how to document your life in a meaningful way

[@jemi_]

I'm finally learning this lesson myself. As a Finn living in the US, when I recently visited Finland again I wanted to make a vlog about it, but I didn't know how to express the feeling of returning to an old home, and how I'd forgotten about the slow living habits I used to have when I still lived in Finland. I'm now in the process of scripting a voiceover to describe those feelings. This was a beautiful video & I hope you do indeed make enough income from KZbin eventually to keep traveling and adventuring! 💕

[@OttiIie]

Thank you 🤗 I hope you can translate those feelings in your video!!

[@kassiaviva]

I hope you can translate the feeling! I'm originally from Germany but have lived in many different countries in Europe and now in the US I totally get it. Whenever you return home, you still somehow feel like this is the place you are from but it also feels a little foreign because living abroad changes you. You might not notice it at first but you definitely feel it when coming back to the country you are from.

[@cenkagram]

Thank you algorithm for bringing this kind of content. I love this way of life 😍

[@OttiIie]

Glad you enjoyed it! 🤗

[@TheUnlazyWay]

wish I could paint like that😩 love it!

[@ArvilVonPoney]

Get onto it pal, start training today

[@bedhead-studio]

how often do you paint?

[@tangerinetundraag1014]

This is precisely how I feel about painting. There are moments, especially around sunset/sunrise, when there's not enough light for a picture and the cost of getting a photograph outweighs the benefit. When I leave my phone in my bag and memorize the scene to paint later, it frees me to simply experience what I'm seeing instead of trying to perfectly capture it. My paintings capture how things truly feel---a true memory, rather than an edited, blurry photograph that doesn't do it justice.

[@ruhshonamacin7864]

Hi. Definitely agree. I also feel the same.

[@shrikhan2215]

NOT AT ALL WHAT I WAS EXPECTING. THIS IS CINEMA. I THINK THIS HAS CHANGED ME AS A PERSON FOR SOME REASON. THIS WAS ABSOULTELY CRAZY.

[@colitzea]

wow, that 5 min video felt like a movie, keep going you're doing a fantastic job 🥰

[@UsatMVS]

Wow! What an absolute magnificence! I have been documenting my life by writing a journal everyday for that past 6 years now. I write down raw facts, emotions and random thoughts there but mostly facts and recently I started feeling that I really don't make use of this journal and I just write to write. But instead I should do something with it. I love your video, it was well structured, beautifully said and put together, it kind of inspired me to do something more with the journal. However I don't know what exactly...yet. ~Usat

[@OttiIie]

Glad to hear that!! 🤩

[@annapooranis4955]

You should read your journal, you will learn a lot by reflecting on your experience , by reading your journal you will reflect a lot. You will start loving yourself more, this is what happened to me.

[@michellevision3146]

I like to write short poems when I feel any profound way or experience something fascinating. I think it’s an easier way to know exactly what I was going through without reading a bunch of scribbles :)

[@hrituhkv1508]

Mayne start a blog or write a small book and publish it. Who knows it might get popular :)

[@annascreativediaries]

That’s such a beautiful way of documenting these moments of your life! To stand still by a memory to capture its essence again. I will definitely try this as well! Thank you for sharing that :))

[@paolovisi]

I won't try in vain to use mince and half-ass words to describe it. This was the most eye-opening and best video on creativity that I could find on the internet! Very inspiring, thank you!

[@OttiIie]

thank you for the kind words!! :)

[@pablobecoecheabanos2242]

What a video! Beautiful storytelling, images, lesson...Just incredible.

[@aaryawajge4835]

god....everything about this is so beautiful. You. Your paintings. Your cinematography. So beautiful. Keep going!

[@scoppyeah]

Wow your paintings are breathtaking

[@AveEndGermany]

This hits on a so much deeper level. On the one hand, like Jonne, you have to live life and feel it. On the other hand, you have to make it meaningful by picking moments and give them a sense. As i'm also a hoarder of moments, i always thought: life passes just by. And going all the pictures and tickets I got a glimpse of the past, you made me realize, that i have to pick the best moments and have to present them to have the moments live on. Thank your for the awesome food of thought.

[@HIR0SE]

My problem is that I documented too little. Due to some health issues, my memory is deteriorating and I struggle to live in the moment, remember the past, and hope for the future, so I decided to hold on to as much as I can. Now I take dozens of photos every week, film random moments that seem mundane today, even record "interviews" with my friends and family, so I can have a reminder for the future. My younger brother even got mad at me for dumping all the 4 terabyte of stuff I have on the shared family cloud.

[@Fenne-K]

This sounds wonderful and I hope it will help you. Maybe print some books with the images, and notes?

