We retired early 12 years ago because I couldn't bear watching my husband fall asleep from exhaustion every night on the sofa in front of the television. He looked old, washed out and grey. We weren't wealthy but we knew we'd have enough. Nagging him to give it up and move here to Crete was the best thing I ever did. We bought a doer upper in a small village with an outside bathroom and we did it slowly when we had the money. Everyone thought we were bonkers! Now it's all done and I garden, knit and bake and he walks in the olive groves and runs the village football sweep each week. We eat locally grown food, swim in the sea, explore this beautiful, wild island and have a quiet life. You don't need to be wealthy or wear a flowery frock to lead a slow life. You just have to decide what matters.

@nicoeeek.7181

Ай бұрын

Sounds brilliant!! Good on you!

@LauraSnow-in3nx

Ай бұрын

We built a 5 bedroom 3 bathroom 2 living rooms & a 3 car garage. Happy here but in my heart when I read messages like this I think “wow THATS perfect!” Maybe someday we will do the same!!

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

That sounds perfect. May you enjoy it for many years.

@TheBillaro

Ай бұрын

and he looks healthy again i bet. i'm thinking of doing the same but in japan.

@user-ok2dz7xu8c

Ай бұрын

He does indeed! I've never been to Japan but it's on my wishlist list. Just do it. We have no regrets apart from not seeing our daughter and granddaughter often enough. Best of luck!

It's not slow living, its how we always lived until mass consumerism, it is the normal and natural way to live. But people now are always working for the next holiday, the next car etc. Always hoping that the next thing they buy will make them happy. Developing your inner world and living as nature intended is the only path to true contentment.

@primalengland

2 ай бұрын

Funny you should mention the buying happiness thing. In my next video I talk about the difference between pleasure and happiness.

@debbiesittard7653

2 ай бұрын

The way Creator GOD intended man to live and be.

@winterwoodcottage3657

2 ай бұрын

Hello from the USA. I enjoy your videos. Slow living to me is finding peace and joy in everyday mundane tasks. Finding beauty in hanging clean sheets on the line, seeing poetry in clean dishes drying on the countertop, feeling privileged to be able to stop everything to help a child with a challenging math problem. It’s being in the moment with joy. You can have a good attitude no matter where you live.

@primalengland

2 ай бұрын

@@winterwoodcottage3657 It’s such a shame that more people don’t realise that there is so much peace in everyday tasks, and we don’t need all the paraphernalia that only bring fleeting pleasure, and not happiness.

@TheWastedHippies

17 күн бұрын

@robertseddon2512 No truer statement, it's as if you have stolen my thoughts. It's how people are 'programmed', told how to think, feel and live. The fortunate become wise to the fact that this isn't the way it should be...

I would love a cottage in the woods but I’m extremely grateful for our ex council bungalow on a small council estate. The bonus being that it’s near the woods and the song thrush wakes me up every morning. Great video, you have a new subscriber.

@primalengland

2 ай бұрын

Thank you. Much appreciated. 😊

@ingeleonora-denouden6222

Ай бұрын

I am glad (happy) that the song thrush wakes me up too, even here in this ground-floor appartment in a small town in the eastern part of the Netherlands.

Well meaning people are always telling me I need the newest gadget for cooking, or housework, or gardening. They just don't understand that I don't want my life to be "easier" I want to live every minute of it and at 69 years of age, I'm not in any hurry. I want to bake from scratch and garden with bare hands and sweep the floor with a broom. And enjoy the peace and quiet.

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

That sounds perfect. I’m also 69…. Until June.

I simply loved the start of this video - sipping tea, while running through a corn field, while baking cinnamon rolls...😂 awesome, simply awesome 😂

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

😂 If I did that I would probably get locked up.

I have lived the slow life all my life,I always lived the simple life with no money worries if I wanted anything I would save then buy it and not get into debt.

@primalengland

2 ай бұрын

Can’t remember when I last had a credit card. I’m like you. If I need something I save up. Don’t see the problem, it seems to work really well.

Oh my goodness you are singing my song! The slow and simple life allows us to take in all the special and curious and interesting moments of the day- otherwise they just whizz by… along with our precious life. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and most amazing scenery, so lovely 💚 continue to live and thrive young man 🌱🌷🌿

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Young man! You have just made my day. 😊

I’ve only just found your channel on KZread but totally agree with you on this point…a lot of the ‘slow living’ content on KZread is a moneymaking/profit driven exercise because ‘slow living’ is trendy at the moment….often these channels advertise very expensive products that no true ‘slow living’ person would ever buy!

