veggedout1030 And you'll never need winter clothes. Until you do. And then you won't have winter clothes, because when you live in South Texas why would you buy winter clothes.
Im glad to live in Florida
@@tink268 Said no one, ever. 😋
I think Marie Kondo's "Spark joy" also means things that necessarily don't make you all "smiley-smiley-heart-beats-fast-happy" or bring you literal "joy", but rather are convenient and the usage of them makes your life easier. Like your shovel and humidifier: Without them you would be less happy because they would make your life harder and your health worse. Hence, in a sense, they "spark joy" in you.
Telling this to myself has saved me from feeling guilty of owning some items I don't necessarily "love" but they make my life easier in certain situations.
Good point!
K3ROKO Marie Kondo does describe this in her books as well: Some things might not initially spark that feeling of ‘joy’ you associate with things you thoroughly love. However, there are tools that we might need in our daily lives (like screwdrivers, vacuumcleaners and humidifiers 😉) that fulfill their purpose and our needs. Therefore they are useful, and if we can learn to appreciate them for this, we can learn that these items do in fact spark joy! Also I love your videos, the dry humour and filming is amazing! And informative as well, thanks! 😊
@@EsraThorne yes! Exactly! 😊
How true ! Is the good attitude to adopt. Life is not happiness and joy 365/365 days/ year.
Yes! My old ratty towels and blankets do not spark joy until I hear that awful sound of one of my kids with a tummy bug. Then man, do the extra towels and blankets spark all kinds of joy!
Here's the reason you should have two pillows and more than one chair; your life is not only yours. It is yours to share. You should have these things so you can have a friend over for dinner/ for the night.
From what I understood she only means she knew from the begining, that she won't need four chairs in that peculiar week. There are things in our lives that we think about as necessities, when they are not. She went on with the extreme minimalism for a week, but someone else could decide to do that for the rest of their life and still unconsciously keep some useless stuff. For example many people completely switched to watching movies and shows on the internet, but still have a TV at home, just because there is a spot for a TV in their living room.
just 1 extra pillow ! we wouldn't want people to talk. ;)
Some people downsize quantity of friends to zero, so they don't have anyone to share with
it would be strange to sleep with your buddy/friend in your 20s and 30s. this is not junior high school. that second pillow is for a man she likes sexually. it's not for a buddy!
@@GymClubHouse you can't afford to have a man in your house as a minimalist. He occupies too much room.
Very nice and practical video! I also am tired of the whole „if it sparks joy“-thing. It just doesn‘t work for me. My favorite thing is to ask myself if I would buy it again if my apartment got burned down.
I like to use would I go through the effort and cost to move it
Ur comment does not spark joy
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That’s a great way to think about it, thank you.
Makes so much more sense than does it spark joy
This is such an awesome strategy to experience this!! I think everyone should experience extreme minimalism at least once in their lifetime! I used to be a hoarder (boxes and boxes of stuff, you couldn't see the floor, etc), and when I left my old apartment, I put it all in storage just like that. I was DETERMINED to break the habit of hoarding, so when I got to my new apt, I only brought with me my computer, a small shopping bag of clothes, a yoga mat (which I used as a bed), a pot, a mug, and a chair. I set up my computer on the kitchen countertop, and the rest of the apartment was wide open space. It made the small studio apt feel huge. Even 2 years after living in the new apt, guests would ask me "when did you move in?" Eventually I decided to invest in a few specific pieces of furniture after careful consideration of my personal needs (and the needs of my SO who felt that a mattress > a yoga mat), so it's a bit more homey, but the transformative experience of minimalism was so eye-opening.
I went to visit my friends new house prior to her moving in, I loved the fact there was nothing on the countertops in the kitchen, I came home and sort of did the same thing, my hubby was not a fan, I love it and now the lovely hubby is getting used to it, I just need to get the kettle and the tea, coffee, sugar storage jars off the counter and my mission is complete lol
@@michellegordon456 It's so lovely and refreshing. My mind feels clear when I see an nice open clean space. And it's amazing how much stuff you don't need! With enough planning you can really free up SO MUCH storage space. It's amazing!
