I've been eliminating 'stuff' from my life over the past year or so. The biggest change I have made is to make sure that I wake up in a space that is clear of clutter. That way my day begins well. It means allowing a bit of time at the end of the day to put anything away that has built up, but it's so worth it. I wake and the view i have from my bed makes me happy. The process of decluttering has created a lightness for me and has enabled me the space to work through my anxiety issues.
@deeanndavis12564 жыл бұрын
This is exactly what I'm currently aiming for-clutter free at least in my bedroom, for now. Reading this was encouraging. ❤️
@dlxinfinite8014 жыл бұрын
The simplicity of your concept is amazing. I tried it. It works. Thank you.
@batirtzeurkiaga49734 жыл бұрын
Nice to hear! It gives you a sense of clarity too. Pure well being.
@shootfilmnotguns20232 жыл бұрын
I can't agree more. I also started getting fresh flowers for myself because I rarely buy anything new other than what I really need. I place them on my dresser and wake up to wonderful light shining on my flowers every day. That makes me so happy. Sometimes it's the small things that can make a big difference.
@irenafields33244 жыл бұрын
I can’t agree more with you. I got to the point that I have more then enough. No more degrees, no more travel to post on Facebook, no more furniture, no more clothes to put on for making difference at all, no more hair dyes, no annoying friends. How less is more. It’s priceless!!! ✌️💕
@adventuresblissconnection41985 жыл бұрын
Minimalism is not about quantity, it’s about quality
@citizenOfNowhere7775 жыл бұрын
Some of us do not have that luxury. I was living a minimalist life happily until I got harassed at work 5 3/4 years ago (at the job I currently hold at another location where I have been harassed by the management itself for not backing off the WC I filed for the I jury caused by the harassment of over 1 year that completely broke me ill back 4 1/2 years ago after over over a year of harassment ).
@den23354 жыл бұрын
citizenOfNowhere777 what luxury? You can get good quality clothing for cheap. Thrift stores exist. If everywhere you go you get harassed you have to wonder whether it’s you or the management. Your rant still has nothing to do with OPs comment
@johannestepping6 жыл бұрын
“Love people and use things because the opposite never works” :)
@nnandan94315 жыл бұрын
Very well said .
@Julie-ev5js4 жыл бұрын
@@nnandan9431 The Minimalists first said it--it's their catchphrase. : )
@hangoutwithabhi3 жыл бұрын
This is the quote from 'The Minimalists'.
@catscherre82944 жыл бұрын
i love that she has notes written on her hand. seems like a real person/ relatable
@EBSJones45 жыл бұрын
I've just finished a book from 2008 by John Naish on the same subject. It's called "Enough: Breaking Free From the World of Excess". Very good.
@shootfilmnotguns20232 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the book recommendation. I'll check it out.
@walkworthy2 жыл бұрын
Minimalism is rooted in the Bible. When the rich young ruler asked Jesus how he could have eternal life Jesus said "go and sell all your possessions and follow me" The man walked away sad as he had much.
@TheRELShow5 жыл бұрын
This was a great talk! Appreciate the vulnerability.
@francismausley72394 жыл бұрын
Excellent thoughts. I get a pure spiritual feeling in my minimalism efforts. "Cleanse the mirrors of your hearts from the dross of the world and all that is therein, that they may reflect the resplendent light of God." ~ Abdu’l-Baha, Baha'i Faith
@pravinjasuja70502 жыл бұрын
I second the motion Less is certainly more - more than enough in today's world -- we need more of peace & tranquil lifestyles rather than more if so called stuff which aims at making us happy - let's pledge to follow hyper minimum & disconnect to hyper consumerism - the same applies to food / friends/ & all the toxicity the world throws at you-- umpteen cheers for minimalistic life
@jaypayleitner13 жыл бұрын
Minimalism has its roots in the obscure scripture passage found in Proverbs 30:8-9. It's the Prayer of Agur and delivers the secret for finding balance and purpose. In many ways, the opposite of The Prayer of Jabez.
