It’s more fun to be weird. You are living a free life. I love it.

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

Weird and free forever 💛✨

I know you don't watch other KZread videos but van or car life sounds like something you're perfect for. Since you're already a minimalist and you can quit that job that you hate and live more free. Cheap RV Living is an excellent channel. I'm preparing for it and can't wait until I can transition.

@Exploravore

15 күн бұрын

I have total respect for people that live that lifestyle. Personally long term I want to live in a cabin near forest and mountains :)

Definitely would love an item count! I’ve been minimalist since I was a young kid. Then went through a stage of wanting more as a young adult. Now in my 40’s I am becoming an extreme minimalist and am so inspired by your videos! Such good motivation to continue on my journey!

@Exploravore

21 күн бұрын

Our very younger selves are usually in tune with our highest truth ;)

I know you have a video on finances already but it would be interesting to see how much money you saved from opting out of the consumerist lifestyle. You mentioned you don't invest and you only have one account. But topics like learning about how not owning a home has been beneficial for you would be interesting like a part 2 video. That is if you have any more information to add, if not no problem :)

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

I will consider this thank you! 💛

Yes, please share your item count!

I absolutely LOVE this video! It spoke right to my soul ✨ Thank you, friend, for being a guiding light in this world. What I love most about your content is that with each and every video, I get closer to becoming my authentic self. I’ll definitely be rewatching this one multiple times to get the most out of it. Thank you, thank you, thank you! ❤❤❤️

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for these very kind words my friend. I am so glad you are uncovering and living your deepest authenticity 🙏🏻✨💚

Wonderful video! I enjoy very much what you say. You are really a very, very wise woman. Believe me I'm 67 .

@Exploravore

21 күн бұрын

Thank you so much 🙏🏻 I’ve had a lot of really great teachers ✨

Alicia there are some special gems in this video that i appreciate. On the other side of fear is freedom! And the danger of safety! Gold ✨️

@Exploravore

21 күн бұрын

🙏🏻✨🦋💙

Very inspiring Alicia!🥰 I have noticed that the less I have the less I feel I need. Eventually, I want to move back to Europe and I want to do it with only couple suitcases. Even though that´s very down the road but feeling that every day I need less is empowering me 🥰

@Exploravore

20 күн бұрын

Yes 💯💯 I’m right there with you 🌟💚🌟

This is why I love you and your channel, so much food for thought! The fourth point, reconnecting to your own intuition, spoke to me the most. Recently I have decided on a low/ no buy year for personal items such as clothing. Sure, the financial benefits are great, but I am actually doing it to reprogram myself and undercover the person I am underneath all the buying and browsing and wanting. Your message has definitely helped me make this decision, so truly thank you for all that you share here, Alicia. 🙏✨️ A video where you count your items would be fun, as would a video about your process of decluttering the opinions of other people.

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

This is so great to hear Marta- I’m glad you are taking this step for yourself. I’m sure the woman you uncover will be radiant 🌟

Great video! What I really resonated with was your number five, the fear aspect. Internally, without the "artillery" as you put it (so perfect) I was able to think and rely on my life experience, my creativity and the strength that I have inside. I was able to breathe and heal in a way I could not before. Externally, just the physical aspect of having less makes you less afraid. If you need to move, you can move without spending thousands of dollars on movers to cart around furniture that you don't even like to begin with. I have many friends who have done this..."but it was my mom's, aunt's" and so on. People stay stuck in a place they don't want to be because of their stuff. They can't live in a smaller, more affordable place because their stuff won't fit. I can pick up and move, much like you, at a moments notice if need be. My attachment to things is so different. All this gives me mental space to concentrate on my health, both mentally and physically. Good on you for addressing fear. I believe the most meaningful and important thing one human can do for another is to help them feel less afraid.

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

Very well said- thank you for sharing this 🙏🏻💛

You are inspiring me to seek quiet. I am extremely addicted to stimulus, to the extent that I can’t even fall asleep without an audio book. I’ve seen it in myself, but because I’m fairly minimal outwards it’s like I’ve given myself a pass. Being away from stimulus feels like ants crawling in my brain. I made a start a while back and now run without music or books, just enjoying nature. After this video I feel very inspired to challenge myself to break this addiction! BTW your hair is looking lush, sis! ❤

@Exploravore

19 күн бұрын

Thank you ☺️ …and that is great you are finding this new awareness. I was the same! And still have moments of course- it’s a practice. Challenge yourself bit by bit and see what you can release. It will be uncomfortable at first but the more you do it the more you will actually start to crave it 🩵✨

Yes count your items and share with us please! I get the idea of the deeper meaning not being about a specific template such as x # of things, but it’s inspiring and helpful to see specific examples of how this actually plays out for someone. I love neurotic minimalism stuff though because I’m also an extreme minimalist, which is probably one reason I love your channel, so I’m biased!

