She Built a Tiny House to Escape Burnout and Simplify Her Life

[@PaulaTourville-po7fg]

After working with mentally challenged adults for many years I so understand . Here in Florida the responsibility , understaffing , paperwork , salary as well as lack of general support from the government take a huge toll. Bless you dear and hope you continue to find peace

[@HelenBeeee]

The expectation of those who employ us and see us as disposable fodder. My sister is a nurse and saved lives in her job but they burned her out with understaffing, poor management and under skilled colleagues she put her own health first as she was terrified someone would die if she wasn’t there she developed a heart condition and we finally talked her into changing to a less stressful position which she did thank god her family thought working in such a toxic environment was going to kill her.

[@user-qh8nh7oe6d]

Chronic understaffing is the cause of most of the problems in hospitals, and social care settings. Yet all they do is give more documentation. If you mention understaffed to management they always shut down. As long as the documentation is completed and it all looms good, many of them don't care what the reality is.

[@user-qh8nh7oe6d]

Sorry, my phone likes to change words!

[@shelbyandmargaret]

Lovely home. Very impressive that she built it herself. Well spoken words about being away from society's expectations and having time to think. She's a great example of how our quality of life and mental state improves when we're not financially and physically overwhelmed ☺️☺️

[@annclay5868]

I totally get feeling ashamed, inadequate and guilty trying to go above and beyoned in a job with no thanks or appreciation. Good for you girl.

[@janinafisher101]

Such and important story. Stress and depression are huge in our societies where housing is so expensive, jobs can be soul-destroying or demand more than mere mortals can handle. I now live simply too, and have never felt happier. I found a small building that was once the community hall for a tiny community for a price I could afford. It has no insulation, no running water and an outhouse, though I do have electricity. Sandra is right - there is so much more appreciation for your water and wood for heat when you have to haul them! I feel like our world is getting too "top heavy" and it's going to "flip" at some point when we have reached a critical mass. Here in Canada where I live the general population doesn't understand or know what tiny house live is, and they assume people who want to live in tiny houses are "trailer trash"... meanwhile so many who live in tiny house communities in the US have found them to really be just that - communities of like-minded people who enjoy living more simply and sustainably, with less stress. Let us hope we can make the shift.

[@lomalinke5042]

So pleased for her to come back from such a low point. Not everyone does. Lovely house!

[@TheKlh54]

When she said she feels good to fetch her own water I totally get that. To take care of the space you love and live in gives you the feeling that you’re giving back to your place. She is living more purposefully and finding out what is most important in life. Good for her to find this as a young person!

[@sablechicken]

I love that. I finally put a little wood stove in my house, and gathering and bundling up sticks to start fires is so satisfying.

[@7Jennifer]

I'm happy for this person that she was able to change the quality of her life for the better. Life really is short and it's so sad to me that here in the US we are now expected to retire later and later. And then if we're lucky we might enjoy 10 or so years before we die. I'm almost 54 and intend on purchasing a TH myself, pay it off and only worry about the lot rent wherever I end up. I do want some type of community around me, not too close though. Just some like-minded people around for chats, but overall - it'll just be me a little garden, my books and my cat. Sitting on a front porch watching the butterflies and not having the overhead of a high rent like I do now. Anyhoooo---thanks for sharing!

[@brendamann6106]

I worked in mental health nursing for over 23 years. I had to fight to transfer to another area of nursing even after training for the new work. Because I was good they couldn’t understand why I had to change. They blocked transfers for several years until I resigned.

[@nata3467]

I am 55 and definitely burning out. I am hopeful that next year will be better - if it is not, I will be retiring early and start a new pathway

[@jstanders6973]

Exactly same here. I'm 55 and feel like I am done. Burnt out, I live alone but I need Peace and nature. I'm craving it in my heart. Good luck to you dear 🎉

[@SueNielsen-g9x]

Useless and time consuming bureaucracy is driving many people out of professions they used to love.