@primalengland

2 ай бұрын

I think you and I are cynics, but I also think we may be right. 😉👍

I think we all NEED the slow living experience. Anxiety and stress everywhere and isnt that because we are not all superhuman?

@primalengland

2 ай бұрын

But the media shows us superhuman beings to aspire to. Beauty, brains, perfect families, perfect jobs. I wonder how many people have actually suffered mentally because they feel they have to meet these standards.

@logothaironsides2942

2 ай бұрын

@@primalengland Many I imagine. TV can be very brainwashing and I think humans naturally compare themsleves to others. Unfortunately TV is manipulated to show the world as it very rarely is in real life.

@oremstale8558

Ай бұрын

@@primalengland Millions, I'm sure...

@SIERRATREES

Ай бұрын

The irony is, if you slow down, your life becomes fuller. I used to have a 24/7 job in finance, running at a million miles an hour. Sure, I could eat at 5 star resaurants and was staying in nice flashy hotels, but , in my new slower life, my horizons and knowledge of life have expanded immensely ; having to time to read and study more, and notice more, including the delicous small moments of life, will do this for you. You can lower your cost base and be more self reliant. Im really just repeating the great wisdom of Primal England.

I watch them all! Some make me giggle with the flowing dresses! 😂but I do enjoy them. I live alone and introverted and I enjoy my own company. I run my own little business just to pay my bills! I also enjoy your no nonsense videos best. Keep them coming 😊

@primalengland

2 ай бұрын

Will you marry me? 😁. You sound like you’ve got your head in just the right place.

My ideal house would have a moat and a drawbridge. Nothing massive, just a small fortress to keep uninvited people at the gates.

@melisand8295

Ай бұрын

Oh I so love that idea! 😊😊

@Chrissyhappy

Ай бұрын

Mine’s a lighthouse….with tides that allow access about once a year. For supply delivery 😂

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

I always used to say I’d like a cottage miles from anyone, a stout gate and a shotgun. 😊

Lock down opened my eyes to how blind I was to living. New subscriber here ❤

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Thank you.

Twenty-five years ago a debilitating chronic illness pushed me kicking and screaming into the slow life. Now, I wouldn't have it any other way. Travelling for the sake of keeping moving and hanging around cool cafes is now the last thing on my wish list. In fact, my current wish list is quite small. Like Diogenes, asking his important visitor to move aside to let in the sun.

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Funny how the expensive things bring pleasure, but the simple things bring happiness. 😊

You’re not despised, you are honest & open about who you are & how you feel.

First timer here really enjoyed your stories and philosophy on life. I retired 3 years ago at 64 after working since I was 15 I am not ruled by a clock and it’s the most wonderful gift I’m not saying life is perfect but it is perfect for me and I am so thankful…

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

You sound a lot like me. I’m 69 and retired at 65. Best thing I ever did. I’m loving life.

This video absolutely thrilled me because it took me back to my childhood. I am a British expat living in Western Australia but I grew up on the Isle of Wight living the Slow lLife in the 50s and 60s. I spent those years roaming the outdoors in the woods and nearby brooks, picking Primroes and Bluebells for my mother and our neighbours - who didn't have daughters. I miss the English countryside so much and hanker for that long-ago life. I have lived the Slow Life - for me it is the simple life - for many years here, and go out into nature to feel the peace and harmony wash over me and fill me, but it is not England. My heart has always been, and will remain, in the English countryside. So grateful for this video.

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Thank you. I have found, from the comments, that there lots of us kindred spirits.

@Onthe9thlife3730

Ай бұрын

I'm a west Aussie but had the extremely lucky fortune to spend nearly two weeks going around the south western region of England in may about a decade ago, it was cold, there was some sun but mostly cloudy and wet. Definitely my preferred weather. Only downside was the birds didn't sound as nice as Aussie birds.

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

@@Onthe9thlife3730 That was probably just the West Country accent. 😉

Hello from a new subscriber in Alaska! Love the tone and tenor of your channel. Like taking a walk with a wise friend. We are approaching 60 with thoughts of doing less and living more.