I really like your approach to minimalism, and how your videos are at a bitesize length! You've earned yourself another subscriber, missy!
Looooove the idea of taking a big dish of food to work for the week, and packing all your gym clothes for the week in your trunk!
I have never heard you say "like this video" "subscribe" or "thumbs up" till now and I love it
Just found your channel. Feels very fresh and I love your dry humor.
That s why she needs a humidifier ...
I loved this! I have really been looking long and far for someone who pushes the boundaries for what is necessary and questions our behaviors in regards to what we own! Thank you so much! Being nerdy and efficient and really going into detail about every aspect was so inspiring to me, I will be taking a hard look at my things again!
I know this isn't the point, but humidifiers bring me and my plants joy. You breath better and you wake up with better skin, how can one not find joy in these things! 😅
Alexa Likes can you recommend one? I’m thinking about getting one
Yes, the actual object may not bring you joy, but if what it does brings you joy, surely that counts too!
What a cool experiment! And totally with you in keep a set just because you feel like things "belong" together. I just sold the third piece of a matching luggage set because I never used it and it creaked when I did. Made some extra $$ and hopefully it will spark joy for someone else! Thanks for sharing your findings. xWBW
Ok, the meal prep in one pan is genius.
Lesson 4: wear simple clothes, and let the person shine through. You're great.
Your dry humour is so awesome!
I just found your channel I love it I have been looking for somebody that is trying to do a similar minimalistic approach that I have done I boxed up all of my belongings to understand what I actually need and it really opened my eyes and how little I need and I will always say that the first thing that I benefit from is all the extra time that I have the second thing is whenever I go shopping for anything which is very rare I look at that item and say to myself are you going to be used or put in a box so I've saved so much money and I've been living this way before about 5 or 6 years and when you look at how short life is I have actually gained time and money and happiness and calmness in my life and I hope everybody does this
Omg 20 years when I was 20 a colleague brought a loaf of bread to work, kept a tub of butter in the work fridge, & brought one big tupperware container full of sandwich filling for the week & it revolutionised my life! I was SO awestruck. It was so logical & life changing lol. She made lunch once a week, brought it all in one container + a loaf of bread, the end. Sadly I can't eat bread now & I thought the good old days were over but here you've revolutionised lunches again! Now I just need a job 😁
aussiejubes If all of those things were kept in the work fridge, surely most work places would only have room for a few employees to do that. It only takes a couple minutes to make and pack a sandwich at home.
@@cracticustibicen6374 it's one long, shallow tupperware & a loaf of bread. It didn't take up much room at all & you've missed the entire point by suggesting to make lunch every single day.
aussiejubes I didn’t miss your point. Clearly it was helpful for you and for some people. I was just thinking that if many people at my work place started doing that, we would quickly run out of space due to the number of people sharing one kitchen. No matter how compactly it’s stored, five lunches per person on Mondays is much larger than one lunch per person. In contrast, the time-savings of not assembling and packing your lunch at home each morning (where you could still have everything prepped weekly) is pretty trivial.
@@cracticustibicen6374 the time saving isn't trivial. Getting everything out once & chucking it all in a dish vs getting it all out, making & packing lunch, cleaning up, clearing away etc every morning adds up. Perhaps you just make a peanut butter sandwich & it makes no difference to you but demanding it makes no difference to anyone else is quite aggressive. People's lives are different.
bread, rice, pasta, beans all make you FAT. some of the worst foods to eat.
I love these lessons! They are so true. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for getting straight to the point, such a relief
Great ideas, love the hacks - bungee cord holding your shovel, and the gym trunk storage.
A hammer doesn't give me joy... unless I am breaking up a 5Kg slab of chocolate with it!
First time I'm hearing her say "Consider Subscribing" yet she's grow from 10k to 52k in like days.