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

I did show every single item I own in my home tour vid, so I lean towards that being enough, but we’ll see ;)

Such a great video. I found your perspectives on fear particularly interesting. I am in a process of decluttering. Not the first! But this time something feels different and there’s an internal motor pushing inside to get to a deeper place without all the stuff.

@Exploravore

21 күн бұрын

That is wonderful- keep following that motor. Your soul is guiding you 💚💚

I love your videos! I'm a 39 year old minimalist and vegan living in the north of Sweden and your videos are such an inspiration to me! Thank you! 🙏

@mialindvall

21 күн бұрын

Kul, 43-årig minimalist i Luleå här ☺️ Bor du i Norrbotten? 🌿

@mariawipp

21 күн бұрын

@@mialindvall Vad roligt! Jag bor i Västernorrland så inte riktigt lika långt norrut. 🙃

@mialindvall

21 күн бұрын

@@mariawipp Kul att träffa dig här. Den här kanalen är verkligen unik och inspirerande ✨🩵

@mariawipp

21 күн бұрын

@@mialindvall Ja, det är min favorit! 🌿

@mialindvall

21 күн бұрын

That's cool Ricardo thanks for sharing. Lisboa is beautiful ✨

Yes please share more tips on doing more inner work to remove the extra layers, and item count, anything and everything ultra/ extreme minimalism 😊

Thank you for taking the time to make these videos and caring about the earths health. I hope you reach many more people. You’ve changed my outlook for sure, every time I’m at the store feeling excess temptation, I say what would Alicia do! ❤

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

So glad you are finding inspiration here and have committed to making more positive choices 💛🌷

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the world, the future, health, self love and more. A lot of what you say really resonates with me and I’m tweaking my life a little every day towards minimalism. Decluttering things as well as routines and thought patterns. Having a husband and kids plus living in the north part of Sweden it’s certainly another ball game but still manageable. I wish your way of living will become the new normal.

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

So glad you are taking positive steps for the holistic health and balance of yourself and your family. Sending light to Sweden ✨

I admit that I was lying to myself about not using my time and resources shopping because I was going to thrift stores/garage sales. That is still as you call it dealing with the hungry ghost. It’s just like a bad relationship bungee. You know it is out of balance but don’t give yourself the space to really do the inquiry to get to deep truth. The excavation deep truth is the work that sets us free from unhealthy behaviors. The willingness to sit in silence is not a dark cave, it is a luminous cave once our eyes adjust. ❤️just sharing something I’m working on with my treasure hunting addiction of sorts. Maybe I’m the treasure I’m looking for and not anything out there

@Exploravore

21 күн бұрын

This was beautifully stated and very insightful. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏻🌷

I would love a video where you explain/present all the different one use items you creatively make multipurpose! Just like your robe in one of your last videos! Just an idea 🤗 love your videos , keep on inspiring us 🫡

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

That is a great idea thank you!

Thank you for giving me the reminder that that on the other side of fear is freedom….ive been fearful of letting an item go and released it today. It was great to let it go and felt such relief once I took the leap of faith. It was definitely a test and Your advice was helpful!

@Exploravore

21 күн бұрын

Congratulations!! That is wonderful 🔥💚🔥

Brains,Beauty,Courage and Atman !!🙏

@Exploravore

21 күн бұрын

🙏🏻✨🦋🩵

I remember being shamed one time by a guy in my 20’s for not having a lot of clothes in my closet which spiraled me into spending all my money on clothes when I could have been resting on the weekends from working 50 hours at the hospital instead of shopping.

@Exploravore

21 күн бұрын

Amazing how we can let jerks like that have such impact- I’ve been there too. Glad you transcended this 💙

Minimalism is so appealing and fascinating. The entire video was captivating. I soaked it up like a sponge. It all resonates. I get and it and will work on making my life -my own-. Not what societies idea of it is. Not what corporate america wants it to look like. Rather , what I want it to look like. I am in the process already of doing so, albeit slowly. I have a minimalist wardrobe. Not 'extremely' so, but I do go through and curate it. I sort it twice per year. If it hasn't been worn, I donate it. If something comes up that I truly need, I thrift it whenever possible. So, my foot is in the door, if you will. It feels good to ignore fast fashion and feel that pressure that comes with it. I look for comfort, practicality, fit, and hey if it's cute too that's a bonus! Anyway, I am starting to ramble! I love your videos and your outlook! Keep them coming! They're truly inspiring!