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

You must maintain that dream. I was forced into retirement by cancer. Thank you cancer. I bet no one ever said that before. 😊

Love that slow natural living I don’t even need the music, sounds of real nature heal me!

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Perfectly said. 😊

I found God 47 yrs ago with no turning back…..never bored,200% fulfilled,200% at peace…wow my God never disappoints.cheers! USA 🇺🇸

"O to be in England, now that April's there..." So nice to see those familiar hills and walls and the little lambs! My dad saw a ghost near the Wrightington fish ponds. He drove for Ribble Busses. It was almost midnight, the last bus. He thought the lady was on her way to the bus stop so he stopped and waited for her. Instead, she walked across the road and through a stone wall! Apparently, other drivers had seen her too. Great video, another nice hat! Now I'm off with the dog to get my own sheep in, but not in a frock! :)

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

I love the area around Wrightington. Some great walks. There was also a really good motorbike importer up there some years ago. I bought one off them. Only problem was they had kph clocks. I’m a sceptic, but I’m not disbelieving your dad. The experience I had was real. I might tell it on here, and encourage others to share their experiences. Could be a fun episode.

Thank you for this video! I am also 70 this year, live in PNW of USA. I agree with you, nature, gardening, crafting and hobbies are what bring me joy. 💕😎

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

I’ve found, from the comments, that there are many out there who share our views. 😊

This guy knew the secret of real living stress free

PS Peace is the end product of a life well lived with enthusiasm, gratitude and freedom to explore and know your Self, the living vibrating energy that dwells within us all and yearns for true connection to Life. 🙏

Walking in the fresh air and nature helps shut out all the noise we are bombarded with everyday. I miss the days when instead of buying cheap products that break, we use to sit down and fix our broken radios. We tinkered with things instead of wasting time listening to all the social media, or quietly listening to the birds without having to fill each moment with noise, talking or constantly busy. I agree with you, simple life gives us way more freedom. Now, what was on your breakfast toast?

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

I remember when I was a kid, there was a shop in town where everyone took their appliances to be fixed. Telly, kettle, iron, you name it.

I once got a bee up inside a flowy skirt and I didn't much like that.

@highlandjournalart654

2 ай бұрын

😂

@primalengland

2 ай бұрын

😂 I bet you could write a limerick about that. There was a young lady in a frock When a bee gave her quite a big shock……..

@RebekahMarnie

2 ай бұрын

​@@primalengland There was a young lady in a frock When a bee gave her quite a big shock... They both buzzed around The young lady frowned And the bee ended up in her sock ! 😊

@primalengland

2 ай бұрын

@@RebekahMarnie Congratulations, you just won the internet. 🎉🎉

@auntylinda7640

2 ай бұрын

​@@RebekahMarnie😂

I remember when the lockdown came here in America. I worked at an essential job. I had people telling me how much they missed out on day to day. I myself lived in a small cabin in the woods off grid. I would tell them that they have a choice. I never lost out on my freedom or ability to do my day to day life. Not cooped up looking out the window or worried about the neighbors breathing on me. I completely retired at 55 and have enjoyed what others say is unattainable for them. I tell them, if you want it, it's up to you to make it happen. God bless

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Absolutely perfect outlook. When you live frugally, you don’t have far to fall. If you live a lavish lifestyle, heaven help you if anything goes wrong.

Love your content, as a man of 38, I really appreciate your wisdom 👍.

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Now, wisdom is not a word used very frequently to describe me, but I’ll take it, and thank you. 😊

IMO It's about how you live in your own skin. Contentment is the aim. Connection to your spirit is a very real bonus❤ Location is immaterial.

@mandyhewitt8030

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely spot on 💚

I live a slow life now that I am retired. At this point of my life, I feel calm and satisfied.

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

It’s sad when people can’t live a calm life in retirement. Everyone has earned it.

Thank you! Finally, someone is saying what I've been saying for ages. The whole slow living thing has actually become a bit of a joke. So perfect. So beautiful. So utterly unobtainable.

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

But it gets you lots of views on KZread. ……. Oh, dear! I’m getting quite cynical. 😊

@thissunchild

Ай бұрын

@@primalengland 😂

You are amazing. There is much I can learn from you.

@primalengland

2 ай бұрын

I’m learning more every day. Every day is a school day, and you’re never too old to learn.

Without realizing it, we become prisoners of our possessions.

