OH one other thing about our country life situation that I forgot to mention… we don’t have cell service where we are! We do have wifi though so that helps out for FaceTimes and WhatsApps back home. I really haven’t found it to be much of a problem unless I want to call a local shop which in that case I just wait until we go to town (where we have coverage) to call.
check your phone and provider, some do a 'voice over wifi' option where having wifi will ensure calls and texts go through like normal. I use it a lot when I am at my friends place who are really really rural and barely get normal phone reception let alone cell reception
I resonate SO MUCH with your response to the “bored” comment. I feel bored being in a city. If I want to do anything fun/entertaining it costs money. Or to “get out of the house” I feel the need to go to a coffee shop or clothing store for entertainment. That’s boring! And not in the budget 😆 Thank you for these videos. So inspiring! Having a goal every day to work on my home and help the land is the dream. Which I can justify spending my money on ha!
As someone close to retirement, living in a city apartment, craving nature and especially silence, you've given me a lot to think about Carrie. Thank you
Hello Friend 👋 How are you doing 😌 I hope this year brings happiness, joy , and peace all over the world, I’m from Seattle Washington and you where are you form if I may ask? I’ve been living in Seattle Washington for 30years now?
Hey Carrie, I'm an older Kiwi guy who you and Alex continue to inspire. This video, to me, was one of your best. From. Your. Heart.💕. If you doubt the impact you have then read the comments that show how valued you are.👍🏻 Thank you for being you.
As a grad student just chugging along in uni, your videos give me so much inspiration. Inspired by you and Alex, I bought a State parks pass this year and am trying my best to surround myself in nature whenever I can while finishing up my degree. Going on a road trip to three parks this week!! Thinking of yall and wishing you all the best!
Hello 👋 I hope you’re safe over there? I hope this years brings happiness, love 💕 and prosperity all over the world 🌎🕊🕊 I’m Gillard from Louisville Kentucky, and you where are you from if I may ask?
God bless you both,,, more time to live your life and be in the moment. The surroundings are sooo spectacular and yes we are awesome people in NZ. Nga mihi.
Love your passion 💜 I have been homesteading for 10 years now on 10 acres and it is so fulfilling and rewarding, but also the hardest job I have every had!! The lists are long , the pocket book thin, but the joy is real and the sense of accomplishment at the end of the day is real. I hope you keep inspiring humans to come back to a simple 🌱life. 🌷
Carrie, I’ve felt so connected to your content as of lately because my husband and I have made a similar move - not across the world, but across the country. Rural life in comparison to city life is SO different and I’ve loved watching you come into your own through this process. My family were also farmers and gardeners many generations back; I think there’s definitely a reason why we feel so connected to the land in this way! Love watching you, Alex, and your sweet pets 🐕 🐑 🦆 ❤️
I almost cried listening to you and watching this video, because I feel this connection to nature for years as well. I'm a city girl, 30 years in a capital European city and i cannot wait to live close with nature one day 🌿💚
My husband and I are going from apartment living in the city to renting a house rurally and my brother in law said “why would you live rurally? There’s nothing to do!” We just laughed and said “compared to our tiny apartment, there’s more to do now then there ever has been!” I deeply relate to this video and feeling trapped in the city. I am so glad that there are people that feel the way we do about rural life. Thanks for sharing your journey :)
That last scene of Lanka basking in the sun and taking in his surroundings with Woolson next to him says it all! 💗💗💗 Your passion is contagious Carrie! I also am from LA but have Always loved nature so so much. It is so true~ we are part of nature. You are inspiring me so much through sharing this life in tandem with nature that you are creating! 😍 Thank you for sharing your journey!
We moved to NZ 14 years ago, but had to make compromises in terms of location. We are now getting ready to follow in your footsteps and head on out of town!
Thank you so much for this video 😊 This really resonated with me because I also have that same yearning for the country side, and having been stuck in Auckland city for the past however long now has been really challenging. I am living for your videos every week because they are a moment of calm in this crazy world ❤️
I am increasingly enjoying and being so drawn to your content, Carrie.. Each video where you share more of your journey and the absolute beauty that is New Zealand is inspirational and breathtaking! This was the perfect piece of the very beauty that I needed to start the new week and my birthday!! 🙌🏼💛
Carrie, you are an inspiration! Thank you for showing us how amazing life can become just outside of our comfort zone. You are changing lives without even realizing it. ❤️
Having just returned from 10 weeks staying in the middle of Auckland, I totally agree that rural living is so much better for my mental and physical health. The constant stress headaches I had whilst up there have totally disappeared. And I don’t miss being woken up at 4am by helicopters overhead!
Huge learnings for sure! Nothing will teach you to be sustainable faster than having to deal with your own trash, live off a fixed water supply, and make do with what's available instead of buying cheap conveniences. Congrats!