[@shefo3916]

Thank you for this lovely video about a beautiful, courageous and inspiring person (and her pup :)) And thank you for all you are doing to remind us of the simple solutions that are right in front of us 🙏

[@campfire-stories]

Thank you so much! 💚

[@elspethfougere9683]

Im so glad she found a way to be simple and find peace. Its extroadinary to me that people who do the actual work of society are so badly underpaid now, in comparison to the civic services, of home and necessities.. meanwhile through globalisation, tax evasion and billionaire hoarding has become tolerated, which has not only undermined everyday peoples lives, but also the foundation of democracy which our peace and stability rests upon. It is an extroadinary oversight to me that its been tolerated, and women like this are the canary in the mineshaft, for what is worse to come if proper civil behaviour and community civic responsibility isnt put back in its rightful place. Ultimately houseing is a human right, it is internationally agreed that it is a governmental responsibility to plan and provide for the population, and while its fantastic she can have a friend invite her to live in the garden, and her artistic skills to design and make it for herself, actualy everyone should have accessible and peaceful and secure housing planned for the whole of the community, not just as an individual commodity or a marker of prestige but as a social and civic service for all. Anyone who is unwell needs to have a safe secure place to heal and recover, and not risk being homeless or unable to pay exorbitant rent prices. I hope this home gives her a freedom to recover and get her life back into balance, but i also hope a longer term strategy is available to her, so that if she decides to start a family or is physically unwell again, she has somewhere secure enough to live and be ok, to i would want that for everyone also. Its only right ❤

[@lisauerkvitz3198]

Well said my friend!

[@natureatitsbest751]

She is such an inspiration for us all. Life doesn’t need to be complicated. Be happy! 😊🇨🇦

[@kategreen-adarkcarnival6747]

Gorgeous film - having space for her thoughts. Yes governments want to keep so many working in dead end jobs which make lots of money for other people so we haven't got time to think and be creative. Or in Sandra's case heavy duty and very challenging care work, where she isn't cared for and probably worked for insufficient pay. As a much older person, I say well done Sandra for realising this at your age and not wasting your life on work which at the end of the day doesn't serve you.

[@lbaker4222]

I'm going thru this right now, working many hours at assisted living type home, burned out from the wedkends, why cant there be a balance between work and time off in America??? I don't want to quit, but I don't want all these hours either. There just is not enough good help/workers these days......

[@aeastman59]

thank you for the interview Sandra... I can relate to that burn out as I am a health care worker as well... Im glad you found a way to live simpler and leave that job!

[@yuval560]

Sandra ur amazing!! I can relate. Thanks for opening ur heart and home to share ur story❤

[@tanjap2002]

Helpful and inspiring video. Thank you for sharing. I hope you are doing ok, Sandra. 🌝

[@Donneczka1]

I worked as a school psychologist for 32 years! With more and more challenging behavior from kids, crazy politics and funding problems, the job was nuts! I retired early. While I don’t live in a tiny house (I do much admire them!) I have simplified my life a great deal! The capitalist-consumerist system most if us live in needs a big overhaul, for both humans and the natural world!

[@chrisodebeek787]

The water thing...I have discovered a well, and lots of People go and fetch water from it. We all agree..this is the best water we have ever been drinking. It takes effort to get there, to drag the containers. But when we fill those with this beautiful fresh water, in the woods, it gives it a special value. Plus you meet nice people too.

[@amadahyrose]

What a lovely home. I'm very glad for her!

[@kikitaube-hansen]

With 27 - thats horrible. Feel sorrow for you, because a Burn Out cant be taken away in a run. Felt that when I was 59 and left the workplace, forever.

[@deniseelalala85]

Thank you for sharing.

[@burly636]

At 27 years old and you burn out from your job already? Is this why people don’t retire now? I didn’t like my job at times either. Just quit your job?

[@sablechicken]

@@burly636 Maybe "burn out" isn't the right term. Stress from working with the wrong people can make you physically sick. I always thought that stress injuries were a joke, until it happened to me. I could hardly lift my arms, and was told that I was way to young to have this kind of problem. I quit my job and got a different job doing the same thing, but with different people and my physical issues went away in two weeks.

[@snowy5742]

So pleased for you. Lovely life and dog.

[@kitty_s23456]

I like her table, folding chair and stairs/ book shelf! I'm glad she's living a less stressful life now. 👍

[@lizzieleigh]

Yes. Every part of living becomes intimate - 'Sandra-kin' conveys that beautifully, thanks for sharing.

[@Ben_Schumacher]

Lovely video, thanks for sharing her story

[@campfire-stories]

You're so welcome Ben!

[@mellyemerson479]

This is how we ALL should be living. My sister lives in a city and she said she never leaves the house. I live completely opposite and it breaks my heart she lives like that.

[@maasbekooy901]

I really addore those people, the ones that choose for themselves and make time for themselves. Also Swedish is so damn cute

[@helenmiles3866]

So nice to come across your channel.. 2 vids in and loving it. Thank you. Great work !

[@campfire-stories]

Awesome! :)

[@graceverssen5651]

Love the simplicity. So healthy!