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Brilliantly put. I’m stealing that. 😊

Bjorn from Norway said, "You are wonderful to watch. " A Canadian from Ontario here. The joy of not being forced to take the jab for a job. I love my feral cats.

@primalengland

7 күн бұрын

‘Take a jab for a job.’ Is one of the most terrifying sentences I could ever hear. We mustn’t let it happen. ❤️

I often roam barefoot through the moss in the wooded acreage at my off grid, and sometimes in my flowing nightgown 😅 but at 65, I won't put it on you tube 😂 I do love the fantasy content too. Love your accent and your cheekyness (is that a word!) 😉 Just found your channel...new subscriber from Nova Scotia, Canada. Love your content ❤✌ and seeing your beautiful countryside.

I really enjoyed this. I, too, have decades behind me. Thanks for laughs. 👍🇨🇦😎✌

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

My pleasure.

Just here to say I love your messages and you are so right. I had no idea "slow living" was even a thing. Recently discovered the term. And saw that, it's the closest to what I've been doing for a while now. I picked it up as retrospective self-therepy in a way, due to ptsd. And it worked. And I've built a business doing it, selling my art. Though, without cinematics and romanticising in that sense. Enjoying coffee with my cat in old PJs every morning, sculpting in the afternoon and just being. Took a lot of mental and physical work to get to it but I'm here now.

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

I had no idea it was a ‘thing’ either, and, apparently I’ve been doing it for years. I think more people should get the message. Who wants a stressful life!

You're a teacher and philosopher. I also enjoyed looking a your knitted cap!

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

I’m a little bald pensioner drifting happily through old age. 😊

You made me laugh a few times talking about the slow life. It’s pretty and it’s eye candy but it’s usually unrealistic. I watch and enjoy them occasionally as escapism from all the craziness that is going on but I find out they have have a husband who bought the house and there are things that seem impossible for the average single woman. I much prefer to follow a woman who lives in her car. They are usually more real.

@connydm729

2 ай бұрын

I fully agree.!!! 🙂 ...greetings from Belgium 🤗 Conny

@primalengland

2 ай бұрын

They are mostly just escapism. That is absolutely fine, as long as they don’t try to be anything else. I think many of them may believe their own hype.

I'm approaching "retirement" and all I want is a simple life. I'm so tired of the rat race. New subscriber looking to learn how to slow down...love your sense of humor!

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Believe me, if you approach retirement with the right mindset, you will love it. I’m having the best time of my life. Good luck. 👍

Sounds like you're on the path that you should be Sir. I come from the big city of Manchester and i moved to Worcestershire 22 years ago. Ive never looked back. I easied into "slow living" like water offa ducks back. Im definitely where i should be ❤

@primalengland

2 ай бұрын

That sounds fantastic, we’ll done. I’m kind of glad I grew up when I did. There were fewer distractions in the day, and no one bothered what you said or how you dressed or what you thought.

I thoroughly enjoyed today’s walk. 😊. And look forward to hearing more about how you live your life. From one slow-living Boomer to another. 💖💖💖

@primalengland

2 ай бұрын

We boomers need to stick together. 😊

"The finger that points to the moon is not the moon."!

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

But if we find the moon, the finger has served its purpose. 😊

@bb2021

Ай бұрын

@@primalengland yes! Just pointing is not enough. 😃

A similar thing happened in the minimalism movement - it all became about views and making money...

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

But the KZread trend will move on, and these videos will be a thing of the past. It’s all about making money.

Ive just turned 30 so not super young but you gel amazingly with me mate and i love that i found your channel it got me thinking

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

That’s great, and thanks for the comment.

This would make a great TEDx talk.. In particular, people facing retirement .... a lot of them just fall off the cliff into boring mundane existence .. your suggestion of multiple hobbies and interests is excellent..

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Thank you.

Thank you ☺

@primalengland

2 ай бұрын

No, thank you. 😊

Thank you for mirroring my own thoughts.simple living can include a wind up watch and a Citroën 2cv.

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Why would you want more? 😊

Laughed five Times hard in the first 10 seconds, New follower here❤

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Thank you. 😁

What a treat to hear your introductory thoughts - thanks for sharing them! I’m a Gen X’er who has slowly migrated into a minimalism / essentialism lifestyle over the past five years. So I appreciate your wisdom and experiences on whatever label you or I want to use to describe a satisfying, stressless life. Looking forward to the follow ups. Cheers!