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

You are waking up and escaping the matrix 🙌🏻✨💜

Alicia, another great video. I couldn't agree more with all you said here. As far as the item count, I don't need to see it because I think it becomes a way to judge someone's authenticity as a minimalist. Also, we compare ourselves with others and if they have more things than you it can create guilt in them because they have more things . Well done on the video.

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

Thank you Mark- and I definitely agree with you on that. It can fall into templates and comparison, which is not the message I want to promote, and why I’ve avoided “the count” up until this point. I’ve shown every single item I have down to my dental floss lol so I think that’s enough.. 😄💜

Yesss, I completely agree to all of this. All external!! So consuming. Preach ❤

Hi, I’m inspired by your videos I keep working on having less, it feels peaceful and relaxing

@Exploravore

20 күн бұрын

That is wonderful to hear ✨💛

You are amazing! Keep going as you are! ☀️🩵

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏻🦋

I am so amazed how I agree with everything you share. I’m not totally able at this time to transition to live the same as you… but I think I would if I could. I definitely want to be closer to alignment with these same values! 😊❤

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

No need to be exactly like me- just keep leaning into what feels exactly right for YOU 🌟

Preach Sister. We are the normal one's! The minority are the sane.

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

‼️

If you are starting to get that feeling of boredom, lol try doing diamond art it's so fun, they make different sizes, of all kinds of pictures, the small ones will be perfect for you,, and they make small sticker type ones to stick in your spiral, and cup coaster one too, but try it it's really fun!!

@Exploravore

20 күн бұрын

Art is always a great activity 🩵

@kjaustin1

18 күн бұрын

I love diamond art! It’s my one exception to minimalism

Thank you for giving me something to think about.

Another great video girl! Wanted to say thanks for sharing your journey and continuing to be authentic in your personal wisdoms. There was a light beam in a diamond crystal shard shape that started to form around your torso/heart chakra- almost seems kismet as you are truly speaking from a pure space of passion and originality. Love and hugs always to you my friend :)

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

That is such a beautiful observation- thank you my friend 🙏🏻 Returning the love and hugs 🩷💕

Yes please count your belongings that would be awesome to know! I love your videos, they are so calming and addicting at the same time! I wanna be an extreme minimalist someday and a vegan!!

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

Follow where your heart is leading you ✨💚✨

Alicia, thank you for this informative video. It has given me a lot of encouragement in many ways.❤

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

You are most welcome my friend 🙏🏻🦋

I love this! Thank you!

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

You are most welcome. Glad you enjoyed 💙✨

Great video as always xx😊

Hello Alicia! and thank you for this video which resonates with me. Since I followed you on YT I change day by day, you gave me the trigger to get rid of it... I feel freer! Thanks again !!!!😍😍😍😍

@Exploravore

13 күн бұрын

So glad you are finding your path to freedom ✨🩵✨

Thank you for another great video!

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

You are very welcome 🙏🏻🌷

Thank you again ❤

I agree with you! All true! 😊 I’ve been a minimalist for 8 years now but keep getting more and more inspired from other minimalists doing the same thing. Great video! I still struggle with my wardrobe and putting cute pieces together during the summertime. Maybe you can help? 🙏

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

That’s awesome you are always inspired to grow 🌟 As for summertime- stick to light and easy pieces that are comfortable and in colors that can all be mixed and matched. And don’t be afraid to outfit repeat! No one really ever notices anyway 😉

@RobinPolin

22 күн бұрын

@@Exploravore you are 💯 correct. No one notices. I definitely am an outfit repeater. Happily!😂 Thank you! 😊

Thank you for the inspirational video. I have applied many of the practices you shared to both my personal and professional life. I would love to see a video about how you declutter your concern for other people’s opinions. Additionally, I'm interested in a video where you count the number of things you have-I’m sure it’s an impressively small number. I appreciate the great messages you share. ✨💜✨

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

So glad you are finding some insight here Molly and making positive changes in your life 🌟 I am planning a video talking about the opinions of others 😉💕

A lot of really good points. Thank you for sharing. Item counts definitely aren't the point and we aren't here to compare ourselves to others, BUT it would be interesting to hear what that number looks like.

You are so right! Whats normal? In my world you are the most normal. ❤

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

😏💕

Great video.Thanks 😘🥰

@Exploravore

20 күн бұрын

You are welcome!

Love this ✨🩵✨💯

Thank you for sharing. I got some Fiji Lemongrass Tangerine soap and I love it!!!!

