Finally in my late 50's, I'm learning these things...I could have saved tons of money...and traveled to different places....thank u, I appreciate u and I have learned to minimize, and still working on it to a better me, less cleaning more time and money👍

Be grateful for what you have, who you are. Decluttering really helps calming the mind, feeling free and seeing clearly how life can be so simple and beautiful... less is more and we can be happy right here and right now

I am decluttering unnecessary friendships,thoughts and commitments:)

@meghanlivingstone

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely important to declutter those things too sometimes!

@LilRoxy97

4 жыл бұрын

i did that early this year, i ended up with no friends but one! and emptied my thoughts now i have less to worry about. god life been easier for real

@MadisonDohnt

4 жыл бұрын

unnecessary/negative friendships is a good one!

@bo_norris

4 жыл бұрын

Yessss, same! Life is great!

@quietlivingbySonandCo

4 жыл бұрын

Yes same here!

-save money -have clean,organized house instead of junk -feel peace and harmony -learn to be happy with a little instead of always asking for more

@SolutionsforSimplicity

4 жыл бұрын

Such helpful things to put into practice!

I’ve never considered myself a minimalist but I’m 1000% with you on no clutter. I cannot deal with mess or chaos. I need everything to be neat, tidy and clean in my home to feel calm and not anxious. Great video friend!♥️✨

@AverageAufa

4 жыл бұрын

Holistic Leigh It’s easier and faster to tidy/clean if there’s not much to tidy/clean up. ^_^ Love a neat house!

@meghanlivingstone

4 жыл бұрын

A neat & tidy space makes ALL the difference for sure!

After moving almost every year for about 4 years in a row and just having to pack all of your stuff up it really gives you a good perspective on how much stuff/sh** you have and don't need or even want to pack up anymore.

@MMAJ07

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I had that too. That's when I started to declutter and become somewhat of a minimalist

@bourgeoisbarbie7734

4 жыл бұрын

I learned this after my children brought home bedbugs from public school. YIKES. What a chore that remedy was.

@bo_norris

4 жыл бұрын

Same, but for 3 years & I got fed up after the first time moving. Hahah.

@JN-go2yq

4 жыл бұрын

Me too. Flatmate issues, people selling their homes. Agh, every 2 years for the last 13 years. I have now got a storage locker and no rubbish.

@ElizabethRodriguez-tp3pn

2 жыл бұрын

I have been married for soon to be 10 years. We have not purchased a home so in these 10 years we have moved 5 times. I surprise myself with how much I let go of things everytime I pack! My issue is that I am the issue. I consume too many things and I need to change that. I buy things to give me something to do and just use shopping as a form of entertainment.

Getting rid of fb and IG minimized my mental clutter. I put up less pictures (don’t want to live in the past) but just a couple nice pics. Keep surfaces clear and clean. I just moved and that makes it toooo much easier. I downsized and most of the boxes haven’t even been opened after 4 months since the move. I enjoy this validating video!

@bo_norris

4 жыл бұрын

Same. I only use KZread now. I even decluttered my friends in life. I now only have one. But that's whatever to me. I'm just focusing on me and getting my life together. I just got out of a three year relationship so I'm basically starting from the ground up again. I'll be okay though, I'll be okayyy.

@SolutionsforSimplicity

4 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more that this is so important! Digital clutter is one of the most dangerous because most people don't realize how much time we LOSE to these kinds of things

I learned while decluttering that it's okay to declutter old gifts from friends and family that I don't use anymore. I had so much stuff when I moved out from my parents house. After a while so much stuff was adding up in some places like the attic. Then I looked at my living room where there was nearly no clutter at all and realized that friends who gave me decoration items were in my living room and still I had so much old decorations at the attic, so I decided to declutter that stuff. I talked to my friends about those old decorative items and just told that I decluttered all of that stuff and they said it was the right choice. I was scared they would be dissappointed, but they weren't. Then I realized that it was my own state of mind that hold me back for a very long time.

