12 Habits and Mindsets to Let Go of in 2025 for a happier and meaningful life🍵

[@SamuraiMatcha]

Thank you so much for this year ❤︎ I truly owe it all to you! I love you all sooooooo much! Hope you have an amazing day and a fantastic start to the New Year! Arigatooooo✨ Let's make next year the best year together! Keep shining with your bright smile😁

[@cjsrescues]

Happy New Year, Samurai Matcha-San.

[@PrishPradisty]

Happy New Year Samurai-Kun.. have a great success in 2025.. we will be in your care to stay minimalist hehehe..

[@susanneekelund1309]

Happy New Year 🎉💖🇸🇪

[@wendysalvarado2244]

❤ Arigatooo

[@ВераПолевнева]

Dear Aki-san, Happy New Year! Thank you for your work, your videos are always interesting and useful. Be healthy and happy in the new year and always. Arigato!🙏🎄🍱🍜🎁🍰🎊

[@gretadamico3735]

You don’t have to go back to teaching, because you never stopped! You are a natural teacher, funny, engaging and encouraging. Now more of us half-bananas get to learn from you, and along with you! Thanks for your courage in sharing your process and learnings.

[@nadirafant6428]

As a 50% banana I 100% agree!

[@SingingBiologist]

Me too! Totally love it being 50% banana 😂 thank you very much Aki! 😊 you made my day again!

[@ewar2919]

I am a teacher myself and the first thing I can feel while watching you here is your perfectly PEDAGOGICAL way to explain things. Thank you :-) and happy 2025 to you too. Greetings from Norway!

[@SIC647]

What a lovely video! I need to watch it several more times to really grasp what you mean. You are such a wonderful teacher.

[@SIC647]

I love all your videos, and you should make them exactly the way you want. But would you accept a suggestion? I think that the stock videos don't fit that well into the videos. They have a completely different vibe than the rest of your videos, and they are so staged and artificial. You are so genuine and straightforward that I find the difference jarring.

[@dflosounds]

I actually really like the Japanese clock design where the numbers themselves move, and the "now" stays still. It feels like a metaphor for living in the present moment, because "now" is all we really have. Thank you for a year full of videos and I'm looking forward to what you come up with in 2025!

[@SamuraiMatcha]

Thank you! I love that concept too! Have a great 2025 together:))

[@joanpaez4445]

It's exciting to think we can share 2025 together. I very much appreciate that you've enumerated 10 super ways to focus and concentrate on getting more positive, to becoming a better person, whatever that means for us individually. The Japanese clock design is a powerful reorientation for a more positive outlook on life. Thank you for that one concept and practice. The other nine are useful and life changing, as well, so look what a super year 2025 is going to be! Thank you for this video, Aki. I so look forward to more in January and into 2025. This is your successful teaching time!😊

[@therichbuddha3277]

1.Conventional Concept of Time 2.Sacrificing Sleep 3.Being Afraid of Loneliness 4.Taking Work too Seriously 5.Hiding Weaknesses 6.Negative Words 7.Breaking Promises to Yourself 8.Procrastinating Decisions 9.Living by Others Opinions 10.Anger 11.Taking Things for Granted 12.Beating Yourself Up

[@lazy1n.sp4ce]

Tysm!!!, i was searching for this

[@nariu7times328]

Dear Aki, I have been ill for a few years. I watch your videos thinking about "one day I will feel well enough for morning walks...for yoga...to clean the toilet" Well, that time is coming! I am having a medical proceedure tomorrow that hopefully will change my life.I will be able to follow many old videos and also you new ones! I will enjoy and be happy! Thank you!

[@ewastachowska6848]

Get well soon. May God bless you and make all your dreams come true. ❤

[@lanibriosos-mcdonough2143]

Praying for your swift recovery. 😊

[@jackgaz6624]

my #1 habit to break is daydreaming arguments I might have with random strangers where I come out on top. I don't need to prove I'm right about something that never happened and it just makes me anxious over nothing.

[@kerim.peardon5551]

I feel called out. LOL. I do this all the time, but also with people I do know.

[@kizzyjem]

I used to do this SO much. Now I rarely do it. I recognise when it’s happening and acknowledge that I’m tapping into generating anxiety, fear, and my hero or saviour leanings! I remind myself that I don’t need to do that in imaginary life. I am my own hero. I wish you well in your endeavour my friend.