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Thanks, Kevin. I seem to be resonating with a younger demographic, which is awesome. We are, after all, the same people. It’s just that some of us have woken up in the morning more often than others. 😊

Hi you speak the truth..I'm living in the middle of our town...but ...We my son..my daughter inlawe and myself..loves our life...with our rescuit animals.....we enjoys the nature around us the moon the sun ..so peaceful ...Thankyou for your videos...greetings from Gauteng South Africa 🇿🇦🙈🙉🙊🐯🐰🐷🐇🐕🐀🐒🐥🐔

This is my second video of yours I've seen (first was on hobbies), and I'm looking forward to seeing more! Your videos have a certain serene yet authentic beauty to them, not just including but being One With the natural world, that is wonderful to watch and inspirational to me!

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much. That is a lovely comment. 😊

Blessed to found found your channel ❤

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Thank you.

I'm just an artist trying to find my bliss regardless of what reality has in store for me.

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

It will probably find you. 😊

@user-ik7rz4gg8u

Ай бұрын

@@primalengland Ha! 😆

Thanks to the wonders of technology that to someone incarnated on spaceship Earth in 1952 KZread appears like a dispenser of miracles rather than algorithms your channel appeared today in my feed. You are mirroring my experiences and reflections exactly !! So uplifting to feel this sort of connection to another mind and to life. I watched first your one on hobbies and it blew me away as that’s exactly how I live. Baby boomers have learnt wisdom through decades of lives lived through adversity and change and still have lots to offer as the wisdom you are expressing demonstrates clearly. Well done for sharing this. I appreciate your wonderful contribution to the collective 🙏💚🧘🏻‍♀️x

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

We’ve shared a few comments, Linda, but this one really hit home. It’s a great feeling knowing that your life resonates with someone else. Thanks for all your comments.

@lindagumbleton6569

Ай бұрын

⁠@@primalenglandthat is precisely what motivated me to comment ! 🙏

I look rubbish in a frock great line

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

But true. 😊

I am glad I came across your video. You are absolutely right about stress and illness. I found that out 14 years ago and have been moving to slow living since. Looking forward to other videos.

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much. 😊

Wow, what you have said is spot on. As much as I love all these beautiful, ephemeral videos of the slow life and cottagecore lifestyle, I've come to my own conclusion that it's a mindset, not something to attain necessarily but things or location. The mental impact alone slow living has due to consuming less, valuing what you have or pursuing what is natural to you is priceless. Unplugging from social media will give anyone time to reset and truly think about what matters to them. I understand the spiritual side to it and for me it's my faith in God and gratitude for all He has made. Just stopping to appreciate nature and hear the music of the birds and wind blowing through the trees is sometimes everything. Not to mention all the natural beauty we see and the beautiful souls we come across just because we're not distracted. I'm glad I came across your channel and i look forward to what else you have to say

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

You just summed it all up perfectly. 😊

@Steph-fr6co

Ай бұрын

@@primalengland 🫶🏽 thank you. Much peace and warmth to you 💚

Loved every minute of your video, not least, I love your accent. My grandparents emigrated England to come to Australia in the late 60’s and whenever I hear a similar accent it makes me want to visit England. Sadly I’ve never been but would love to see where my ancestors lived one day.

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

My mum hates my accent. She was brought up in Bolton and I was brought up in Leigh about 8 miles away. She says my accent is lazy, and she never brought me up like that. I think my mum is a 96 year old snob. 😂

I found your videos just at the right time in life a couple of weeks ago. Thankyou so much as I now feel complete in my slow life, even if no one else around understands, I do. Cheers from Julie in sunny Qld Australia. Peace and love.

I've just found you and i must say that i enjoy your rambling and your wordy rambling too and i whole heartedly agree with your philosophy! I'm looking forward to the next one. I live slowly in the Welsh countryside. I have neighbors, but only a few, but surprisingly they are not like minded people and so i tend to navigate them very carefully!!!

@primalengland

2 ай бұрын

‘Wordy Ramblings’ I’m going to have that on my headstone…. ‘He Was a Wordy Rambler.’ RIP Baldy. 😁

YES!!