Totally agree with you on all these benefits! My favorite part is the cleaning I do now is very minimal and takes no time. Keeping my home tidy makes me happy 🙂

I am actually blessed to here this. I am a minimalist, buy I really struglle with my life right now. I am a teacher in Philippines I earn only $6 dollars per day. It is really hard when you are working hard but earining so litlle. even what I eat is a struggle to me. I was reminded to be contented with what i have. Praying that someday somehow I will be more financially stable.

" clearer space is clearer mind"

@quietlivingbySonandCo

4 жыл бұрын

Karen simply adventurous yes and yes!

@karensimplyadventurous7305

4 жыл бұрын

@@quietlivingbySonandCo 👍👍

Thanks Meghan. We started the process of removing any unneeded items in our apartment but still we have a lot. Keep it up for new great videos.

The reduction in waste is definitely something I’ve noticed. Most weeks out wheelie bins are less than half full.

@meghanlivingstone

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, absolutely! It's pretty great.

Another benefit of minimalism: Less belonging losses during fire. My apartment caught on fire about 10 days ago. I kept thinking that things would have been worst if I owned A LOT MORE THINGS.

So 👏true👏 Since I started my minimalism journey, just a few months ago, I’ve become a lot more content and focused on what I DO have. People around me are constantly talking about what they « need » and « don’t have » but I’ve noticed I really have like everything I need. Thanks for pointing that out for me!!

@SolutionsforSimplicity

4 жыл бұрын

That's so wonderful! I experienced the same thing! It's amazing how much things change for the better when we step back to evaluate our priorities and then work to better align our time with those values!

This is such a great topic! Minimalism can be super beneficial for your mental and physical health!

You are so right from the beginning. I have always been a tidy person, but after I had two children close in age my surroundings got ahead of me and I kind of lost it. Or lost myself within 3 extra peoples stuff. It took about 5/6 years of depression and anxiety daily to realize I felt that way around the clutter and clean simple spaces help me to relax. I am now year 3 into downsizing and declutter/purging and I feel so much better. This year has been the most successful yet. I just need to get my family of tiny hoarders on board> LOL

@meghanlivingstone

4 жыл бұрын

Oh man this is great to hear!! Glad you figured out some of the major sources of stress/anxiety for you. And yes - can be tricky when others around you aren't quite as fond of simplifying :P

I just started my journey a couple months ago and that is how I found you. I love minimalism because simplify my life and clear my mind. Thank you, Meghan!

@quietlivingbySonandCo

4 жыл бұрын

Gloria Company - Burke same here Gloria :) 💕

All so true! Thank you for the reminder. I have the back of my vehicle filled with donations and YES it feels so mind-clearing to simplify.

Awesome video thank you. We are about to move into our first owned condo and I want it to never feel overwhelming!

I think you are the best minimalism vlogger. You look simple and there are lots of unnecessary things you don’t own.

I am enjoying my downtime now. Before I was anxious and always looking at the stuff that needed my attention. Now I can truly relax.

Great video! I declutter every season and realize how much I accumulate but I’m getting better at it!

Thank you Meghan, always so inspiring! I would love to ear your history on minimalism!

Thanks for sharing this video! I’m moving from Maryland to California and got rid of about 80% of my stuff. It felt great! Now on on the road to Cali but taking my time. 4 months on the road!

Thank-you! I was searching for recipes for date balls and really liked your recipes by the way. I will be sure to make them. I already bought the dates! Then I noticed the video you posted today is fabulous and right up my alley! You are inspiring.

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?[a] 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.” Jesus said very well about minimalism! Matthew 6

@shantelrscott

4 жыл бұрын

A P omg I recite these bible verses almost daily to people and to myself whenever myself or someone else is feeling anxious or worried

@2legit2Kwit

4 жыл бұрын

A P wonderful

@juliawburn2352

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! What a nice reminder!