[@swat37]

Your entire KZbin channel is a gift. I've been subscribed for a few years now and have always loved your positivity. Happy new year, Aki!

[@chrischabre9382]

Thank you for your positive influence!

[@Mike-Eye]

Samurai matcha = My Psychologist, Psychiatrist, and Doctor.

[@sastarealmondo]

Aki you were born to do this 😊

[@donnau3735]

Since I retired a couple of years ago, I am absolutely embracing living alone (but with my doggie) and enjoying every minute! I may live alone, but I'm not lonely. I am at one with my own thoughts and ideas, and keep myself busy, or not. Arigato Aki, for your channel and posting positive, upbeat videos.

[@mbsamiam]

Aki-san, the truth about your logo is that everyone would have loved it regardless of the final design because we all love YOU! But the logo you designed really IS great! Also, what suits you as a job is what you enjoy, not what someone else thinks you should be doing.

[@karendigby-rf1hk]

I laughed more than once- especially learning that we are all 50% banana! Thank you, Aki, for bringing us fresh, positive ways of seeing the world, and of being in the world. Your videos are prompting me to change my life in wonderful ways!

[@HelenSew]

Thanks a lot for your videos ! They give me so much energy, are very calming and encourage me to become more minimal 🤗

[@SamuraiMatcha]

Awww, Thank you so much Helen-san! I'm so glad to hear that form you:) I'll keep doing my best to make people happy and positive and of course minimal😁 Arigatou!

[@johnseed3928]

Merci ! ❤ Happy New Year 2025 😀

[@roxtendo]

I have four cats, two are siblings from the street so I'm definitely never alone :D this little fellows prevent me from some serious depression and they are my Motivation to keep going no matter what

[@DCB938]

Thank you. I always come away from your videos with a new concept to help me with my life and my attitude towards it. You are great. Life gets simpler with your advice and your happy attitude

[@OldSusy-rc7dh]

You are so amazing! I am 73 and I have learnt so much from you! You are still a teacher, of a kind, and it is so refreshing to hear what you have to say. Thank you!

[@Mr.Amirali86]

I’ve become really interested in researching Japan and doing most of my work in a Japanese style to have a better and happier life. I’m also very eager to visit Japan one day, but unfortunately, it feels like such a big dream for me🥲 Happy New Year 🎆🎆

[@LateRounder]

Ah, yes, Samurai Matcha, my favorite matcha drinking samurai on this platform. Time to shift my conventional time conception!

[@MOONWALKMusic]

I’m always happy when I see a new video from you because I just know it’s going to be great 👍 Greetings from Germany

[@chickolat]

Overall good message but some are what I would consider toxic positivity. Feeling sad/disappointed/angry can be healthy. They are emotions, its about knowing how to regulate is important. When you are saying all these positive thigs constantly, you are shoving down your actual feelings about the situation. Accepting that sometimes its okay to feel lonely, sad, angry, its about life's ebb and flow just like past, present and future. When I was in Japan, i found people to be so polite that you never get to learn who they are actually. One day I was waiting to talk to the attended at the subway station and they were speaking with a mom & daughter so I stood a bit further away to give them space. Once he was done, I could see he let out a 'frustrated' sigh. So when I went up, I said "you must be having a hard day" and he was so embarrassed that I saw him express his real emotions, he profusely apologized. I felt so bad for him and then I realized, every day Japanese are bottling up their real emotions and unable to show/be vulnerable. We are human, its completely okay to express and thats what helps us connect.

[@savitriseegobin3818]

Couldn't agree with you more. Getting to the root of why we feel the way we do in each moment is a mindful practice but not holding onto to them is the real gem.

[@meerir5754]

I love the time concept you’re introducing, it’s such a simple yet profound change in perspective. I wish clocks were like that

[@алиналескова-щ7г]

Привет из России~ вы и ваш канал для меня стал лучиком света за последнее время, и благодаря вам я чувствую, что хочу наслаждаться своей жизнью, какие бы препятствия она бы не посылала. Вы действительно вдохновляете❤️

[@wavesofzen5383]

Sleep helps with my depression it really is great medicine

[@Nicades]

True. But 7-8 hours isnt enough for my mind or body. I sleep 10-11 hours every day really. And Im so healty.