[@marknewton6984]

Keep it Simple.😎

[@marthafazzini9835]

I had the same feelings when I was a 9-11 emergency operator / dispatcher many years ago

[@petrlonsky2332]

Absolutely understanding, watching to this, lying on couch, burned out, not capable to move after exhausting day.... 😢

[@zarapilla5360]

Bra sagt Att förändra istället för att komma tillbaka! Älskar huset

[@michellet1254]

This is just beautiful to see. Finding your real independence, following what your mind and body tell you. All you need is nature, pet and a beautiful home that is all yours ❤

[@durdicamaderic8696]

❤❤❤ so so inspiring to see this way of living I want to live this way..... Let it be 🙏🏼🌬️🙏🏼🌿

[@beyondher]

How did she manage to build this tiny house while being burnt out? It doesn't make sense for me

[@markusskoog2436]

Så härligt boende och finfina insikter!

[@justsayin397]

Lovely little house and adorable little doggy ❤️

[@carolajuntgen6288]

Så fint hus du har byggt. 🤩

[@kithu1231]

I am from India planning to move to Sweden soon...my friend works there too..how's life there...Nordic countries always had a good reputation for great work life balance..correct me if I am wrong.

[@4651adri]

How does she sustain herself? I must have missed it...

[@Sarahadonai]

i wish you to meet Jesus, love.

[@patriciapalmer4873]

Be a perfect life then find God 😢😢😮

[@robertgulfshores4463]

This was wonderful. I'm happy for her, and hope to live similarly someday. Also ... Sawdust is the best. :-) Especially if you can get it from wood that hasn't been treated, like firewood. For a gardener, the pee goes in a 1 gallon plastic container, diluted with water and applied to the garden (around the fruit trees). Then the sawdust covers the rest, and it works great. I compost it once the bucket is full, in a special compost pile that is separate. It takes years, but eventually it's just soil again, and ready to return to the garden.

[@sophiamagdalena111]

Så vackert berättat, det ger mig hopp för denna värld och för mitt liv

[@estrela3889]

So true, so inspiring... back to connectedness through simplicity... awesome the effect of doing handicraft and art (even if little)... it gives Life's forces a place to land! ❤

[@samh-smith2931]

What she said about the wayer, the prode and value and seperation from thought... Beautiful Thankyou for this video 🎉

[@zippagraphics]

Tiny houses cost an arm and a leg, so although understand the sentiment I’m not really sure how they are helping people not be burned out.

[@campfire-stories]

They can be expensive to build, but the cost is still about 1/10th of buying a 2BR in the city. Plus it's a lifestyle that invites non-consumption. So you can work way less than if you're part of the rat race. Sounds like a recipe for not burning oneself out to me.

[@gnarbeljo8980]

​@@campfire-storieswell, yes and no. I get that utilities are more inexpensive if she's not paying for city plumbing/water or electrics (last of which wasnt clear). Firewood isn't as cheap as one might think though even buying off a land owner. But cosumerism isn't just buying unnecessary "stuff". It's food, and transportation, medication, all the online-related services including the tech and in Sweden it's virtually impossible to live without a smartphone, laptop etc. Loads of people her age live in single households in bedsit/ studio flats voluntarily. In fact Stockholm is the city with most voluntarily single households per captia in Europe if not the world (look it up)! And most people who chose the Tiny Home lifestyle make a living working online, remotely. The video left out the whole puzzle of how her life is in fact sustainable, how she supports herself beyond a brief period of possible compensated sick leave. She says she doesn't want to return, which is entirely understandable. So what's her recepie looking forward? What does she do? I realize your channel is filmmaking, not a tiny house channel, but the economics and the daily lives of those eho make this shift is entirely integral, and I think, essential to the story. All I gathered is she's in or been in some sort of therapy, so on sick leave, used her savings to build her home, and is parked on the land of a friend, with her heart set on continuing life in her great little home. The rest is left untold. As this type of lifestyle shift is a massive movement I think it's unfortunate. The idea isn't novel, she herself got it from the online stream of this movement, but in a country where it's more uncommon than say, buying and fixing up a very rural cabin for roughly the same investment. So I gather, she's still in suburbia. Not a recluse. Not a typical Swedish socially awkward hermit in the middle if nowhere living on her own potatoes and canned foods. Which have always been a thing here. I wish you'd have explored more her actual lifestyle and solution for future sustainablity of it. Burn-out is almost an epidemic. Depression too. So it's a pity. Loved what we say of her house, and her story is very relatable to Swedes, and people everywhere, both younger and older. I've seen people burn out at 25 from pushing too hard at work, running own businesses early, etc. But especially within healthcare, it's very tough, but not a transferable education to other areas. And taking a part time job of less demanding qualification pays even less, comes with less job security and hardly a sustainable recepie either. So I'm left with so many questions. Although it's a nice video.