@amberp5207

4 жыл бұрын

YES!!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

@priscillajimenez27

4 жыл бұрын

AMEN! 😇

Great video. Your so right about gratitude, when I became a minimalist, it was the biggest perk, I really want for nothing, and what I do have I appreciate all the more...

Informative video. Thank you, Meghan!

@quietlivingbySonandCo

4 жыл бұрын

Fritzie Lee Lachica yes! Indeed!

Thank you! Exactly what I feel right now. #gratitude ❤

been a minimalist for about six or seven years now, love this vid.

Contentment is key. Thanks for the video!

@SolutionsforSimplicity

4 жыл бұрын

Such truth!

Hi Meghan, happy to meet you! Thanks for your great videos! I have recently approached minimalism because my home is also my workplace and I have a lot of work materials that take up a lot of space in all the rooms of the house, not just the laboratory. I feel suffocated and I'm trying to reorganize the spaces. Many things will go in the garbage can! I have a serious problem with the kitchen equipment, I realized that I have toO MANY THINGS that I often use only if I prepare dinners for friends or if our parents come to visit us. Because of the intense work then I do not always wash the dishes immediately after the meal so in a short time the kitchen becomes a mess. I thought of placing the extra crockery and pots we need for when we have guests in a box, and keeping only the bare essentials for my and my husband's meals in the kitchen cabinets, so I will have no more excuses and I will always have to wash the two plates and the few cutlery we use. What do you think about it? I don't feel like throwing everything away (something yes) and getting the guests to eat in compostable disposable dishes. Thanks, dear!

I just started decluttering my home and it feels great to not have to look for 20 minutes for something to wear that fits and matches with other things and looks good and makes me feel good, and all the paper piles are gone that were literally all over the house from junk mail and just stuff we didn't know what to do with, and it is becoming a more relaxing place to be at home and I can actually calm down and meditate and do yoga like I've wanted to for a couple years now, and it's just an amazing and freeing difference.

@SolutionsforSimplicity

4 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! If only everyone would take steps in that direction... :)

Youre video is very calming and inspiring.😊😊😊

I’m currently playing the minimalist game, and I’m coming closer towards being a minimalist. I’ve started to be a more conscious consumer about a yr or two ago but now playing this game I’m really learning to detach and minimize. So I’m started to feel the benefits and I can’t wait to continue reaping those benefits. Also I recently started my channel on sustainability and intentional living ❤️

Love this video 🙏❤🙏

Great video today Meghan, thank you. Would you mind sometime doing a video mentioning your indoor plants? I'd love to know more about them.

@meghanlivingstone

4 жыл бұрын

whatever it takes hey there! I actually do have a couple houseplant videos! Just search “plants” on my channel and you’ll find them :)

We want to hear your story!!! 💚

@karisatotah8407

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

You look so healthy... I love your motivations

I like the way you are a moderate minimalist

@meghanlivingstone

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sarah :) I'm definitely not extreme, that's for sure. xx

Thank you💕

Great video!😊👏🏻😊👌👌👌

I just started a youtube channel, you've been an inspiration to me Meghan!

@meghanlivingstone

4 жыл бұрын

Yay!! That's wonderful Emily :)

I love it. from Brazil 💕🥰

Yes!

i am trying to be minimalist for oct 2019. i will not say i have become minimalist because i have realize when i am stressed and i don't know what to do, i just do shopping! i justified myself that i need this product so much and this will be helpull. yes, decluttering makes me more relaxed but stress full things are all the time arround me

I have 5 children and being a minimalist is SO hard!!! But I am trying, I am keeping the hope!

@SolutionsforSimplicity

4 жыл бұрын

I hear you! I have 3 really little ones and it seems like no matter how much I give away, they always find new stuff from outside. Working to help them learn all about cleaning up, along with the lesson that true joy comes from inside--not in external "things"

My husband and I are just starting to transition to a more minimalist lifestyle. I find in farming its a bit harder because there are somethings outside that we will keep even if we don't need it right away such as fencing and building materials. But I am working at least on the house so I have more time for my fun farm life

You are so cute! I love your voice and how you speak 😃 and your videos are always spot on

Now i got the reason why im feel so stress in my own room😱tooo many stuff

Great video! Living simply really creates space to enjoy the things that truly matter... Also, those plants on your windowsill are so cute!! What are they?