Hello 👋 I hope you’re safe over there? I hope this years brings happiness, love 💕 and prosperity all over the world 🌎🕊🕊 I’m Gillard from Louisville Kentucky, and you where are you from if I may ask?
what i found intersting about your property is you are on rainwater collection for your water i heard about it but didnt realise some propertys are still on that system as our semi rural property has our own well water with a pump do you guys have a septic tank we have one and today we got ours cleaned out as we dont know when it was last done im still getting use to everything that comes with rural property but like you i am loving the open spaces the bird life and quiet area we are about 7 mins from town here thanks for sharing loving yours and Alex videos and homestead journey :)
I'm just now getting back into your channel because I have been loving how you have chosen to live your life and live with a broader connection to the land. It makes my Indigenous heart happy. I'd love a video of the actual switch to SOLAR power when you and your husband get the funds and can do it. I just got a tiny house on the land in which i grew up and we're connecting electricity now but eventually though, when I have the funds as well, I want to make that switch to solar. Love the rural living videos! Been binging and catching up on all that I missed!
Oh I love this so much ! You took all the words out my mouth ! We’re making the move trying to find where we want to spend the rest of our lives . But the calling I can’t not listen . I need nature 🥰
Carrie I love this style of video thank you for doing this ♥️ it reminds me of your podcast and I just love getting this face to face time with you. So proud of you for taking the leap of faith to do something you’ve always been called to do. You guys both look so happy and the content is genuine and wholesome and all the things this world needs ♥️♥️
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Really enjoyed this video. I remember being like you, living with my (now ex) husband on some land having grown up a city girl, and it was never boring, always so much happening. Unfortunately my life ended up like a game of Snakes and Ladders and I hit the big snake to the bottom but you inspire me to visualise that I can get back there with my son. Thanks Carrie, I will allow myself to dare to dream again. X
Morena Carrie, nice to see you guys are happy settling in in your new surroundings. And thank you for the kind words about our little country and our people at the start of this video
Great. You actually used to live down the street from me - ha ha. I know what you mean. I moved to Western Austria (my husband is from here) and it's been a big shift too but I'm still rather suburban. I would love to go completely rural. I really love your videos. They are a complete mental break for me. I do travel quite a bit back and forth to see family back home but it's always a huge shock for me when I go back. I love the conveniences but I don't see myself ever living like that again. Thanks for all your videos. I really do enjoy them so much. xoxo
it doesnt matter how somebody is or how experienced they are at something....."you can never stop learning". As you know your having to figuren things out for yourself...can be hard sometimes but mentally so rewarding......by the way so green where you are...looks like heaven...rolling green hills...a pond..ducks...and a lamb and a dog just chilling on the deck hahaha only in NZ Lol
I just made a similar move with my husband - moved from San Francisco to upstate NY along the Hudson River & I couldn't agree more or feel more aligned with this video! It's so cool to watch your journey... it feels like it's mirroring my own!
I just moved from Phuket, Thailand to live my fiance and all I can say is it's so beautiful here in upstate newyork. We live in Cambridge. Where around are you settled?
Me four! My husband and I (plus our two dogs) also exchanged our city home near Boston to a sweet little homestead in Midcoast Maine. I totally agree that living in nature has been so much more fulfilling. It's been absolutely wonderful watching Carrie and Alex's journey and so excited for them to experience their first growing season in their beautiful homestead!
I'm only half way through but I LOVE how honest this video feels. Sometimes I feel like videos are too polished, too manufactured/scripted = too good to be true = not real (even when they are vlog style) - even though I realise that they are in act honest (probably) and must have been a heap of work to produce! I hope you know what I mean! I also completely understand everything you said. I spent the first 46 years of my life not 5 minutes walk from a supermarket. We moved to "rural" Nth Canterbury 8 months ago and can not believe that we ever lived any other way - I say "rural" because we are on 10 acres surrounded by farmland but have cell coverage, fibre internet and are only 11 mins (14kms) drive from a supermarket :)
That place looks so beautiful in spring! and just a random thought, when you were describing life in L A and how you have every convenience at your fingertips, I thought It's no wonder you were bored! then I thought , this reminds me of the Wall - E movie and those corpulent passengers of the mothership Axiom, haha
Maybe you are living in an area of NZ called the Manawatu and a town called Dannevirke, settled by Danes back in the day... most famous of them is Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen who went on to become the Premier of Queensland, Australia. Good to hear you are staying with electric but if you haven't already done it get a small cartridge gas camp stove for emergencies. hmmm, forgot you have the caravan. Good luck, loving your journey.
I love watching your videos. I would love to live your lifestyle. I’m in my fifties, so it’s a little late for me to start a new life, but I get so much inspiration from watching you.
I love your life right now looks so amazing an very relaxing wish to have a peaceful life with some cus living with my family is getting so annoying an so much drama just can't wait to have my own place very soon
I think what you’re talking about is cultural differences. It’s crazy how Americans buy things and how convenient it is to get it. For example Christmas decorations Halloween decorations every party is a theme. Buying close to technology buy buy buy…. But Kiwis tend to reuse or make do. There is a difference between country Kiwis and urban Kiwis but most urban backyards have fruit trees animals and veggie gardens on a smaller scale. That’s why I’m thinking this is more cultural difference.
Hi Carrie, I’m a rural living kiwi and what you said in this video resonates with me. I couldn’t think of a better place to be than in the country with nature at my backdoor. I’ve enjoyed watching your journey thank you for sharing your experience and thoughts. Do you preserve what you grow for winter months and if so it would be great to hear some tips from you on this as I’ve started drying and preserving extra food for the winter months.