[@katblehm2119]

Sleep = my Superpower 😴 💪

[@rabiarhallab1116]

Big Fat Thank you❤ an amazing video as always. Thanks from Dubai ❤

[@Subfuture]

I appreciate your wisdom over the years.

[@SamuraiMatcha]

Awww, Thank you so much! Arigatou! I'm here thanks to you❤︎

[@WealthyChronicle]

Is anyone else ready to finally start prioritizing sleep over late-night scrolling? I’m sold! 🛌✨

[@paddy8888]

Thank you for sharing your wisdom, Aki. I had a moment of awakening when you quoted Nakamura Tempu. I realized I had been feeding my mind with bad news every day, news about wars, disasters, famines, etc. All that made my thoughts and words very negative, pessimistic, and discouraging. Today is the last day of 2024. I shall NOT carry forward one iota of that negativity and habit to the new year! I love you, Aki! ❤

[@marishkagrayson]

When I realized that each of us is a colony of cells working together in harmony to experience life, I told the colonies I was grateful and hugged myself. Try it. 😊

[@annewt7024]

I had to pause the video already at your 1st point!!! "It's your future who shapes who you are now" 🤯 i have to sit with that for a while!

[@AM-bm2xw]

Sleep & enjoying solitude 👌🏼 2025 vibes ❤

[@Hayleymo]

When I return to work after the New Year, I expect to be be retraining (again) someone who is senior to me, and who has been promoted above their capability (and against my advice) so I may have a banana to eat, to fortify myself (and remind myself of your wise words) during the training session...

[@margaretinsydney3856]

This is wonderful, Aki! I love that concept of time, and I'm going to start imagining it flowing like that. It's tremendously freeing! More sleep is something for me to work on, too. 😴

[@shaunaleessnackidies]

Yes! Our words do have power! It’s Biblical, too, totally true. Even plants respond to our words. Great video! I hope your nails heal fast, ouch! ❤

[@adm7673]

omg someone just being rude to me and the banana thing makes me laugh 😂

[@manuelanolte8221]

Alles gute fürs das Jahr 2025 ! Gesundheit , Glück und Zufriedenheit 🎉

[@EttieneIsEtti]

I will try to smile everyday and live my days more positively like your advice. May next year be a better year for everyone.😄

[@faithcritchfield1066]

Thank you for all of the amazing content you've created for us in 2024 Aki! Your advice has helped me to live a simpler, happier, and more gratitude filled life!

[@josheehan6026]

Love this! I am going to follow your advice - I like the concept of time! Happy 2025 to you! ❤

[@moonrabbit99]

just started this video, but I would really love to congratulate you on your English language progress! I haven't watched one of your videos within the last year. I'm a TEFL teacher, and I can say that I see HUGE strides, so that's really amazing :) And I'm sure what you'll have to say next will also be worth hearing 😁

[@markwhitney4580]

You are awesome. Every time I watch one of your videos, it seems to make me smile. THANK YOU !!!!!

[@gyongyikovacs8443]

Thank you Aki! You keep me inspired by all your content. I wish you a healthy, happy, blessed, blissful 2025! 🎉❤

[@marinanunezacero7699]

Muchas gracias por compartir estos pequeños grandes propósitos! Me ayudan mucho!! 😃

[@jaejemhmitch]

This is a beautiful video to watch to start a new year. I love you, Aki. Whenever I watch your videos, I feel motivated and positivity flows. Keep the energy and good vibes going. Stay healthy.

[@jennesont4791]

Your videos are the perfect blend of good advice, humour, gratitude and acceptance. Thank you

[@patrickkernow]

Thank you for this. Particularly for Yasuko Kodama's Manayui - inspirational! ❤Happy new year all! 🥳

[@katblehm2119]

The movement of future into present is very Zen. I once did a course which taught us to “Create a Future Worth Living Into” … brilliant! 🙏🏼

[@jacqueslee2592]

This year I will stay in my own path without the opinions of others including family. My main obstacles in life were always people and family. I am letting go of them. I realize that being with others do not provide peace and happiness. Narcissistic family is worse because you cannot leave them so easily, but I have to accept the fact they do not desire my success, happiness, and peace, which has been the 10 years before 2025. Seeking advise from others who have the same experiences has been helpful to break the cycle. I wish I had the same peace of Samurai Matcha but the path to free oneself from suffering is not easy. Zen buddhism has been my comfort.

[@elsiewest1682]

This vlog is amazing. I truly enjoyed watching it a lot. Thank you so much for sharing. Happy New Year!