[@aakanshakar4960]

The way I smiled through the entire video, thank you so much for sharing something extremely precious with the world :')

[@wimpiefan]

I moved to Sweden a couple of years ago and I enjoy been working on a design for a lino print with a bunch of vignettes of everything I love about summer here (eventually hopefully I’ll do one for winter too). And it’s exactly like what you describe with painting: I get to choose the precise moments and how to display them. It’s been very rewarding and I haven’t even started carving blocks yet

[@andrewd8026]

This is such a great idea and feels like the exact thing I want to start doing with my memories. I've thought of having a big scrapbook, and who knows, I might still do that, but this is really what I need for my special memories. I find it cool that you just make the painting based off the photo from your phone: it doesn't need to be as realistic as possible, just captures the essence. Also by painting at the end of the trip rather than doing it live during the hike or whatever, you can actually gauge what was important looking back on the trip. I haven't painted in over a decade and I wasnt great back then as a kid, so it would probably be much better off with something like colored pencils, but seems like a cool opportunity to learn a new skill also and find my own style.

[@elisecalypso]

same :)

[@gaurikulkarni54]

What a beautiful, soulful video.. This is what life really is all about ❤

[@naruh11]

your words are a drop of wise full of insight.

[@bio_kath]

Beautiful 🥺 life is about collecting and valuing those simple moments in which we are in nature without worrying about anything else. Thank you for sharing!

[@ivannatravels7454]

This video has so much beauty! Thanks for sharing this way of documenting life that you have :)

[@juliedrakeArtist]

With such a beautiful 5 minute film you could easily add 5 minute films as well as your paintings and that way instead of a load of random clips you would have one film per each adventure plus one painting. How cool would that be. I can paint but I can't make films like that. It was very beautiful and I love the concept. For some reasons my sketchbooks make me remember the events of my life much more vividly then photos or writing a journal does. The sketches are much more evocative.

[@OttiIie]

Great idea! :)

[@BlackLabel544]

I found your channel by chance. I love the way you describe your journey. I could listen to you endlessly. Your words are simple but have a deep meaning.

[@OttiIie]

thank you so much!!

[@rudrakshjawade1253]

I relate to this 100%. Ive been focusing on “making” photos instead of just taking photos. ig it’s important to realise capturing meaningful photos is what matters in the end. To be able to look back at them and feel what I felt when I took it. Beautiful video.

[@Friction181]

Those drawings are so damn cool and pretty! i was so impressed at the moment where you showed the actual way of "meaningful" documenting everything, by those paintings. such a cool and inspirational idea! thanks :)

[@OttiIie]

Thank you!! ☺️

[@CuriousKidTravel]

Oh this is brilliant in the beginning, it is so true, i have a lot of books, but to make them meaningful, never done that, never even thought of it, just collected a lot, randomly. will tell more after watching the whole

[@samiraayub2000]

This video came to me at the right time. Recently I started to vlog, and I was struggling to put together a cohesive vlog. This helped. Thank you.

[@amanda-hibiscus]

Beautifully edited, beautifully interwoven, beautifully told. Thank you for sharing this with the world!

[@mubshirabasheer8324]

OMG🥹🥹Thanks to the algorithm, for bringing this to my feed today! This is the content I want, the ones that do not overwhelms you, but calms your nervous system!

[@BrianaisGoingPlaces]

I love love love that you paint your adventures! So lovely!

[@OttiIie]

thank you!! 🤗

[@122Ginger221]

What a beautiful video and message! I love your memory wall. I started a similar project a couple years ago, but I wanted to finish the paintings digitally and have not had the motivation to do so yet. But I really want is to write a graphic novel (or maybe more than one!) that captures different periods of my life...somehow life always gets in the way.

[@SameenShahzad]

What a refreshing and inspiring perspective. Thank you for this video!

[@michelveraliot]

wow that's really what i call underrated, you made me feel happy nostalgic and almost cried in one video ! and your paintings are beautiful glad i clicked on this video you gained one sub !

[@clarkbyparraguirre]

Beautiful film! Truly enjoyed it, thanks for making this.

[@OttiIie]

Glad you enjoyed it!🤗

[@Tanony]

What a beautiful and inspiring video ❤️

[@gyselbequer]

this was unexpected and profoundly beautiful

[@jeannegestas]

That was so beautiful! Really touched me. Thank you for that! Also, it made me really think about how I want to capture my life. So glad the algorithm brought up your video ❤

[@MaybeSomeone7483]

This was really wholesome!!

[@fashionablyearlier134]

I've been going back to my google drives and look at tje pics since 2018 and sometimes I just delete because it is not meaningful. So I have been looking for a way to do it better. Not any good at painting but it is worth a try.

[@melaniegriesemer]

The beauty isn’t in the outcome, it’s the process ❤️ love this!! I just had the thought I need to paint more then I stumbled across this video

[@barbararezer5381]

I loved your paintings and perspectives. You seen such a beautiful human.