I love this! And I too have always felt drawn to country living. When visiting the country I always felt the most at peace and I really want to live this life, and I want to live simply. Your homestead and land is beautiful.
Thanks for sharing your story Carrie and giving us a glimpse as to why you chose to live in New Zealand! Your reasons are so heartwarming knowing how you want to help make the planet a better place. Thank you for your videos and for being an inspiration! I really enjoy watching you learning to be a homesteader!
Hello 👋 I hope you’re safe over there? I hope this years brings happiness, love 💕 and prosperity all over the world 🌎🕊🕊 I’m Gillard from Louisville Kentucky, and you where are you from if I may ask?
My Gosh Carrie... I hate you guys... I am really jealous of you guys... I always wanted to live in a place like that with greenery all around me with some animals running around... gosh you made me remember my grandpa and granny's house which was like that and I used to go there every year in summer and winter holidays... go out on trekking, sleep under the sky at night, steal some mangoes from my neighbour's tree... gosh miss those days :(
I am SO excited for you. Your light is shining through so bright when you talk about creating this beautiful life. Thank you for taking us on your journey, Carrie 💚
I live in a rural township....so still in the subarb but surround by farms in South Auckland. I really relate to your story. We own our own home, but the end goal is to have more land. I grew up on a lifestyle block, with lamsb and chickens and cows and I miss it.
I am new to your videos ( in the last few months) I am loving your life on the land. I get so much joy watching the homestead changes and how nature is rewarding your nurturing vibes with the animals now choosing to stay with you. ( yep, I think the Duckie has decided he wants to be In your light!) . Loving Wilson and the new Duckie. I can’t wait for the next videos!
Hello 👋 I hope you’re safe over there? I hope this years brings happiness, love 💕 and prosperity all over the world 🌎🕊🕊 I’m Gillard from Louisville Kentucky, and you where are you from if I may ask?
I started looking into the research when I noticed that I was getting agitated from noise and overstimulation (live in a city, in a very noisy area). I can practically feel my blood pressure drop when I leave the city. I may be more sensitive than others, but it makes sense that it affects us all on some level. We're part of nature, as you say. Viewing nature as something separate from us--a resource to simply be used up--has led to our current environmental crisis. The life you and Alex are building for yourselves is an inspiration, and it's fun to watch you take it on.
I really love this video, but It also makes me really sad. I want all of the things you've mentioned (spend my day in nature, tending a garden, living off the grid), but I've realized more and more that it's not realistic. Carrie you are so fortunate to be able to be an influencer and work remote. Sadly for the rest of us, that's just not always realistic:( Making money for most people means a 9-5 job in a city. It just sucks.
My husband and I are so blessed to have left the rural tiny house isolation and limitations. We have found what works for us and focusing on God. We are so grateful to have left the rural countryside and its stresses behind and the Lord has blessed us to do so.
Thanks Carrie, I really liked your video! It had a lot of deep thoughts that we don't really talk about... or definitely people in the city don't. I grew up on an acreage and am thinking of moving my family out of the city. It was good to hear how you and Alex made the transition :)
A lot of people now prefer living in rural than in cities. It is less stressful in rural. We will surely share this video with our customers for them to get awesome ideas from you. Thanks for this video! 😊
Such a lovely video, I know I’m meant to live in the countryside amongst nature and animals. Just not at a point in my life where I can at the moment, so I make the most of the opportunities I have to immerse myself in nature. Taking the dog for walks to new places, having picnics in reserves, weekends away in national parks. And most recently getting a plot at a community garden, which has been immensely rewarding so far. Thank you for continuing to inspire me and so many others ❤️
Carrie, I love these videos!! They really make me feel calm and relaxed when watching. I'm full time working plus working on my graduate diploma and I like to use your videos as study breaks. I don't know if I could live your lifestyle but I love living vicariously through you! Don't stop vlogging, esp the nature shots!
Rural, as in Rural Delivery or RD. Do you have an RD route number? I remember as a child, being so jealous of those kids whose home addresses included RD2 or RD4. I used to want one as well. But I just had a plain old boring street address. You have some gorgeous views in this video!!! And I just have to mention that last scene of Lanka and Woolsen on the patio. That is just so Adorable. As to peace and quiet, while I currently do live in the downtown area of a large metropolis, I get my peace and quiet (aka "me time") when I am here at my desk, and my family are sleeping. I am definitely not in any hurry to restart the old stressful life. I want us all to take things slow and maybe stop and smell the roses a lot more than we used to do.