I love both the cottagecore videos as well as the ones you make. I’m a young Norwegian girl in her 20s. The lifestyle you promote is in many ways similar to how I grew up in the Norwegian countryside. I’ve lived in South Korea for nearly seven years now, for my education. However, as one of the most competitive countries in the world, I feel that it has taken away much of my enjoyment in life. I’m tired of the digital and the superficial… I find myself longing back to the “slow life” as you call it. Although I still have a few months left before graduating college in Korea, I have started with some small steps… I carry an old mp3, instead of relying on music subscriptions. I leave my phone at home when I can, and bring with me a book instead. I find that not being connected and available all the time can be such a blessing, and I find myself enjoying life again in ways I had nearly forgotten before. This autumn I will be moving to England for my postgraduate studies, and I hope that I will be able to continue a more “disconnected” lifestyle and live my life in a more meaningful manner. Thank you again for your videos. I enjoy them very much, and I look forward to your next upload :)

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Thank you. I have a friend who lives in Ulsan, and visited a couple of years ago. Korea is very modern and geared to tech. I managed to escape to temples and bamboo forests for peace and to meditate. Still, the society was a little too high paced for me.

I really, really like the way you're thinking! Thank you for sharing your take on slow living. I do some of that myself here in Cyprus where I live.

@primalengland

2 ай бұрын

It is only when you talk about these things that you realise, there are a lot of us out there.

Excellent video. We just moved to our little hilltop in the Appalachian foothills. Slowing way way down after 30 years in IT

@primalengland

3 күн бұрын

My envy is monumental. We’ll done you. Have a great, happy, contented peaceful life. 😊👍

Just found you. Love your vibe and agree totally with your view of the world. I shall look up your catalogue of vlogs from now. Thank you.

@primalengland

16 күн бұрын

Thank you so much. 😊

Ha, ha, now algorithm has given you back to me. How wonderful.

Meditation changed my life and my thinking, thank you for your content ❤

@primalengland

2 ай бұрын

It’s such a shame so many people consider meditation a bit hippy and silly. It’s a really important part of my life.

Thank you for another fabulous video. The fact that we live in the same part of the world and I see places I know within them makes me smile. Looking forward to part 2 :)

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

It’s quite nice round here, despite the ‘It’s grim up North.’ Reputation. 😊

I also admire the lovely, dreamy videos that these young girls do. I have often wished I could create one. But it takes hours of prep and editing. Hours that I don't have. I once took nearly 4 hours trying to do a basic 10 minute video. I realized then and there that youtube wouldn't fit my lifestyle. I am already living a slower, hard working, homesteading life. I don't need young girls talking me into it.😅

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Their videos are, indeed, beautiful. There must be a huge amount of work goes into them. I usually take about an hour or two to edit mine, and about the same to record and film b roll. I just wonder what will happen when this trend passes, as they all do. I’m ok, I have my tiny pension that I can survive on and I don’t need a Mercedes. I’m happy with my little Fiat 500.

Subscribed immediately! Smashing film, so glad I stumbled onto your video. Thanks ever so much, thoroughly enjoyed watching and listening to such sense and poetry! 🌺

I absolutely love the idea of slow living 😂, the problem is... To create a nice home, there's a lot of EFFORT needed. I love Beatrix Potter, I even have some stuff of that in my house. Living alone with my youngest daughter, I had to put in a lot of heavy work, feeling like a builder for weeks/months ahead to create, visiting secondhand shops to make it affordable. All nice and done, then you need to look at the next thing; how to make it "slow" or "easy"... I haven't had a TV for years now, but replaced it with the internet, KZread etc. And although I have used it to learn, after a while I just wanted to relax... To read, to knit, whatever... Or maybe just staring at nothing... We are bombarded with the whole world's ups and downs, ins and outs, its madness. We don't need all of that. To find balance is perhaps the hardest thing, and takes time, to wind back and come close to you, yourself.

@primalengland

2 ай бұрын

I don’t have a nice house. I’m nearly 70, and I owned my first house at 20. I’ve owned a few houses, but ultimately lost my house in a divorce, then lost my business to heart attack. I live in a rented terraced house in a working class town. I just have my pension to live on. I have terminal heart failure and am recovering from cancer, and you know what? None of that matters. I can’t be unhappy or stressed. My simple life, hobbies, love of the countryside and the odd gin and tonic means that I can genuinely say that I’m at peace. My kids love me, too….. That’s a nice bonus. You sound like you have pretty much everything you need, and the right attitude. I predict a happy future. ❤️

@nathaliedevatara9763

2 ай бұрын

@primalengland It might sound like I have everything in place, but I have suffered immensely, which resulted in a full-blown stroke. After that, I changed. I recovered pretty much, only to feel myself very quickly exhausted all the time. It's what it is....