[@broodingbrook]

Besides the beautiful visuals and the voice over, this was so soothing to watch. Thank you for putting this out. Very well done 👏👏👏

[@vonsassy]

I love this. And may I say, you are so pretty!

[@JohnPDent]

Beautiful paintings. My mom used to paint a decent amount, and we had a few up in my childhood home. I'm terrible at it, but these took me back.

[@kdleifert]

Absolutely beautiful compilation and inspiring story. Thanks for sharing

[@berlost]

I love this video!!! Thank you. Very inspirational

[@ImTomSimak]

I love this! People for some reason strive to work to live and get consumed in consumerism, we should be talking about working enough to get by without stress, and just spend on things that make us happy

[@niamhtaylor8530]

This was so beautiful and inspiring it literally bought me to tears. You are a talented story creator, through words, video, and paint. Thank you for sharing with us.

[@OttiIie]

Thank you so much 🤗

[@BeingMrsE]

What a beautiful video and the storytelling is inspring

[@driandelacruz2392]

Love the way you document your adventure and the way you film this video. So beautiful. Hoping for more adventures in the future.

[@bnsgokugreat]

All the best for a great future ahead!

[@johannaflowers_]

that's such a beautiful way of documenting your adventures, can't even imagine how aweinspiring it will be with even more paintings on the walls to look at. also really beautiful video 🥰

[@grantharrison2432]

Such a beautiful film and concept. Thank you for making it.

[@AnalogDave]

great storytelling! I really like how you put this video together.

[@OttiIie]

Thank you! :)

[@mgehrisch]

That is such a cool idea! I’ve been thinking about ways to try to document my life better beyond my journal, and this gives me some inspiration. Thank you for sharing!

[@twoofftracks]

this was beautiful! Thank you 🥹

[@ThePurpleForest]

Such a beautiful film and adventure, you've inspired me to start painting again 🙏💜✨️

[@jeremyude]

Beautiful! The video, the landscapes and the paintings! Also the sentence about not caring how much money you'll make, as long as you'll be able to go on trips like this that remind you what living life is all about, really resonates with me.

[@adeleange]

Your paintings are amazing, thank you for sharing

[@MartinTabanag]

I really love this! What a great film! The storytelling is soooo good and love the paintings you did! I might try and do that as it really does make it more meaningful and memorable

[@teeree8]

Fantastic video. Super inspirational to do something with the memories taken/ created on adventures (or even just life). Reliving good and important times just makes life better and the memories permanent, and I loved seeing your process. Thanks for sharing.

[@OttiIie]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@KristersHartmanis]

Such a beautiful soul! I found you on TikTok a while ago, and seriously, you are teaching me to live a better life! Enjoying every moment is what life is about.

[@OttiIie]

This makes me so happy to hear! Thank you 🤗

[@mapasova88]

Oh so lovely. Thank you for sharing. I wasn't expecting this, but its a really great idea

[@Average-Manuel]

Great idea to paint 🎨 the memories, instead of filling harddrives (I’m guilty of that, too) Sidenote: I really enjoy the calm tone of your videos. It has something really relaxing to me.😊

[@OttiIie]

Thank you! :)

[@YarnUnion]

I just know you are going to have a ton of subscribers one day. You deserve it. This content is so well made🤩.

[@hejfabienne]

This is so incredibly beautiful and inspiring. I am just so happy you got to find your magic language and style of keeping and reliving these memories. Thank you so much for also sharing it in this compelling way!

[@OttiIie]

Thank you so much!!

[@melina9366]

I really love drawing and painting, but then I always struggle with what I want to paint (at least when I‘m not trying to process something through a painting and even then). I also love photography and take so many pictures. I started now to put them into albums or print the ones that are most important to me out. I somewhat also started to paint photographs I love. But your video now inspired me to do that much more often. It is such a great idea to document your life through paintings and it fits also extremely good to myself. Thank you so so much!❤

[@OttiIie]

I’m so glad it inspired you! 🤗

[@piperski_blavor]

As simple as story telling can be! Amazing :) finished here from "be the mail character of your life" :)

[@laura.m19]

I had thought about doing the same thing, painting with watercolors all the inspiring, beautiful and worth remembering moments of my life. And today your video reminds me of this idea that I had and that I should not let go of. I also want to paint my adventures. I am excited to begin. THANKS!!

[@OttiIie]

Amazing!!

[@vagishaanant3759]

I really needed to see this. Thankyou. This reaffirms goodness and is very grounding for me in this moment. Thankyou.