This is my dream living closer to nature .. husband and I made a move to a home with more land in the city for same reasons trying to feel closer to nature .. hope one day live somewhere outside the city
I absolutely adore this. I can remember even as a kid I would always say “I just want to go home” even when I was “home”…but home is where you truly feel at peace and comfort. The disconnect and rat race that our USA society has become has caused so many mental health issues and I can see it’s affect even on young children. I’ve been so drawn to New Zealand for its amazing nature and it’s kinder society. (I can’t tell you how many time living in NY I have people say to me “you’re too nice”. Wouldn’t it be nice to live somewhere where I was a norm not an anomaly.) I know the housing prices are crazy but is the overall expenses more there? Do you find it easier to live there in general?
hi carrie love your video , your honesty love it, for the reasons to live the simple life here in nz . love both yours and alex video that you both share . watching them i can see you both fit in here ,i love the way you both work as a team awesome ! alex has a go at fixing things ,like he say no body else is going to do it unless , calling somebody else . you both look stress free and now just watching your home come too together its awesome thanku for sharing that so have a good weekend🍏🍑🍒🌽🍉🥝
So proud of you Carrie and Alex. You’ve built something so nourishing for you two as well as given us the opportunity to experience it through video. If even seeing and hearing through your videos it makes my day completely more relaxed. Woolson is so stinking cute and lanka is completely in bliss with the life you’ve provided for him.
Love love what you said about living in the country vs the city. It’s so true (for me as well) feeling trapped in cities and even small towns. There is nothing really to do there and it’s just not desirable. Freedom is found in the country side. I completely agree with what you said. Keep it up girl! Love your videos💗
I am so grateful to have found your videos before you started this journey. I feel so comforted that there is someone out there who feels the way I do. I have given up forcing myself into a fancy career that I don’t want, I’ve given up forcing myself to feel like I have to enjoy things I don’t. I’m starting to grow my own cut flower business, I may even move back to Australia where I’m from because I feel so called to go home and have been fighting that feeling. Thank you I hope you know how much positivity comes from sharing your life with us!
I hope you go home. I think NOW is the time to settle amongst chosen friends and family nestle and be as self sufficient as possible. Please consider this.
Seek the Lord (J e s u s) today while He may be found. Tomorrow might be too late. Repent of your sins and trust only in Him. Read your bible (not the mormons/jehovahs witness') daily. Ask Elohim to reveal Himself to you. Test all spirits (1 John 4:1-6). Pray without ceasing. Everything will come to an end. Dont fear and dont go for the 6/6/6. God will provide for you. Choose life, not eternity in Hell. Be aware of the music u listen to. Stop Watch mainstream tv and listen with discernment. Repent of your idolatry. The voices you hear, the thing you see in the mirror are demons, pray for delivrance, go and find a biblical church! Yoga will mess you up. You're inviting d3mons into your life, your home. Your kids will continue to have nightmares and be anxious. Muslims, عيسى ابن مريم is Lord and He'll not come to kill christians, He'll come to judge all who didnt accept Him as Lord and Saviour. Stop fearing your family, they'll know you're a christian so what? If you lose your earthly life, you'll gain eternal life with Elohim. The Christian life isnt about your 'best life now' and 'I deserve good', you're no good! You're a sinner just like I am. Kneel down to Yeshua only. Dont fear, dont worry. Some 'christians' are wolves. Dont focus on speaking in tongues, everyone has their own spiritual gift. Devil worshippers also 'speak' in tongues. If there's none to translate the speaking in tongues, then be quiet! 1 Corinthians 14:19. Wives submit to your husband, husband love your wife as God loves His people. Even if they dont 'deserve' it. Even if they are not born again christians. Be born again if you want to enter Gods kingdom. Stop watching porn. Stop listening to evil music, stop listening to murder stories, stop contemplating suicide, stop using drugs. stop having s*x outside of mariage, stop masturbating. Stop visualizing and manifesting, stop using cards and sorcery. Galatians 5:19-21. If the christians/pastor you hang out with talk about being wealth and health as gifts for all christians: run, fast! Christian life is not la vie en rose, it is hard! It's to take up your cross and follow Yeshua. It's die to self all day err day (your life lived as a living sacrifice for the Lord). But you'll be rewarded at the end. People will hate you because of your faith. They'll even wanna kill ya. Read Matthew 10: Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Love your enemies, I know it's hard, still do good to them. Dont put your health in danger because of FOMO, many pand emics will come. Fear not --trust in the Lord!Pray for discernment. Stop (sexual) immorality. Teens and kiddos, dont think G-d will not judge you, He will! All people who'll not repent of their sins will burn in hell forever. White lies are lies. Abortion is murder. Dressing up as a woman when you're a man is a sin. Man + man is sin. Hate sin. Love Elohim with all your mind, heart, soul, strength. Glorify Him alone. He loves you that's why he sent his one and only son to die for you so that you would not have to go to hell because of your sins. God is a holy God and hates sin. He'll help you overcome your sins if you just let Him lead you. Seek Christians for fellowship. Read your bible like the living Word of God. Out of the matrix. Love of money if the root to all evil. Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Pray always. People will forsake you, family too. Dont mind to much. Love on them. Show love to your ennemies. God may deliver them. Make sure your name is written in the book of life. Eternity is long, endless. U dont want to be burning in Hell. 'For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.' The Lord is knocking on your heart, time is running out, will you answer Him? Tic tac tic tac tic..
Love this song very powerful indeed ❤️🥹🥹🥹 There's only one who is worthy Who overcomes, who will never fail Light of the world, everlasting Jesus, You are Lord of all……….😭
I also live in a rural place and I had the same reasons as you. It was a scary decision to leave most of my friends and family to the city. But I have never been happier as I am now although I have ten times more things/work to do all the time. :)
I feel you completely! I'm also constantly looking for a way out of the city. Hopefully, with more and more people working remotely, we will be able to return to the villages and smaller towns.