[@seviregis7441]

God bless that sweet, lovely woman and her adorable little dog. I hope they can become part of a tiny home community who all help and support each other.

[@joveninparis7871]

Im feeling this lately and will do this soon, i just need to be prepared . Goodluck to all of us .

[@barbararoyal6139]

Thank you for sharing your heart and story with us. You inspire🌿🕊️

[@EastCoastGal66]

I’m glad she is taking care of herself! She deserves to be healthy and happy and she made a great decision for herself.

[@marilen2222]

I would love to live like this, but what's gonna happen when the money runs out?

[@RiDankulous]

Good setup!

[@jeanniefletcher9937]

You have done so incredibly well. 🎉

[@angelastewart9497]

You can be burnt out at any age. When to much is just too much ..

[@jeanniefletcher9937]

And your house is beautiful !!

[@hazely3447]

Good for you! Lovely little place.

[@evalottafalkebornwillner9155]

Hej unga släkting till mig. Jag är imponerad och ger tumme upp! Vem av mina kusiner är du barn till? Vill gärna få mer kontakt!

[@campfire-stories]

💚

[@AREDEE365]

I can relate to her story so much.

[@brucemartin2882]

Nice story and hello from Florida.

[@campfire-stories]

Hi Bruce! Thanks!

[@marknewton6984]

​@campI am going kayaking now in Florida.fire-stories

[@krazykirl1129]

Awesome ❤

[@bobbyball1057]

This is beautiful. Do you not feel lonely or isolated?

[@marknewton6984]

Why?😮

[@bobbyball1057]

@@marknewton6984 I was just curious?

[@marknewton6984]

Usually feel pretty good.

[@angelastewart9497]

It’s beautiful

[@caro1ns]

Her home looks lovely. The only thing I couldn't handle is the close proximity of the composting toilet. But that's just me.

[@balluna1453]

Wardrobe?.

[@cattails1166]

Very courageous and generous of you to tell your story! I thought I was alone in my burnout. Watching this, I know that there is no way I should try to go back into that line of work! Thank you!

[@cybermücke]

In Sweden its still possible to find a spot for a wagon with a lot of nature around I guess, at least easier than in Germany. Still inspired! :)

[@smrk2452]

What language is she speaking?

[@campfire-stories]

Swedish.

[@juliawitt3813]

Beautiful ❤ Thank you 🙏

[@gregoryzoebisch7792]

Excellent. Nice place.

[@miiyee88]

🙂 yup, ok, i did 😂

[@simpleartofhealing286]

nice!

[@lili.h1813]

Nice home. It is better to live, than to live to pay for things. Where is the shower?

[@campfire-stories]

Good question. Hopefully Sandra will see this and be able to reply. (I'm just the filmmaker). My guess though is that she has access to shower at the landowners' house which is a few minutes' walk away. Also there's a lake nearby.

[@lili.h1813]

@campfire-stories Just curious 😊. Thank you for your replay. Have a wonderful day!

[@krzysztofwierucki3986]

❤

[@sherryo360]

New sub❤

[@campfire-stories]

Welcome!!

[@louisianarainwater]

💚💚💚

[@cuernavacadave]

I love your little home. It is just too cute. More people should follow your lead! I worked as a hairdresser for 44 years and actually should have left the profession 20 years earlier, but, being single and having bills, it really was not an option at the time. You were so wise to get out before you were too far down the rabbit hole to make a come back. Good on you!!! All the best to you and your Pup and thank you so much for sharing!

[@jc-3375]

Sharing to everyone of Jesus Christ, He is coming back. We are spiritually saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ our Lord God and Savior.

[@gosiagorecka3454]

Burned out at 30? Common ‘ its an excuse to do something differently - but why do you need excuse for that?

[@klezper]

Nice, but I prefer an interviewer who not says "hm, hm" during an interview. Keep up the good work. Important and beautiful.

[@campfire-stories]

Haha, well .. I left in the "hm:s" on purpose, to heighten the feeling of presence. But maybe it didn't achieve that. Either way, thanks for your comment.

[@willemhekman1788]

I didnt notice at all untill I read your comment haha

[@shefo3916]

@@campfire-stories I like the “hmms” :)

[@shpresajonga]

@@campfire-stories the "hm"s" make it sound more intimate... keep up the good work!

[@debbiestaite3184]

They are called 'minimal encouragers'. I like them

[@leonorsoproni2309]

Awesome living, nice lady! Well done!