[@mctrustsnoone3781]

Dearest Aki, I just love your positivity! Your channel is a blessing and I’m grateful for your content. I’m constantly seeking self-improvement and you provide such constructive food for thought.

[@Maryam.A95]

Love your positive energy ❤️ thank you for sharing this great and lovely video! I wish you a wonderful New Year filled your days with joy and happiness.

[@gaylathrom]

Thank you for continuing to be true to yourself. I get many comments that my cheerful disposition does not match my profession. (Lawyer) I guess because I am transparent about my weaknesses. I’m serious about my work but don’t take myself so seriously. Happy New Year to you. I will implement keeping promises to myself as the first one.

[@Saamz-t4b]

I've never set any new year resolution before but I'm planning to do some for the year 2025 . 🎉and I'm thankful for you Aki. Your videos have helped me a lot in the past few months 🎉

[@marizreambonanza1062]

Thank you Samurai Matcha Aki for your calming encouragement. Keep it up! You guided my 2024 decisions. Happy New Year! Love from Philippines.

[@CM-mu9hi]

Thank you so much for your videos! I always look forward to a new one ❤ Can you make one sharing tips for journaling for minimalists?

[@intervise85]

Thanks!

[@SamuraiMatcha]

Whaaat!!! Thank you so so much!!!!! I'm so grateful for what you've done for me✨ I'll do my best😁

[@eerice704]

Thank you for your teachings 🙏

[@brendanakamoto8598]

Happy Happy New Year, Aki! Looking forward to many more of your enjoyable videos in the New Year! ❤

[@andreajim1000]

That was great!

[@CarlosRAMIREZ-o6z]

Thank you for your advice.and have à good new year to🎉😊

[@denisconrad8534]

happy new year AKI thank you for these 12 positiv mind sets

[@georginashanti4605]

I tuned in just to see you talking into the banana microphone! Happy new year to all! 💛☺️🎊

[@winamortenson9125]

You are so fun and also caring! Thanks for all these helpful insights, and inspirational ideas. Your attitude is so uplifting to our spirits! I really like your logo! It is very cool how it looks like two things at once: the whisk, and a Samurai hairstyle! We will need each other to have a great year in 2025--community encouraging each other. 🧡 Happy New Year!

[@herlindeclark5488]

Thank you! I will incorporate these truths into my life, starting today. Health and luck for your life in the coming year!

[@Vee-n8m]

It's very useful and helpful thought. I especially love the thought of acceptance of our flaws and not afraid to showing it. I do love some of my friends just because of the uniqueness ❤

[@tatianamedvedeva1289]

I just found your channel. And wow, what a humorous and energetic way of presenting your material with a touch of eastern wisdom! Definitely like and subscribe! All the best to you in 2025!

[@ColleenC-w2j]

Aki, do not be so hard on yourself. The live tea ceremony was amazing! What you perceive as a weakness is really a strength. Keep being you ❤

[@amandachapman4708]

Thank you for another great video, Aki. Lots to think about, as usual. I heard that it takes 100 days to form a new habit, and that makes sense to me. I was thinking I might be able to change three things this year. I like the idea of the future coming towards me, so I will develop that one for sure. The other two? I will consider it further before I decide 😉

[@patriciarist856]

Thank you for an amazing 2024 full of great videos 🎉❤!! Happy new year Aki-san, have an amazing and fulfilling 2025🎉

[@mx.lucyfur]

Regarding vulnerability or weakness, there is a phrase I picked up years ago from something related to martial arts - "A weakness denied remains weakness. A weakness acknowledged becomes a strength." When you acknowledge your vulnerability, that's actually a kind of strength. There's a blog article out there about how accepting vulnerability with regard to mental health is a lot like some of the training arc tropes from anime.

[@calvin.somerville]

These are such great tips Aki! I'm going to give them all focus in the new year! Was so happy to see this video pop up while watching your old videos just now! I hope you have a lovely New Year and a joyful 2025! 🎉❤

[@mahasalemi]

I adore how your content is always creative, instructive and inspiring. Wish miracles happen to you ❤

[@OliverSeager-b1m]

Happy new year aki hope you have a great new years and a great year ahead of you great video arigato

[@lucindakennedy8347]

Enlightening and adorable. Thank you.