So well said. I am from Los Angeles and when a fire burnt down our house, we moved to the forest, near Ave of the Giants. I always wanted to be self sufficient, because as a single mom, with autistic twins, we had to struggle to survive. Miracle Run is a movie made about our life. So we bought 13 acres of land and I am growing many veggies, have an endless supply of water, and though we have electricity, in a moments notice I can live the same way as without it.
When young people grave excitement, but realize that city life is fake,..the noice , traffic,rushing around,.bright lights,.competitiveness, too many people, later in life its better to come back to nature.
Hello,,,,Carrie.How are you?,,,,,your video so much inspired to me, because I am also nature lover person,best of luck,,I will try in future to live with nature, please pray for me
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OH one other thing about our country life situation that I forgot to mention… we don’t have cell service where we are! We do have wifi though so that helps out for FaceTimes and WhatsApps back home.
I really haven’t found it to be much of a problem unless I want to call a local shop which in that case I just wait until we go to town (where we have coverage) to call.
Hi Carrie! What about emergency situations, do you have a way of calling for help?
check your phone and provider, some do a 'voice over wifi' option where having wifi will ensure calls and texts go through like normal. I use it a lot when I am at my friends place who are really really rural and barely get normal phone reception let alone cell reception
IPhone have a wife calling setting that might be helpful.
Yes that’s true
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I resonate SO MUCH with your response to the “bored” comment. I feel bored being in a city. If I want to do anything fun/entertaining it costs money. Or to “get out of the house” I feel the need to go to a coffee shop or clothing store for entertainment. That’s boring! And not in the budget 😆 Thank you for these videos. So inspiring! Having a goal every day to work on my home and help the land is the dream. Which I can justify spending my money on ha!
Love this comment. I feel exactly the same. 💚
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This is my literal dreeeeaaammmmm living for your vlogs lately Carrie!
Same! 🤗
As someone close to retirement, living in a city apartment, craving nature and especially silence, you've given me a lot to think about Carrie. Thank you
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I think we should retire to the country and get back to our simple roots.
Hello Friend 👋 How are you doing 😌 I hope this year brings happiness, joy , and peace all over the world, I’m from Seattle Washington and you where are you form if I may ask? I’ve been living in Seattle Washington for 30years now?
Hey Carrie, I'm an older Kiwi guy who you and Alex continue to inspire. This video, to me, was one of your best. From. Your. Heart.💕. If you doubt the impact you have then read the comments that show how valued you are.👍🏻 Thank you for being you.
Don't worry Carrie; you're not preachy - we came here all on our own :-). I enjoyed learning about how you two are making it all happen. Cheers
As a grad student just chugging along in uni, your videos give me so much inspiration. Inspired by you and Alex, I bought a State parks pass this year and am trying my best to surround myself in nature whenever I can while finishing up my degree. Going on a road trip to three parks this week!! Thinking of yall and wishing you all the best!
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Hello 👋 I hope you’re safe over there? I hope this years brings happiness, love 💕 and prosperity all over the world 🌎🕊🕊
I’m Gillard from Louisville Kentucky, and you where are you from if I may ask?
God bless you both,,, more time to live your life and be in the moment. The surroundings are sooo spectacular and yes we are awesome people in NZ. Nga mihi.
Love your passion 💜 I have been homesteading for 10 years now on 10 acres and it is so fulfilling and rewarding, but also the hardest job I have every had!! The lists are long , the pocket book thin, but the joy is real and the sense of accomplishment at the end of the day is real. I hope you keep inspiring humans to come back to a simple 🌱life. 🌷
Carrie, I’ve felt so connected to your content as of lately because my husband and I have made a similar move - not across the world, but across the country. Rural life in comparison to city life is SO different and I’ve loved watching you come into your own through this process. My family were also farmers and gardeners many generations back; I think there’s definitely a reason why we feel so connected to the land in this way! Love watching you, Alex, and your sweet pets 🐕 🐑 🦆 ❤️
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I almost cried listening to you and watching this video, because I feel this connection to nature for years as well. I'm a city girl, 30 years in a capital European city and i cannot wait to live close with nature one day 🌿💚
My husband and I are going from apartment living in the city to renting a house rurally and my brother in law said “why would you live rurally? There’s nothing to do!” We just laughed and said “compared to our tiny apartment, there’s more to do now then there ever has been!”
I deeply relate to this video and feeling trapped in the city. I am so glad that there are people that feel the way we do about rural life. Thanks for sharing your journey :)
Glad you’re enjoying living in New Zealand and in the rural lifestyle of New Zealand!
That last scene of Lanka basking in the sun and taking in his surroundings with Woolson next to him says it all! 💗💗💗 Your passion is contagious Carrie! I also am from LA but have Always loved nature so so much. It is so true~ we are part of nature. You are inspiring me so much through sharing this life in tandem with nature that you are creating! 😍 Thank you for sharing your journey!
We moved to NZ 14 years ago, but had to make compromises in terms of location. We are now getting ready to follow in your footsteps and head on out of town!
I've just found my new favourite channel, thank you!