@primalengland

2 ай бұрын

@@nathaliedevatara9763 That sounds tough, but, easy for me to say, you sound strong enough to make the most of this one crack we have at life. I always say to people that when I go, I want to look back and think. ‘Yep, that was alright. I’m happy with that.’

Sounds like you’ve lead an interesting life. I agree about the trendy “slow living” movement videos. I find them very relaxing and they are talented videographers. But it looks like so much work and trying to keep up a channel, creating new content each week will probably get stressful. I consider them more storytellers. Like a fairytale.

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

I’ve started wondering if they rent these properties in the countryside, and knock out a few months worth of videos in one go. I’m a bit cynical.

@ashatan4554

Ай бұрын

@@primalengland That’s actually quite possible, I hadn’t thought of that!

Recent subscriber here. Thank you for sharing your thoughts about many subjects.

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Thank you for subscribing.

Well said. I like your hat, and jacket

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Thank you. I’m an old hippy, really. 😊

I've not really worked out what 'slow living' is. It's easy for these pretty lasses in floral dresses within a rural idyll, up to their elbows brewing camomile tea before settling in front of a blazing woodstove. But what they're not doing is felling the coppice wood, or splitting the logs, or wresting the heavy horses out into the plowfields dawn 'til dusk. They've someone working hard to pay for their privilege to float around, or have a cabin on Mummy and Daddy's estate. Show me one who's genuinely bashing her laundry on a rock by the beck, or smashing away with the plunger in a dollytub, sleeves rolled up and sweat dripping off her nose. They're faux, and mistakening the simple living lass, with the squire's wife who had staff to run around at her every whim. All pleasant to look at but a deception for those who aspire to a simple, rural existence.

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

I’ve had this conversation so many times. It is make believe, and one day the KZread trend will move on to the next big thing. I just like to watch a couple of them because they are well produced, like watching fiction. I often wonder whether they rent some of these places and knock out a few months worth of videos. They certainly don’t live in my working class, north England town, where the local shop gets robbed every week and cats are screaming all night.

I don't know that i live a slow life, but I do know that I dislike the consumerism and madness of modern society. I don't watch the slow living videos (incidentally, why does EVERYTHING have to have a label?) I choose my own path and don't give a damn about what people say or think.

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

I think I mentioned in this or another about the label, ‘slow living.’ You’re right. People say they want to live a simple life, then complicate it by spending energy thinking of a name.

I really enjoy your videos. I wish I could meet like-minded people (like you) in my 'real' life. 😊

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

I don’t know many, or any people that think like I do. My mother laughs at it, and says I should be sitting in front of the tv watching baking programmes.

I feel lifted Nigel just watching and listening 👌

@primalengland

2 ай бұрын

I’m absolutely overwhelmed by the love my videos are getting. 8 years of just posting for fun. Still just for fun, but reaching new people is such a privilege.

@lindacleveland1289

2 ай бұрын

I have noticed that you have had a rush of new subscribers, I think you are fulfilling a current need Nigel , an escape from increasingly noisy and upsetting events in the world , you have something relevant to say and you present it in such a way that engages the viewer , I personally feel that what you chat about is what I need at this moment in time . P.s liking the photography regards the countryside very much 👍

@primalengland

2 ай бұрын

@@lindacleveland1289 A rush of subscribers is an understatement, Linda. I don’t know what happened. I’m just being the me I’ve always been. Mind you, I’m not complaining. I’m going to start tuning my videos slightly towards what the comments seem to want. I still want to be the old me, but if I can produce something that people want, then it’s win win. Oh! As I type this, KZread have just told me I can now monetise my account. Not sure about this. Do I now have to wear Calvin Klein underpants?

@lindacleveland1289

2 ай бұрын

Congratulations on the monetisation Nigel and why not every little helps as the saying goes. You must make your mind up about the K.K ‘s 🤣

@primalengland

2 ай бұрын

@@lindacleveland1289 I’ll give the KKs a miss. Apparently they chafe something terrible.

Thanks for posting.