@ashleyching57862 жыл бұрын
Success is not empty dissatisfaction!
@HairstylesbyCarol4 жыл бұрын
Great talk, informative and important message, but the audience was not engaged at all.
@kiwi84763 жыл бұрын
She just needed some humor to throw in there every once in a while or a very few select times.
@scottwillimack1844 жыл бұрын
I loved you talk! Thank you 🙏
@uhmalissa4 жыл бұрын
Good job. Great speech.
@ashleyching57862 жыл бұрын
“I am busy, so I exist.”
@crystalfolse3208 Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@FelisBoudria5 ай бұрын
This is really great.
@rambleon2011 Жыл бұрын
12:30-12:45 is all you need to know and do
@llowes46585 жыл бұрын
busy is the new Prozac
@Leto855 жыл бұрын
I love the idea of minimalism, but I have a few issues; what if I minimalise books and films before finding out these are not available online (anymore) on Netflix or the like? What if that one item breaks and I have no second? It isn't always easy or cheap to readily buy a new one.
@ctmjr20125 жыл бұрын
Well, you can keep some but get rid of all of the books that you will never read again.
@Loeviis5 жыл бұрын
Minimalism is about having enough. If you don't want to minimize your movies/books, don't minimize your movies/books! It's rather simple! Keep everything your use and love.
@unzahid4 жыл бұрын
powerful words.
@user-ml3ze8rh7t3 жыл бұрын
great speech, the audience is impolite
@PresbianTier3 жыл бұрын
not really. she wasn't that presentable and a bit awkward at times
@kate602 жыл бұрын
Excellent
@ashleyching57862 жыл бұрын
There is already enough. You are already enough.
@sutats2 жыл бұрын
Less is more.
@ashleyching57862 жыл бұрын
Why do we always want more?
@daysivalverde35654 жыл бұрын
the awkward silence was really awkward for me.
@den23354 жыл бұрын
Daysi Valverde I felt bad for her. She’s clearly nervous and trying to be funny and relatable but the audience is just not having it.
@PresbianTier3 жыл бұрын
I thought I was the only one who thought this. poor girl. a for effort but f for delivery/charisma
@justinaez40292 жыл бұрын
Chúc cho Đức Thật nhiều sức khỏe.
@stevenbaumann59113 жыл бұрын
I don't know if I will go to the extreme of tossing out most of my stuff. But I think I've reached a point of where I will not buy that much anymore. Example is I own a lot of PlayStation 4 and Xbox 360 games. Some of these have provided me with value because I never really get tired of them. But I will definitely wait and see before I buy any more games. Over the past few years I have regret a certain purchases and wished that I had waited until the reviews were out. On a positive note they make it very easy nowadays do not buy these things because they fit all of their political agendas into these games.
@MyraLand186 жыл бұрын
There's literally hundreads of videos talking about the same approach she talks about on stage here on youtube
@Razelle5 жыл бұрын
sometimes we need a refreshment from someone else
@leuuuuuuwk6 жыл бұрын
Ik denk dat als je het in het Nederlands had gedaan, dat het (voor mij persoonlijk) wel beter over was gekomen. Ik snap internationaal publiek in de zaal, dus daar zal dat dan wel aan liggen.
@ashleyching57862 жыл бұрын
Identity what’s important. Eliminate the rest.
@seaniemc82810 ай бұрын
Less is more
@smallstudiodesign5 жыл бұрын
Too bad, so sad ... she’s a great person, great thoughts, ideas & messages to convey ... yet the bleeping AV-sound-Tech positioned microphone wrong (too close), hence why a gusty wind fart every ten seconds. Oh, and speaking of minimalism, I think the speech/story/lecture could be minimized by chopping down to 1/2-3/4 length, and getting more to the point a little bit quicker. - I advise viewers to FFwd- swipe-scrub ahead to 00:12:02, when she actually gets to the beginning of her own process of “minimalism two-step”:dance. Everything before this point is a minimal amount of her own unique story and a lot of copy paste clutter of commonly known facts/notions about society’s excessive spending & consumer demand. I’d cut this down to 00:05:00-00:07:00 in length, in final edit.