[@rachaelmt2984]

Wow!!! Thank you!! You are my favorite youtuber!! Love u so much. Every word you say is so intentional and meaningful. I love the calm beautiful zen in you ❤

[@eliseruthenbeck7140]

My favourite part of this video is the sproinggg noise and jump in the sleep section. Thanks for your videos! I hope you enjoy this new year that is coming to us soon 🎉🎉🎉

[@Jeff_H86]

So grateful I found your channel this year and for all that you share and teach. Happy New Year to you and everyone watching, from Utah, USA. Much love. ❤

[@Diana-wn1kk]

Your channel is really beautiful and inspiring. Thank you so much. Happy 2025!

[@JasminAsterios]

Hey Aki, I think the First Point is an interesting way of thinking about time. Second one: ooh, I definitly get my 7-8h sleep per night! This ist too important 😊 Thank you for this great Video and all the effort 🙇🏽‍♂️ As it happens to be the Last two days in this year, I'd Like to Wish you all the best for 2025, a healthy and Happy life and may all your wishes come true. Sending good Vibes and greetings from Germany 🤗

[@tempertenchi]

🎉 thank you very matcha for being such a big influence in my life this year, can't wait to start fresh in 2025 with healthier habits.

[@renamaze]

Aki you are naturally so funny. You make me smile & laugh when I’m having a bad day..thank you❤

[@marias8007]

love that logo - it looks like a matcha brush and also the back of a person sitting at a matcha ceremony - so clever!

[@ruthd7367]

Thank you very much!! Those are great habits and mindsets! ☺💕 The logo looks amazing and I can see in it all the effort you put into it, thank you for that ☺By the way, do you have any music recommendation for next year? 🎶

[@jasonlennick6922]

Happy New Year! Thanks for this helpful list, I especially enjoyed the banana one as my blog is called halfbananas!

[@scribemike]

This is one of the most beautiful channels I've come across here on KZbin. I'm sooooo happy I found this space. Thank you for these videos and the thought behind them.

[@myaliasJ]

Dear Akki wishing you a great 2025 thank you for sharing your positivity and love for minimalism and matcha with us. Like always your videos bring a smile on our face and spread positivity. Sending lots of best wishes from India - J

[@DeniseReedsewing4u]

Thank you for a refreshing and informative video. The 12 habits you illustrated I plan to implement in the days ahead. I enjoy your style of video production, and the wonderful mindset you set forth. Thans again.

[@gonnabeayogi1445]

I’d just like to sincerely thank you for sharing your wit and wisdom. I have had severe depression most of my adult life. I’ve started copying some of the things you do and I’m feeling like I’ve unlocked some magical life hack. I’m getting the house clean, I’m waking up and positively greeting the day. Being thankful and respectful of your environment and yourself is really an enjoyable way to live.

[@urban_phantom7750]

Your content is priceless. Gratitude. Welcome to 2025, my fellow human beings.

[@Esther-ps3vx]

Happy New Year Aki, thank you for all your hard work and dedication that you put into your videos. Let's do this together. Happy New Year Everyone. Have a fantastic 2025.

[@lingao6319]

Thank you for your optimistic attitude toward everything. It warms my heart and brings a smile to my face every time I watch your videos. I hope both you and I achieve all our new goals in 2025.

[@ArtfulLifeByCourtney]

You are such a breath of fresh air, my friend. This is going on my repeat playlist ❤

[@reneecherrie]

So much wisdom ❤ Thank you

[@dennisgiguere5166]

Happy New Year!

[@PeggyLeung-ev1vo]

Aki thank you for the amazing idea from this video and all the videos you made for all of us in 2014. Wishing you and everyone watching your channel a happy healthy year in 2025. Arigato 🎉❤😊

[@sumatichandola4691]

Beautiful video n advice, thanks and God bless🙏

[@lolag7593]

I've been enjoying your videos, and you've gathered some really great ideas in this one! The future to present to past is my favorite, but there is much other food for thought here!

[@TylerMartin-z2h]

I just recently discovered your channel over a holiday break. You have already so impacted myself going back to work, how I interact with my family, and how I reflect on and treat life. You are a gift, thank you so much.

[@ewastachowska6848]

Hi Aki, I'm your new subscriber. Couldn't miss adding you to my life as a very positive and wise friend. And I have never stopped loving Japan even though I have lost myself somewhere in that journey called life. Greetings from Polish woman living in England. ❤