A Great Ethos, Eloquently Put 👍🏻

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Thank you.

Bravo!

Cause you look rubbish in a frock! 😂😂😂😂 You had me right there. Subscribed immediately!

Listening to you was a bit like listening to a "Northern poem" at points. Happy slow living!

Thank you for your posts , they are great !!!!

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Thank you, Tracey. Such a nice comment.

Love it!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much. 😊

Slow living? I just call it living life with less than many, but more happiness than most. It has been my lifestyle for 50 of my 70 years.

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

That’s funny. I have video that I haven’t posted yet, and may not do. In it I mention living this life for 50 of my 70 years…. Snap!

OMG YES ANIMALS AND NATURE ARE REAL LIFE GRAMS GREW UP ON NATURE NO POLITICS NO WAR DAY TO DAY PRAY FOR RAIN AND SUNSHINE. LOVE YOUR COMFY CAP AND MY MOHAIR SWEATER KEEPS ME VERY WARM

Great video, couldn't agree more, can't wait to see you in a dress skipping through those bluebell Woods! 😊

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

😁 Ain’t gonna happen. 😁

Excellent

New subscriber! Adorable dog🥰🐾🙏

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Thank you, and yes she is. 😊

I'm intrigued first viewing of you, I live a simple life 2 up 2 down small victorian terrace, busy town road full of cars and people, I would love to transport it to somewhere more scenic, however I have a tiny greenhouse not overlooked which backs onto a brook and trees its my peaceful place nurturing seeds, and feeling the warmth on my face from the fleeting sun, if I need something I'm a convenient 20 min walk away. Still working you can't live on fresh air it's the daily choices I make mentally that helps me slow it all down I too love those videos and agree they are beautifully produced they give joy and inspiration , you may not look too bad in a dress😊 don't knock it until you've tried it xx

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

How do you know I haven’t tried it? 😉

All the time they must spend editing the drone shots and multiple angles on one activity, phew, seems like hard work and far from slow 😅 but to be honest, I've never known this phenomenon in the 70s onward, we just had to live within our means and make what we could from what we had, it's been vamped up now. For the better in many cases, we did it out of necessity not out of an income source

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

I have a video that I haven’t posted, and may not post. In it I talk about this ‘slow living’ being just living as we all did all those years ago. I think a lot of it means living without technology. My technology was building my own bike out of bits.

Interested to know more about slow living.....its time to wind down now and enjoy life, the simple life suits me just fine.

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Once you live it, you realise what peace really means.

Hahahahaha!! Spot on!!

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Thanks. 😊

I prefer watching and listening to your words of wisdom than seeing the videos that you talk about. Yes - they all promote this wonderful life and it sounds idyllic, but for the most part, it's unrealistic. As I've said before, I'm happy the way I am (okay, I could probably do with improving my personality a bit!!🤣🤣) and wouldn't want to work hard at that peaceful existence.

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

I’ve started getting cynical, Ruth. I think they rent a property in the countryside and bash out a few months worth of videos in one go. I certainly don’t think they walk round Aldi in the flowing dresses.

Love you matey and what your about

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Thanks Tim. 😊

OMG!! YES!! I look like shit in a smock as well. I am 61 living on the high plains of Colorado. Simple does NOT mean it isn’t hard. I work very hard to live out of the system and self-reliant. I am not as big a fan of all the 30 something women in frocks. It comes off as phony.

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

Oh! It’s very phoney. I agree. I just like some of them because they are so well produced. Mine look like they have been put together by a drunk on a bad day. 😊

Not simple, or complicated, slow or fast, large or small. Just call it living.

Hi I am a knitter and I love the hats you are wearing Can you tell me the name of the patterns. The one in this video and the one before. Thank you!

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

To tell you the truth, I couldn’t read a pattern to save my life. I’ve tried but I just get confused. I just watched a couple of videos, then took out a notepad and worked out the number of rows and stitches roughly. I did most of my hats on circular needles, which are a bit weird to start with. I tried socks, but after nearly having a couple of nervous breakdowns I gave up. I knitted my friend an awesome Bob Marley style slouch hat a couple of years ago. I’m going to see if she still has it and wear it in one of my videos.

@meadowsweetfarmfiberartsdesign

Ай бұрын

@@primalengland Ok Thank you so much! They look great on you!!!

👍🏼

@primalengland

Ай бұрын

👍😊