Authenticity Sells itself. 👍
Love your Videos. 😍
Subbed. I love your clarity and sense of what YOU need! Awesome.
You are right, sometimes you need things even though they don't spark joy.
redundancy in numbers is equal to preparedness. The chairs enable you to invite other friends for coffee or conversation at your table. The extra pillow allows the possibility of a tired friend staying over. I recommend keeping highly personal stuff even if impractical for the effects they will have decades from now. Physical objects can be great memory triggers, and allow you to access memories that will now and then be pushed to the recesses of your mind. That why I keep some historical stuff in storage, for the odd dose of temporal, chronological escapism and to connect with earlier times.
My new fave channel. I love your style and chill vibes oh and the humor. You’re hilarious!!!
Loving your thoughts and the serenity, i can learn something from it for my own life (and videos)
I don’t subscribe to much. I watched this video, and subscribed. Video is to the point, music isn’t overbearingly loud, you don’t ramble and repeat, and you just remind me of someone I’d hang with. lol I went to your page and ...videos less than 10 minutes, or less than 5 minutes in some cases? Sign me up. This is the attention span I have. 😆😆
I can tell care and planning went into your voiceover and editing, and it didn't come off as forced or false. You have an interesting way of looking at things, I look forward to watching more of your videos!
Oh thank gods, a minimalist who doesn't live on a beach in San Diego.
Don't be jealous of those living on the beach ! It must be boring .They don't have the joy of 4 seasons, like us ! I love each of the 4, deeply !
@@cameliap1146 I am not envious, I enjoy living in flyover country. I am tired of minimalist TH-cam personalities listing all twelve articles of clothing they own.
another great video. I look forward to Sundays now.
I smiled about the pillow and chairs! Never thought of it that way. Would want to try something like this. Thanks!
Awesome way of storytelling! I need to watch this video again. I am interested in minimalism, too. But the way you tell your "film"-story is awesome!
These insights are rare and excellent! Mahalo for sharing! So glad I came across this video! 😍
New viewer. You remind me of Jodie Foster. I enjoy your videos
TimelordUk I think so too! Beauty and palpable intelligence.
Oh my god, I was just gonna say
I was thinking of a very young Bette Davis, when she still had long hair.
Holy crap and all this time I been wondering why do I like her because she reminds me of someone. Of course it's Jodie foster
2:15 "... or scorn these objects for taking up room in my closet ..."
*shows almost completely empty closet* lmao
This is awesome. Love your style.
lesson number two was impressively interesting ! especially when thinking about the konmari method which can be quite frustrating when you actually _need_ something but don't necessarily _like_ it
She does address this situation though. She says that even though, say, a humidifier may not spark joy, if you find you need it, it's probably because it adds quality to your living space, and that quality sparks joy. Same for the shovel. It's not the object itself but what it brings: a clear driveway, where you can come in and out without risking accident and stuff.
@@TheMiissPeche yes and i totally agree with both of you ! (i was just developping why i agreed with her haha)
I agree, though my shovel brings me the opposite of joy, shovelling snow gives me the opposite of joy, and having a clear driveway doesn't necessarily really bring me joy, it just saves a lot of frustration of getting stuck lol. But I'm sure saving frustration counts too lol
Great videos and points of view! Might be good to hang on to the second pillow so you can wash/air one out every couple of weeks -
I'm still laughing at the "fragile princess" line from one of the other videos.....
Great video Lefie. Living in a
four seasons country there are
things you need. Even if they
do not bring joy. Greetings from
Switzerland.
You could go further get ride of the bed. Purchase a Japanese futon bed. It's fold able and easy to store.
Could you please do a video of your meal prep? The idea of minimalism as streamlining your procedures is a good point.
I find that when I start opening up boxes I had stored away, with the intention of getting rid of some of it, I look at what's in them and think, "oh ya! I forgot I had this. I love this thing." And then the lid gets closed and I never throw anything away. Maybe I've pared down all that I'm going to for awhile now. I have cleaned out a bunch before storing those boxes away.