Thank you so much for this video 😊 This really resonated with me because I also have that same yearning for the country side, and having been stuck in Auckland city for the past however long now has been really challenging. I am living for your videos every week because they are a moment of calm in this crazy world ❤️
I am increasingly enjoying and being so drawn to your content, Carrie.. Each video where you share more of your journey and the absolute beauty that is New Zealand is inspirational and breathtaking! This was the perfect piece of the very beauty that I needed to start the new week and my birthday!! 🙌🏼💛
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Carrie, you are an inspiration! Thank you for showing us how amazing life can become just outside of our comfort zone. You are changing lives without even realizing it. ❤️
Having just returned from 10 weeks staying in the middle of Auckland, I totally agree that rural living is so much better for my mental and physical health. The constant stress headaches I had whilst up there have totally disappeared. And I don’t miss being woken up at 4am by helicopters overhead!
Huge learnings for sure! Nothing will teach you to be sustainable faster than having to deal with your own trash, live off a fixed water supply, and make do with what's available instead of buying cheap conveniences. Congrats!
Recently these videos have been my space to relax & just imagine how beautiful life could be ♥️ this lifestyle is just so beautiful & peaceful to me!
exactly the same for me her channel is such a calm space of inspiration. :)
All looks perfect....how Rewarding.
Keep up the good work , you guys are so awesome, love seeing your progress and love the life you have chosen for yourselves,
Hello 👋 I hope you’re safe over there? I hope this years brings happiness, love 💕 and prosperity all over the world 🌎🕊🕊
I’m Gillard from Louisville Kentucky, and you where are you from if I may ask?
You’re living the dream! I’d love to have property like this and a lil baby lamb one day ❤️
Beautiful countryside and so so green around😆 Animals are precious!
what i found intersting about your property is you are on rainwater collection for your water i heard about it but didnt realise some propertys are still on that system as our semi rural property has our own well water with a pump do you guys have a septic tank we have one and today we got ours cleaned out as we dont know when it was last done im still getting use to everything that comes with rural property but like you i am loving the open spaces the bird life and quiet area we are about 7 mins from town here thanks for sharing loving yours and Alex videos and homestead journey :)
Say whaaaat????? Norwegian 💖 how fun 😃 I live in Norway 🥰 wasn't born here but have lived here since I was 1. Can't remember anything BUT Norway.
I'm just now getting back into your channel because I have been loving how you have chosen to live your life and live with a broader connection to the land. It makes my Indigenous heart happy. I'd love a video of the actual switch to SOLAR power when you and your husband get the funds and can do it. I just got a tiny house on the land in which i grew up and we're connecting electricity now but eventually though, when I have the funds as well, I want to make that switch to solar. Love the rural living videos! Been binging and catching up on all that I missed!
Impressive that you’ve scheduled time to go to the dump yard
Oh I love this so much ! You took all the words out my mouth ! We’re making the move trying to find where we want to spend the rest of our lives . But the calling I can’t not listen . I need nature 🥰
I am also raised in Nevada! I feel the same exact way about the “calling” I’m here in the city and don’t know financially how to get out of here
Do you miss your family and friends with such a huge change? You are a huge inspiration to me :) i am dreaming of a rural lifestyle
Of course I do. They are all looking forward to visiting and I will be going back to see everyone when I can.
Rewatched the Ojai, CA video you made and you were thrilled about the goat and now you have a lamb to love and take care of. Full circle moment.
Hi Carrie, nice video, thanks for sharing. I'm not exactly new to your channel, just haven't followed as much.
Well thanks for coming back and watching. 💕 Hope you stick around. 🥰
Carrie I love this style of video thank you for doing this ♥️ it reminds me of your podcast and I just love getting this face to face time with you. So proud of you for taking the leap of faith to do something you’ve always been called to do. You guys both look so happy and the content is genuine and wholesome and all the things this world needs ♥️♥️
Investing in crypto now should be in every wise individuals list. In some months time you'll be ecstatic with the decision you made today.
Due to the fall in the stock market, I don't think it's advisable holding, it would be more beneficial and yield more profit if you actually trade on crypto currency I've been trading since the dip, and I've made so much profit trading
The reality of the rich and the poor is this: the rich invest their money and spend what is left. The poor spend their money and invest what is left
How does this whole process works, I'm interested in investing but still confused by the fluctuations in price
@@theresarose2473 that's why you need the help of a professional who trade and understand the market more to earn good income, these professionals understand the market like it's there own farm and make s maximum profit for investors.
I heard that his strategies are really good.
Really enjoyed this video. I remember being like you, living with my (now ex) husband on some land having grown up a city girl, and it was never boring, always so much happening. Unfortunately my life ended up like a game of Snakes and Ladders and I hit the big snake to the bottom but you inspire me to visualise that I can get back there with my son. Thanks Carrie, I will allow myself to dare to dream again. X
I am so excited for you, Carrie. Love your video! Thank you for sharing!