@Exploravore

21 күн бұрын

Awesome!! 😃

I couldn't agree more 💞

Its an inspiration listening to you. 🙏 💖

@Exploravore

5 күн бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏻✨

Oh the overwhelm- I’m in a constant state. Gym 7x a week at 4:30, busy job, working on second degree, always reading a book or two… I love all of these things but I’ve started to notice that I can’t sit still. This is my sign to start carving out a little time to just sit still and not always be attending to something. I love learning about so many things, but I think I have too many inputs.

@Exploravore

21 күн бұрын

Learning and being passionate about what you do is awesome. But yes finding some time here and there for stillness to recharge can do wonders 🩵✨

@extrememinimalism

20 күн бұрын

Reducing to 6 times a week at the gym or if are a woman [can't tell] and have a period, taking a rest during your period would help!

Impressing people you realize you don’t even like even like is a very sick game. Luckily in your 40’s, you really come in to yourself to where you truly don’t care to get validation from people that don’t even matter to your life in a loving way

@Exploravore

21 күн бұрын

Yes amen ✨✨

You have such great insight! I wish you had a podcast, I would totally listen to every episode. I am very sensitive to how people talk and podcasts are often stuffed with jokes and all kinds of special effects etc. I hate it. I bet if you had a podcast, I would listen to it all the time!

@Exploravore

8 күн бұрын

I agree- so many things are over stimulating these days. Often if I want to enjoy KZread content without visual stimulus I’ll just turn my phone over (so I don’t get tempted lol.) 💜

Great video! ❤

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

Thank you 🌸

Just thinking that if I had to compare you to one of the classic board games of my childhood you wouldn’t be chutes and ladders, you’d be twister! All that room you have to play it! Your love of movement! And it’s only 2 pieces!! 😂

@Exploravore

20 күн бұрын

Hahaha good call! Loved twister! 😄

Hello Alicia... happy to hear you..I agree with what you are saying here, and thank you for re-reminding me, about doing nothing.. really appreciate your message....deatra

@Exploravore

16 күн бұрын

Hello my friend Deatra nice to see you here as always. We are all here to help each other 🩵✨

Yes, please do a video about decluttering the opinions of others. That would be very helpful for me. Thank you for your content. It is making a difference in my life.

@Exploravore

9 күн бұрын

So glad you are finding resonance here my friend 🌻 And that video is up! It’s titled “HOW I DECLUTTERED OTHER PEOPLE’S OPINIONS” 💙

I don't own many things. But I see how many things I've posted on a second hand website. There are so many things that I can rid of! Since more than 1 year I am jobless (it was my decision). And I am just enjoying sitting in the garden with my laptop. I don't need anything but my calmness before I find that job which would suit me.

@Exploravore

21 күн бұрын

Yes manifesting from a place of calm is the best thing 💚🌟

Great talk❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏻🌟

Great video 😊

@Exploravore

16 күн бұрын

Thank you 💚💚

Share, share, share 💖🇦🇺

I count them. 216 items as for now. I really want to know how much ultra minimalist has. Liberating to not have excess.

@Exploravore

16 күн бұрын

Nice! Yes it is so freeing..

I love to listen to you, thanks for sharing Alicia / Alisha / Alysia

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏻💛 …and first spelling is correct ;)

@AvantiSeaHawk

22 күн бұрын

@@Exploravore yes indeed, ps I haven't been wearing underpants aaahaha

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

@AvantiSeaHawk hell yes welcome to the anti panty club 😏😏

Hi, can you tell us why you sleep on the floor on a Japanese mattress? And what your experiences are?

@Exploravore

21 күн бұрын

Review vid coming soon ;)

Play your own game ✨️💓

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

ALWAYS 🔥🔥

Do you have a video on how minimalism affects your friendships? Id love to hear how your lifestyle affects your friendships because I noticed a lot of friendships have consumerism as the glue of it. If they want to hang out, spending money is involved.

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

Great topic idea. In a few vids I’ve touched on how my friendships are way deeper than surface things/consumerism, but I’ll see if I can make a video specifically dedicated to this. 💙

Your hair looks nice 😊

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

Thank you 🌷

You are so absolutely right and you have a special gift for expressing your wisdom in clear words to us 🙏🏼 For me, minimalism is normal and all that unnecessary stuff that limits your freedom is abnormal. Let's hope that one day humanity will realize the consumer madness and start living in harmony with nature and mother earth.

@Exploravore

21 күн бұрын

Just keep spreading the light 🙏🏻✨💚

❤

Yes please count your items!