You are the best!! Your so funny and so clever. Love it
an important thing to keep in mind when owning things that in itself dont spark joy, is the purpose they bring to your life. like, you might not love the shovel, but you do appreciate being able to walk out your door. you might not love the humidifier, but you really appreciate not having cracked open skin all winter.
Lots of unique ideas. Thanks!
Really like the way you communicate ideas. Keep up the good work.
Thank you, xoGera! 😊
Gah, your insight is so practical and refreshing. 💛
Great advice.
Especially number 2.
Love your videos. Thank you for all of your effort putting them together. 💗🤘🏻
Taking the whole cassarole of the week's lunches is a really smart move. Bravo ! On the subject of moving, if you ever need to do it, it will be a piece of cake compared with the non minimalist person.
2:20 hanging the shovel is brilliant.
Finally a minimalist that looks like (a) they're taking the piss out of the whole minimalist as holier than thou movement, (b) doesn't look like they make $100K per month and have all high-end everything...
What's your approach towards items that YOU don't need, but that your guests would, like extra towels?
Good question! I usually would have enough extra basic items for 3 additional house guests (bed linens, pillows, silverware, cups, plates, and towels), though right now, the extras are all in storage. I know from past experience that 3 people is really the maximum I can comfortably have overnight at my place at one time, and I frankly have no interest in hosting more than that. I could see downsizing to only having 1 extra set of everything, but only if I fully intended to not really host anymore (which I don't want to commit to at this point).
I think it really depends on what your intentions are - if you're very interested in hosting, keeping more extra sets of basics may be justified, as long as you're actually using them. If you really don't want to keep things around, but still host from time to time, some people may just resort to using paper plates, using beach towels, and borrowing linens from their neighbor when guests are visiting. For me, keeping around 4 total sets of things makes the most logical sense for my situation.
Although I AM really enjoying only having 1 set of things in my apartment at the moment... 😁
minimalism makes finding stuff and cleaning much easier. it is also easier to move house. less places for bugs to hide (especially in apartments like in nyc). it also gives you more real estate space in your home by freeing up space.
Love ur channel, just started following, you have good "Sit and think about some things" content.
I once had my only shovel disappear, and had to get along without one for awhile. My new one definitely sparked joy. I've also suffered nose bleeds when without a humidifier. When I get a new one, I expect it to spark joy.
Awesome video! We are trying to implement minimalism in our road trip travels! It’s been such a great experience so far!
Wow you only use one pillow? I use at least two!
Rea Gui yea one for head and one for hugging or plopping my knee onto
2? I use 6
One or no pillow is far healthier.
Or it can lead to neck or back
problems later in life.
I’m later in life and add more pillows around me for support. A doctor told me to get an extra small pillow under neck (on top of reg pillow) to avoid neck surgery for herniated discs. Worked like a charm and keeps neck aligned...... ya.... so people... are different...
There are some people who only sleep with one pillow? Am I the only one who sleeps with 3? One under my head then one on either side of my body nestling me in and so that i have something to put my knees over.
You are not alone. I sleep alone - well, with a tiny kitten, but with four pillows. One flat one for under my head. A fluffy feather for when the flat one makes my neck hurt. A buckwheat pillow that makes my neck hurt but is great for hugging to me to keep my arm from falling asleep. And one for the kitten that I sometimes snuggle into the small of my back if she's not using it. Or sometimes between my knees.
I am so glad I found your channel. You give much food for thought. Do you find you miss any items? Thank you. You have another subscriber
Hi, thebarky1988! I honestly don't really remember items unless they're in front of my face, so I can't say I miss anything.
i think you’d like the book “new minimalism”. it’s my favorite book for decluttering.
Four distinct seasons!? What kind of storybook kingdom stuff is this??
The Mid West and East Coast.
LivingEidolon MINNESOTA is !!