Morena Carrie, nice to see you guys are happy settling in in your new surroundings. And thank you for the kind words about our little country and our people at the start of this video
Great. You actually used to live down the street from me - ha ha. I know what you mean. I moved to Western Austria (my husband is from here) and it's been a big shift too but I'm still rather suburban. I would love to go completely rural. I really love your videos. They are a complete mental break for me. I do travel quite a bit back and forth to see family back home but it's always a huge shock for me when I go back. I love the conveniences but I don't see myself ever living like that again. Thanks for all your videos. I really do enjoy them so much. xoxo
I truly just love the reminders to be in nature and connect with slowing down.
it doesnt matter how somebody is or how experienced they are at something....."you can never stop learning". As you know your having to figuren things out for yourself...can be hard sometimes but mentally so rewarding......by the way so green where you are...looks like heaven...rolling green hills...a pond..ducks...and a lamb and a dog just chilling on the deck hahaha only in NZ Lol
I just made a similar move with my husband - moved from San Francisco to upstate NY along the Hudson River & I couldn't agree more or feel more aligned with this video! It's so cool to watch your journey... it feels like it's mirroring my own!
I just moved from Phuket, Thailand to live my fiance and all I can say is it's so beautiful here in upstate newyork. We live in Cambridge. Where around are you settled?
Me four! My husband and I (plus our two dogs) also exchanged our city home near Boston to a sweet little homestead in Midcoast Maine. I totally agree that living in nature has been so much more fulfilling. It's been absolutely wonderful watching Carrie and Alex's journey and so excited for them to experience their first growing season in their beautiful homestead!
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I'm only half way through but I LOVE how honest this video feels. Sometimes I feel like videos are too polished, too manufactured/scripted = too good to be true = not real (even when they are vlog style) - even though I realise that they are in act honest (probably) and must have been a heap of work to produce! I hope you know what I mean!
I also completely understand everything you said. I spent the first 46 years of my life not 5 minutes walk from a supermarket. We moved to "rural" Nth Canterbury 8 months ago and can not believe that we ever lived any other way - I say "rural" because we are on 10 acres surrounded by farmland but have cell coverage, fibre internet and are only 11 mins (14kms) drive from a supermarket :)
love your videos carrie
You might be interested to know that Carterton's Farmer's Market has its annual plant sale this weekend
That place looks so beautiful in spring! and just a random thought, when you were describing life in L A and how you have every convenience at your fingertips, I thought It's no wonder you were bored! then I thought , this reminds me of the Wall - E movie and those corpulent passengers of the mothership Axiom, haha
Thank you for the beautiful vlog it is so refreshing and encouraging! That would be my dream life to live in nature! Blessings💖
Maybe you are living in an area of NZ called the Manawatu and a town called Dannevirke, settled by Danes back in the day... most famous of them is Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen who went on to become the Premier of Queensland, Australia. Good to hear you are staying with electric but if you haven't already done it get a small cartridge gas camp stove for emergencies. hmmm, forgot you have the caravan. Good luck, loving your journey.
I love watching your videos. I would love to live your lifestyle. I’m in my fifties, so it’s a little late for me to start a new life, but I get so much inspiration from watching you.
NEVER too late. Better late than never. Go for it.
Never too late 🙏🏽
I love your life right now looks so amazing an very relaxing wish to have a peaceful life with some cus living with my family is getting so annoying an so much drama just can't wait to have my own place very soon
To be together with one, with the land is so, Polynesian. Awesome vid.
I forgot to also mention the indigenous people of Australia and the Americas, who also live with the land.
Very nice!
I think what you’re talking about is cultural differences.
It’s crazy how Americans buy things and how convenient it is to get it. For example Christmas decorations Halloween decorations every party is a theme. Buying close to technology buy buy buy….
But Kiwis tend to reuse or make do. There is a difference between country Kiwis and urban Kiwis but most urban backyards have fruit trees animals and veggie gardens on a smaller scale.
That’s why I’m thinking this is more cultural difference.
This is amazing! 🌻💫 I have become an investor for this exact reason! I want to buy a sailboat ⛵️ and sail away!
Hi Carrie, I’m a rural living kiwi and what you said in this video resonates with me. I couldn’t think of a better place to be than in the country with nature at my backdoor. I’ve enjoyed watching your journey thank you for sharing your experience and thoughts. Do you preserve what you grow for winter months and if so it would be great to hear some tips from you on this as I’ve started drying and preserving extra food for the winter months.
I love this! And I too have always felt drawn to country living. When visiting the country I always felt the most at peace and I really want to live this life, and I want to live simply. Your homestead and land is beautiful.
Thanks for sharing your story Carrie and giving us a glimpse as to why you chose to live in New Zealand! Your reasons are so heartwarming knowing how you want to help make the planet a better place. Thank you for your videos and for being an inspiration! I really enjoy watching you learning to be a homesteader!
Hello 👋 I hope you’re safe over there? I hope this years brings happiness, love 💕 and prosperity all over the world 🌎🕊🕊
I’m Gillard from Louisville Kentucky, and you where are you from if I may ask?
The cuteness in minute 3.19 🤣
My Gosh Carrie... I hate you guys... I am really jealous of you guys... I always wanted to live in a place like that with greenery all around me with some animals running around... gosh you made me remember my grandpa and granny's house which was like that and I used to go there every year in summer and winter holidays... go out on trekking, sleep under the sky at night, steal some mangoes from my neighbour's tree... gosh miss those days :(
I am SO excited for you. Your light is shining through so bright when you talk about creating this beautiful life. Thank you for taking us on your journey, Carrie 💚
I live in a rural township....so still in the subarb but surround by farms in South Auckland. I really relate to your story. We own our own home, but the end goal is to have more land.