[@DimSimmo]

What a stunningly amazing video. I am thinking of starting my own form of artistic documentation through collages and this has really inspired me :)

[@OttiIie]

so glad to hear :)

[@sai_duggirala]

This was so beautifully done. I can imagine how overwhelmingly magical the moments of that trek actually was and the impossibility of capturing that feeling accurately, but I felt it anyways :)

[@OttiIie]

thanks so much! 🤗

[@katutasichilongo3057]

Such beautiful shots and scenery! Your painting skills are also so great and having inspired to try and take up landscape painting to capture adventures. Thank you so much for sharing this! Big love from Zambia 🇿🇲

[@spqrr311]

wooow i like this perspective. i think i'll be doing it too! thanks for sharing!

[@icyjaam]

Even i have the problem of over documenting my life, i do not share it on social media, just document it and way up my storage space. I wrote daily journals. I think i might need to make a discuss versions of my history to make them meaningful.

[@icyjaam]

This video was lovely. Captures so much of my heart

[@luise2191]

This video is a piece of art!

[@TheWanderingTimmy]

I really love the story telling of your videos! Super motivating and encouraging

[@OttiIie]

really appreciate it! 😌

[@dot4207]

It gave me a sensorial experience. I just loved it! ✨ I don't document at all. My lifen is saddening. I think I am caught in perfectionism and unable to be vulnerable. So many regrets I have, intertwined with feuds with my parents. Suddenly, your documentation gives me hope. One day I want to live freely, for myself with full of hope and radiance, fearlessly. I hope I do so and inspire others just like you. Until, thank you for sharing this!

[@OttiIie]

there’s a quote I really like relating to this; “how liberating it is to pursue wholeness instead of perfection”. Life’s never perfect, but making sure it fulfils you is the closest it’s gonna get!

[@dot4207]

@@OttiIie you are right. Seeking wholeness might be the answer. Your reply is gratifying and brings clarity. I'm grateful 🙏

[@davidmimay]

Really beautiful! Kept me thinking. Thanks for sharing your adventures, they are really inspiring.

[@OttiIie]

appreciate it!! :)

[@paulisjanovs]

These videos are soooooo impressive!!! Every video makes me want to live my life to its fullest!! LOVE your videos!!

[@OttiIie]

so glad to hear that!! :)

[@wearetrackclub]

Love how you put this together! So inspiring, amazing visuals and message :) 🙌

[@mercylessplayer]

What a wonderful video! I think it's the best one you made so far. I personally feel different about my interactions with memories. I love my hard drive with hundreds of thousands of photos, I love scouring through it and finding memories that I had long forgotten, to reimmerse myself into past experiences as an active act. However, your memory wall seems to be something quite special, and I'm sure and it will look absolutely magnificient once it is finished.

[@OttiIie]

Thank you so much!☺️

[@rosannevanvelthoven8986]

So cool! I started with a similar project during covid lockdown, but never made it past some sketches...as I still feel like I'm not good enough yet with water colors. Love your paintings! They motivate me to start working on this again and give watercolouring another try :)

[@phieulink91]

Your voice's amazing and so is your story

[@umamamlk]

You deserve millions of subscribers

[@migueltrio]

You are one hell of an artist. This was great!

[@OttiIie]

thank you! ☺️

[@themorgansophia]

This video is so beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

[@Taylorvanluven]

wow i just loved this

[@randyparran]

How beautiful 🥺 It's very inspiring. Thank you ♥

[@SuzyTurner]

What a beautiful video! And such a lovely and deeply meaningful way to keep your memories close x

[@OttiIie]

Thank you so much!☺️

[@AseemaAjay]

I loved this. ❤ P.s: if like me you have absolutely no idea what to do with a canvas and a paint brush, you could just frame the most suitable photo that best describes whatever your experience or adventure was. Or that at least elicit the emotions you felt at the time, the most.

[@pippacarron1861]

An adventure wall? What a fabulous idea! Love your video and love your paintings. Thanks so much for the inspiration.

[@susanharkema2888]

Your acrylics are really great! Such glorious captures. I think I need some small canvases!! I have a Dutchie man too. LOL

[@ashballofficial]

as a musician, i should start documenting my life with art like this! however im not sure if people want to hear about my special memories as a song lol

[@tamarravestein2403]

Absolute piece of art - i LOVE it!! so so well done

[@OttiIie]

🥰🥰

[@elisecalypso]

love your aesthetic !

[@SAGE1991]

Kudos to the algorithm who brought me to this amazing video content. Subsrcibed to see many surreal and amazing experiences❤

[@SincerelyGwendolyn]

So happyy I found your channel :)❤

[@OttiIie]

Me too!! 🤗

[@shannonfenton6342]

Wow you are extremely talented in so many ways! I love this idea and it really spoke to me thank you for this video

[@mattwalker3]

A beautiful thing that we all have a unique perspective. Our own painting of the same thing. Great video!