So funny how this universe works..... I chanced upon this channel tonight because right now, I needed this perspective in my life. Thank you Lefie. ❤️
I think people believe being a minimalist means having no artwork, no curtains, very little of anything. Perhaps that is your vision. I think it's ridiculous. I see these apartments, to me, seem empty and void of all personality. Me? I feel being a minimalist means having the thing you enjoy without those things overpowering your life. I had a Spawn collection that got out of control. I had Spawn figures everywhere! (ACK!). Now I have three. The three I have always enjoyed. Do I have more than one plate? Yes, I have 4. Why? Because sometimes I need more than one plate. I have stuff. My stuff is part of who I am and what I enjoy. But my stuff doesn't over power me or my life. And just for grins - I live in a 13 x 30 tiny house that was once a storage shed. When I got here, almost all of my things fit in the house. I do have a small storage shed - I do not wish the minimal myself into oblivion.
What I like about this video is that she has her stuff in storage for a short time to see what she really wants to keep, rather than getting rid of everything on frenzied clean out. The table and chairs thing - I would keep two chairs. Why? What if you have someone over and you both want to sit at the table. Two pillows on your queen bed is just fine. So you use only 1 pillow, you can still have two. Just sayin' you don't have have an empty home to be a minimalist.
gusmonster59 exactly
Do you have people for dinner ever? The nicest times are to sit around a table with good food and good friends.
Agreed! I prefer to go out to restaurants for food with friends - none of our living spaces are large enough for everyone, and that way, no one has to cook or clean!
I typed in extreme minimalism and it led me here. So happy it did! love your content
I am obsessed with your videos.
LOVE YOUR videos. You are so much fun! I was like i am ready to watch all of her videos, 10 min later,,, done... I WANT MORE!! :P:P. oxox
not at all a minimalist and against its oftentimes overwhelming intellectual superiority aspects. just found your channel and im so excited.
Same, I'm like the opposite of a minimalist (I'm slightly a hoarder because I get scared that "I might need this someday and don't want to regret getting rid of it"). But I love watching minimalism videos because I wish I could live such an uncluttered life, and it inspires me to see people do it - though maybe not quite as uncluttered as Lefie lol. I feel like I need objects around to make my space cozy and inviting too.
I notice that minimalist youtubers don't make minimalist videos. They're usually overly produced and long winded. I like her because she goes minimal to get her points across
Hey, I really like your vids! Recommendations did not disappoint this time.
I don't like my shovels either, so high five on that.
Great video. Thnx for sharing your thoughts and experiences :)
Thanks for watching, Maike! 😁
0.46 was the moment that convinced me to subscribe. I love the droll humour 😆
You might have missed the heart of Spark Joy, if you didn't have the shovel, you would be less happy. Realizing that will spark joy.
There are two books I recommend, Spark Joy to get rid of half your stuff, then Goodbye Things to learn the philosophy and go further.
I moved into a micro apartment last year, way too small for me, so I moved into a bigger apartment, but after sparking joy and saying goodbye to things, when my lease is up I am going back to the little place and saving 400 a month. (Yeah, rent in the NY area is crazy).
Loved this. So amazing that you are doing this.
It's been really fun and interesting so far!
This was your first video I watched. I was thinking, your soroundings look so boring and you seem so depressed. For some reason I subscribed and watch some of your other videos. You are a riot. Very entertaining. And you are happy! I think I will stay.
at first your content made me uncomfortable for some explainable reason but now i like it and i have no idea why
I love your content. Binge watching your videos tonight
I totally use both pillows. I roll all over the place and like to go to the cooler one lol. But I have a question about the food: Do you put it in a fridge at work and no one touches it? Or is that just a one day portion?
That's five days worth in one big ol' dish! I bring it in on Monday and scoop out only what I need to eat every day. No one touches it. My office supplies plates, silverware, and microwaves, so I use those when I need to eat.
What for guests. If they will carry their own matteress and utensils. Then what is the use of big home.
Good question! At this point, I don't think I have a use for the big home I'm in. Looking into other options...
