"Wintering" At Home: Decluttering, Resolutions & The Ritual of Tea Making

[@SpiritualMother]

You are 100% CORRECT. The new year (according to the ancients) begins the first day of Spring, the start of Aries season. That’s when we should go full force on resolutions. They’ll actually stick! Lovely video. Lovely you.

[@duncan-carter]

Oh wow, I didn’t know this but it makes total sense! Thanks for sharing 🙂 (and for your kind comments 🙏🏻😊)

[@rosettagrey2851]

This video is definitely reaching the right audience. It was a pleasure listening to you, I share your thoughts about letting ourselves rest and wait through the winter and start taking action in spring. This has been the first new year I've spent without resolutions and I never realized what a stress they caused before. I am barely awake in the mornings, all my energy goes into my obligations, I am in no shape to set new goals. When spring comes, if I feel like it, I'll see what I want to change. For now, I'll settle for cups of tea and time indoors.

[@duncan-carter]

I love this - especially “if I feel like it”. Well said! 🌱🌼🙂

[@michaelblake8498]

Hi Duncan. Really enjoyed your video, and always find your Scottish accent so calming. Enjoyment can be found in the simplest things in life as you show here, and can provide a 'mindfulness' kind of experience.

[@duncan-carter]

Thank you! 🙏🏻 that’s kind of you 🙂 I’m also trying to approach the whole video making process with a bit more calm (and less perfectionism! 😂) I have spent hours in the past editing the tiniest details and now I’m just trying to be a bit looser with it all 🤷🏼‍♂️😁

[@feliciasmith2920]

Listening to your " a day in the life" is mentally soothing. Its as if I am listening to an excerpt from a Kindle novel. You use just the right word to describe each thing you touch, pursue or consume. Poetry in motion. That is the definition of your life at this time. Thank you for reminding us how rewarding simple pleasures can be in a single day. 🫖

[@duncan-carter]

Thank you so much 🙂 The world is so noisy at the moment, it’s lovely to know you found it soothing, that’s definitely what I want to share in these videos 😊🧘🏼‍♂️

[@Veeschannel]

In recent years I've also found that making resolutions and starting a new year in the middle of winter made no sense to me. All of nature is still sleeping, taking it slow, and so should we ! I am resting now and will be ready to take on new things and truly wake up hen spring comes ! As nature intended.

[@duncan-carter]

Well said! I’m having a guilt-free restful season. When the garden needs me, that’s when I’ll wake up 🙂🌱🌼🌷

[@MinkieTaylor]

I’m a new viewer, thank you for your video to remind me that not everything needs to be rushed. I am trying to be more mindful even with mundane tasks as well. Thank you.🤗

[@duncan-carter]

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching :)

[@kaydenl3]

it feels weird seeing how green and alive your garden is this time of year. i’m in minnesota and even though it’s the warmest winter i’ve ever seen everything is still mostly dead/hibernating usually this time of year it rarely reaches 20 degrees fahrenheit (-6C) and there’s like 2-4 feet of snow on the ground

[@duncan-carter]

Oh wow! We rarely get temperatures below that to be honest, sounds like a real winter with you! Some parts of Scotland get a lot of snow but down in the south east of England it’s rare to get more than a few days of light snow in the year. I’ve had the occasional tender plant make it through the winter some years. I bet all that snow is very pretty in Minnesota though 🙂❄️

[@kaydenl3]

@@duncan-carter usually it is, this year it’s all been melting in a few days though 😑 it’s an el niño this year

[@chesterperkins5057]

'Promo sm' ❣️

[@RoseTorn411]

Um sir, why have that pair of pants on?

[@duncan-carter]

Not sure what you mean tbh, sorry!

[@RoseTorn411]

@@duncan-carter I didn't realize my answer got jumbled. I edited. I asked it. Why have that pair of pants on? They're literally blown out from the back.

[@StochasticGreen]

@@RoseTorn411 😂why not? cleaning out a shed isn't a glamorous job to be wearing your best clothes.

[@StochasticGreen]

Although I think I'd be paranoid that a little creepy crawly might get in cleaning out something like my shed 😅

[@RoseTorn411]

@@StochasticGreen surly there is a draft back there with those jeans lol.

[@ascott2168]

Ahhh always good to declutter. Did you see any creepy crawlies 🦟🦂🕷️ 🥴🥴

[@duncan-carter]

I did! Only one wee spider though... and a few long-dead ones 😳 generally didn't seem to be too much activity at this time of year (thankfully haha!)