WOW! o Thank you for being a leader! Humans are naturally followers. Thank you again for showing a different way o This hit hard I am existing I am bored😢 o Also malls I think it replaces or stands in for community, the village. o Weirdo!? I also name and talk to my inanimate objects.😂 o Consumming too much- putting too much into a schedule. o My parents went Art Deco until mom and I broke our toes on glass and metal tables! Lol. o Keeping up with the Jones but not your self really loving your stuff and your life instead. Your so right about listening to your voice, The Pull, the recipe. o I am working on my reasons to be fearful - Yes slay your dragons! o And right back to consumerism, just imbibing way too much😮 again thank you for showing a different path!

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

Sounds like some things are really hitting home for you. Taking that first step to recognizing the patterns in your life that need attention, and then committing to making new choices is not always easy and avoided by many. So I applaud you for this 💛🌟

Please teach me the way my stuff stresses me out so much.

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

If you are new to minimizing my video “Top 10 Decluttering Tips from a Minimalist Pro” might help you get started 💜

@DC-ef8op

22 күн бұрын

@@Exploravore I will watch it. I am buying, returning, and selling constantly. So tiring. I have been practicing minimalismish for 7 years but can't take it to the next level of extreme minimalism and stop the cycle of chaos. My mind wants extreme minimalism I just cant get there.

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

@DC-ef8op you can get there. Expressing your intent is the first step. I also have a video titled “How I cured my shopping addiction to become an ultra minimalist” that may help you as well 💛

Especially that I'm healing from hip replacement surgery...

@Exploravore

16 күн бұрын

I hope you continue to heal well 🙏🏻✨

👍😉I have downsized my subscriptions on KZread to yourself and Roaming Wild Rosie 😊,one of your best videos / content

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

Thank my friend Felix. Always nice to see you here 💙🌟

Do you have a Vacum? I know that’s random, but notice you have carpet. I have a roomba and love it bc it is quiet and doesn’t scare the bejeesus out of my cat. It also is my catalyst everyday to do my lil cleaning routine everyday😉

@Exploravore

21 күн бұрын

I don’t have one yet- but will likely (begrudgingly) have to get one lol

@emilybrooks4406

21 күн бұрын

You could probably borrow a friends rumba😉the positive is it’s compact.

@palepoet

19 күн бұрын

@@ExploravoreI just got one of those push vacuums. You know, the ones they have a restaurants sometimes? No electricity, quiet, small and easily stored. I just got one and it cleans my floors SO well and no big vacuum for a tiny apartment.

@Exploravore

18 күн бұрын

@palepoet ooh. This is a good idea. lol thank you 💜

I would also like to know how many items you own. One thing that is helping me tremendously is counting and writing down each item that I’m letting go of. I own 50 years of collections. So this helps me let go more easily. I’m curious to know how many items I had and will have one day. It’s become like a game to me.😂❤😂❤😂❤😂❤

@Exploravore

21 күн бұрын

That’s a cool practice!

How many hours a week do you work bartending? Is it a day job or night? I want to hear about your job. I have 3 jobs right now. I do caretaking, house cleaning and have a job catering too.

@Exploravore

21 күн бұрын

Three is a lot! …I work full time, 40 hours per week. It’s at a restaurant, so luckily no late nights mostly days 🩷

Do you have a full length mirror? I think I might get rid of mine.

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

I do not. My apartment came with mirrored closets, but in other places I just went without.

From one " wierdo" to another, i wouldnt want to be any other way❤

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

Hell yes- me neither. Weirdos unite 🔥💚🔥

Can someone explain what this premiere upload is?😂 I just don’t get it

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

It’s just to show that the video is new ;)

Normal is boring.

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

Agreed 😝

@Jackiex71

21 күн бұрын

My daughter’s first tattoo was „normal people scare me“ from the series „American Horror Stories“. I love it and think it is so true sometimes.

@Exploravore

21 күн бұрын

@Jackiex71 hah love that 💜🔥

Your bracelet almost like a tattoo the way you styled it. I was just talking to my vegan brother about what would people do if they didn’t have tv? My brother said, “live better lives”. Making the choice to not own a tv is an act of rebellion these days

@Exploravore

22 күн бұрын

💯💯 …and I feel like my bracelet is a bit of a tattoo- it feels very much a spiritual part of me, and I can’t commit to a real one anyway 😅

count how many things you own

Thanks for your video Alicia I’m listening in the car!😊🩵

Love this one thank you I’ll be coming back to it a few time to really get it in my head 🫶🏽🫶🏽

@Exploravore

21 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed 💚💚