That is the basic minimalist question: What is the use of a big home?
Not having an extra chair or extra pillow or extra anything seems cold and sad. Do you always want to be alone or make others feel unwelcome?
New subscriber, I'm loving your video style
Love it!
Excellent opinions 👍
Haha this made me giggle! I love it! Ya a shovel definitely would NOT bring me JOY either
You are so funny and so right! Thanks! (I'll be giggling for the rest of the day)
Ok. I love this channel. I wanted to say that first.
Secondly, at what point does minimalism become "living out of your car."
And no judgement, I half-live out of my car as it is. I just also have some books in there. A bag of clothes to donate that is 2 months old. A clarinet. At least a dozen empty water bottles. Jumper cables. A backup set of jumper cables. 2 different blankets. 2 Flashlights that don't work. One that does. A cup of loose change. A hairbrush. And 2 lanyards: one with my gym keys on it, another with crap from highschool and college on it that is now 14 years old.
I just realized I'm living out of my car. While I also have an apartment. Maybe I should seriously try minimalism.
but when you invite people or they want to come over, and there is only one chair around the dinner table, isn't it rude to have nowhere to comfortably sit them down for a meal? or if you only own one pillow and maybe have a someone over for the night (a friend or a family member, or a sexual partner) how would that go? do you use the pillow and they sleep on a rolled shirt or no one sleeps on the pillow, or you give it to them? providing basic comfort for guests is important for hospitality and showing respect to the guests.
I don't have people over often - we go out instead. It's awesome if you love hosting guests, but it's not a requirement - I've just chosen to use other options (hotels, Air BnBs, go without a pillow for the night) instead.
@@Lefie oh yea that works. but it's not the same kind of hospitality, and isn't that way more expensive for you. But custums are different all around! In my culture we have a ton of ways to sho hospitlity, cuz having guests is extremely important. it's a whole thing preparing, especially for older women.it's really sweet, though,
I guess I allocate my money differently, so I'm not actually spending more money than I would otherwise - it's just going to different uses. Having a uniform, for example, saves me money that I can use elsewhere.
That's awesome you love hosting! I have a couple of friends who are really great at it and delight in it, too, and I appreciate that. You're totally right about customs being different all around. 😊
Entertaining at home is not necessary, and does not give me joy. Recently I gave a surprise birthday party for DH, and chose to have it at a restaurant/bar, where guests could come and go at their convenience. Also, since guests were invited from some distances, the location was somewhat mutually convenient for everybody. It was much better than at home, which would have stressed me out immensely. I did not have to serve drinks, prepare and serve food (when the food ran low, I just ordered up more), take coats, tell people where the bathrooms were (and check them for cleanliness) and on and on and on. Instead, I enjoyed myself thoroughly because I could focus on socializing with the guests. Finally, somebody else did the clean up. All I did was write a check.
@@kateyare4708 sounds convenient. I personally love inviting people and cooking the nicest of meals and preparing some activities. It makes me so happy seeing people sit around the table and talking to each other and connecting or catching up.
WHEEEEWWWWWW what you said about the number of things related to weight got me!!! So true.
Oh so this is why there's echo in the more recent videos.. you could install some pads but is that considered unmininalistic? I'm not sure, but it'll help with the audio quality.
Love it Lefie. You are inspiring me.
You’re brave. Pillows are so essential for back and neck support when sleeping on your side or stomach. I mean granted, if you don’t have sciatica or issues with neck or spine, you can omit but I think most of us experience pains in some of these areas. Pillows are such a big hell yes for me. My bf has 10% of the bed cause my pillows need space lol
If I would keep all my meals in one dish, the food won't definitely last for a week 😂
Great content 🚀
Good advice and interesting content. New suscriber.
Greetings from Switzerland.
Thank you! 😊
U did a great job... nd a good challenge
Thanks, Mona!
Straight to the point! Thank you :-)
Truly inspired by your experiment.
I like your attitude.