@mollyb81364 жыл бұрын
The way you started off the comment, I thought she'd died.
@calipo979797974 жыл бұрын
@@mollyb8136 i thought so too 😂
@fredwouters9683 Жыл бұрын
Funny how much adds I have seen during this talk about Minimalism.
@iyakida174 жыл бұрын
I always compute my number of sleep the night before... So when I wake up... I always say I have enough sleep... Hahahaha just a tip...
@ghostsimonriley132 жыл бұрын
😹😹😹😹
@JJ-nn9de5 жыл бұрын
Oof she needs to work on her stage presence and the cohesiveness of her talking points. Her talk didn't flow very well and she didn't really have anything new to add to the conversation on minimalism.
@mollyb81364 жыл бұрын
Or maybe it's the first conversation on minimalism someone's heard. Not everyones had the same journey as you
@dlxinfinite8014 жыл бұрын
Maybe she's truly minimalist. Less stage presence, more content.
@garyschneider57814 жыл бұрын
... Yeah, that was really rough to listen to... I kept hoping she would find her confidence and groove, but it just never happened. On well, at least she nailed down the key point about minimalism mainly being a simple two-step process. So, even if she needs help and experience to improve her stage presentations (I guess everyone starts out somewhere), she kept that message minimal and didn't try to over-complicate the thrust of her speech.
@Whigu4 жыл бұрын
You should listen what she says not how she says it. World is full of "More show now go" people who have really good stage presence and beautiful presentation but they are not actually saying anything. After their presentation only thing you remember is their presentation gimmicks not what they said... because they didn't say anything useful.
@JJ-nn9de4 жыл бұрын
@@Whigu I can understand that perspective. In my opinion, I didn't find that the speaker had anything unique or new to bring to the conversation in addition to not being a great presenter.
@heyyou9839 Жыл бұрын
I was bullied by one of those American guys so year
@citizenOfNowhere7775 жыл бұрын
Some of us do not have that luxury. I was living a minimalist life happily until I got harassed at work 5 3/4 years ago (at the job I currently hold at another location where I have been harassed by the management itself for not backing off the WC I filed for the I jury caused by the harassment of over 1 year that completely broke me ill back 4 1/2 years ago after over over a year of harassment ).
@terri65843 жыл бұрын
Could it be 1) all the marketing people are exposed to? (Shut-off devices) 2) a culture in a moral decline : ex. greed, coveting what another has. (Instead, Seek God in Church, in nature, serving others vs. more things) Look up more & within. Remember the Ten Commandments.
@pdxmonkee5 жыл бұрын
13:16 Minimalism of 1960: a visual art movement. A Millennial version of minimalism: it’s all about “me”. I think it should be changed to ME-nimalism... sad... life is not just about you...
@swoic2122 Жыл бұрын
Not watching the gutter speaker.
@Algerievaste5 жыл бұрын
You are talking about a true Islam ,our prophet (peace be upon him ) say that we should not have extravagance in every think :material or moral to live satisfied et not necessarly happy all the time 😊
@cardiacmyxoma40735 жыл бұрын
That’s capitalism for you. This is why I support communism.
@cazek4455 жыл бұрын
"oaf"
@DanielaClapp4 жыл бұрын
Boring
@markojaki17206 жыл бұрын
1st yikes
@BeckersReviews5 жыл бұрын
You sound more Dutch than fries sauce =)
@Leto855 жыл бұрын
With a name as 'van der Veen' I can only conclude: Dan zal ze dat ook wel zijn. :P