@meghanlivingstone

4 жыл бұрын

Taeryn N hi Taeryn (love your name)! And thank you so much! We have quite a few plants in our apartment. On the windowsill from left to right we have a miniature jade, a leather leaf fern, and a dracaena 🤗🌿

@taerynrosewrites

4 жыл бұрын

Amazing, thank you! I want to become a plant mom 😆

You are so so right. I love all the points you talked about especially that of gratitude. I started simplifying recently and since then, am a happier person and don’t need to buy things to be happy. Thanks for sharing.

@meghanlivingstone

4 жыл бұрын

At Home with Helen this is so wonderful to hear :) I feel the same! Thanks so much for watching 🤗

@TheFrugalWife

4 жыл бұрын

You are welcome

Nice video :)

Nice video

Where is your purse from?? Very cute.

Por favor subtitulado en español para quienes entendemos poco inglés.Gracias

Thank you for this video! It's so easy to forgett what's important in your life. I come from being stress sick, I don't know the english word for it. But I really needed to changed a lot in my life and it really help's being more minimalistic and to simplify my life :)

Minimalism helps me to not he so attached or have things over me or people try to control me with my possessions

Please share your minimalist journey my favorite Canadian KZreadr:):) Abooot:):) love your channel!!

@meghanlivingstone

4 жыл бұрын

Hahah aboot. Will do! I hope to sit down and share that story sometime soon :)

New sub here xx

Incredible video. I'm also adept of minimalism in some aspects of my life as travel. I love to travel with only a backpack for long periods of time. I feel I can enjoy a lot more this way. Also have a video about it my channel. It's exactly how you said, simplify contributes to clear your mind.

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Think I'm a natural minimalist. 😊.

I have a problem I like minimalism but my husband likes to keep buying and accumulate things. He doesn't let organize or throw away things. It really drains me.

@Meinvt

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

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This is exceptional. I encountered something similar, and it was mind-boggling. "The Joy of Less: A Minimalist Living Guide" by Matthew Cove

Subtitle please,

Decluttering: I am feeling so lonely

I look at your video and I don't see much minimalism here. For example why do you need 3 pillows on your bed?

@melaniegodwin8791

4 жыл бұрын

Wow how judgemental. She may be married or needs 3 pillows for her back!

@meghanlivingstone

4 жыл бұрын

We don't necessarily need the pillows, but minimalism also involves having items that you enjoy or make use of. :-) I happen to really like my pillows, especially my blue one; they add value to my life through visual appeal and sometimes we use them as cushions in various ways as we don't have a couch here in our tiny apartment.

U look like Dr.Sara form prison break like even your voice similer to her voice

You are beautiful

I wonder what she uses for her hair . It seems a little dull. No offense

Minimalism is an American thing, the rest of the world lives a very minimalist lifestyle

are your eyes natural?

@lindak990

4 жыл бұрын

Natural what!? Eyes??

I see the benefits of minimalism - less clutter, less material attachment, etc. But honestly I'm so sick of these videos. I feel like most of these minimalism videos glorify an asthetic "perfectionist life" type of attitude that is not realistic. Life is messy, it is not perfect. Your hair and makeup don't have to be perfect, your house doesn't always have to be spotless. You don't always have to be in a chipper mood. Shit, let people be human.

How can you advertise minimalism when you actually advertise things and stuff on your channel for people to buy?

" clearer space is clearer mind"

@quietlivingbySonandCo

4 жыл бұрын

Karen simply adventurous yes 💕💕💕

@karensimplyadventurous7305

4 жыл бұрын

@@quietlivingbySonandCo 👍👍