I grew up on a lifestyle block, with lamsb and chickens and cows and I miss it.
I am new to your videos ( in the last few months) I am loving your life on the land. I get so much joy watching the homestead changes and how nature is rewarding your nurturing vibes with the animals now choosing to stay with you. ( yep, I think the Duckie has decided he wants to be In your light!) . Loving Wilson and the new Duckie. I can’t wait for the next videos!
Thank you for this video! Just wondering how you find being social fits into your rural life? Love your content!
Hello 👋 I hope you’re safe over there? I hope this years brings happiness, love 💕 and prosperity all over the world 🌎🕊🕊
I’m Gillard from Louisville Kentucky, and you where are you from if I may ask?
How is town 15 minutes away yet you said the waste disposal people say it’s too far.
I started looking into the research when I noticed that I was getting agitated from noise and overstimulation (live in a city, in a very noisy area). I can practically feel my blood pressure drop when I leave the city. I may be more sensitive than others, but it makes sense that it affects us all on some level. We're part of nature, as you say. Viewing nature as something separate from us--a resource to simply be used up--has led to our current environmental crisis. The life you and Alex are building for yourselves is an inspiration, and it's fun to watch you take it on.
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I really love this video, but It also makes me really sad. I want all of the things you've mentioned (spend my day in nature, tending a garden, living off the grid), but I've realized more and more that it's not realistic. Carrie you are so fortunate to be able to be an influencer and work remote. Sadly for the rest of us, that's just not always realistic:( Making money for most people means a 9-5 job in a city. It just sucks.
"I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It’s all a question of how I view my life." - Paulo Coelho
As Christ said "My kingdom is in the world, but not of it"
Sounds like following instinct
My husband and I are so blessed to have left the rural tiny house isolation and limitations. We have found what works for us and focusing on God. We are so grateful to have left the rural countryside and its stresses behind and the Lord has blessed us to do so.
Hello Emily 👋 how are you doing today?
Great video. My goal is to have a similiar lifestyle. 😊
Carrie I was so touched and very emotional listening to you talk.....you are great
Aw 💕💕 Thank you so much for watching
Thanks Carrie, I really liked your video! It had a lot of deep thoughts that we don't really talk about... or definitely people in the city don't. I grew up on an acreage and am thinking of moving my family out of the city. It was good to hear how you and Alex made the transition :)
City life is stressful anyway.Fresh air and quiet , peaceful etc etc .Nothing can beat nature.
I've been really loving your homestead videos! A life like this has always been my dream
A lot of people now prefer living in rural than in cities. It is less stressful in rural. We will surely share this video with our customers for them to get awesome ideas from you. Thanks for this video! 😊
Such a lovely video, I know I’m meant to live in the countryside amongst nature and animals. Just not at a point in my life where I can at the moment, so I make the most of the opportunities I have to immerse myself in nature. Taking the dog for walks to new places, having picnics in reserves, weekends away in national parks. And most recently getting a plot at a community garden, which has been immensely rewarding so far. Thank you for continuing to inspire me and so many others ❤️
Carrie, I love these videos!! They really make me feel calm and relaxed when watching. I'm full time working plus working on my graduate diploma and I like to use your videos as study breaks. I don't know if I could live your lifestyle but I love living vicariously through you! Don't stop vlogging, esp the nature shots!
Rural, as in Rural Delivery or RD. Do you have an RD route number? I remember as a child, being so jealous of those kids whose home addresses included RD2 or RD4. I used to want one as well. But I just had a plain old boring street address. You have some gorgeous views in this video!!! And I just have to mention that last scene of Lanka and Woolsen on the patio. That is just so Adorable. As to peace and quiet, while I currently do live in the downtown area of a large metropolis, I get my peace and quiet (aka "me time") when I am here at my desk, and my family are sleeping. I am definitely not in any hurry to restart the old stressful life. I want us all to take things slow and maybe stop and smell the roses a lot more than we used to do.
We have a route number. RD4… didn’t understand what it meant when we first moved in.
This is my dream living closer to nature .. husband and I made a move to a home with more land in the city for same reasons trying to feel closer to nature .. hope one day live somewhere outside the city
I work in rural economic development and your description of your rural home would actually be considered “frontier” in the US!
Amazing sounds🔥
congratulations, very great work😍
I liked your video🔔👍
You are living the dream! You didn't sound preachy at all, just happy.☺️
Ok, happy to hear that. 💕🌼
I absolutely adore this. I can remember even as a kid I would always say “I just want to go home” even when I was “home”…but home is where you truly feel at peace and comfort. The disconnect and rat race that our USA society has become has caused so many mental health issues and I can see it’s affect even on young children. I’ve been so drawn to New Zealand for its amazing nature and it’s kinder society. (I can’t tell you how many time living in NY I have people say to me “you’re too nice”. Wouldn’t it be nice to live somewhere where I was a norm not an anomaly.) I know the housing prices are crazy but is the overall expenses more there? Do you find it easier to live there in general?
hi carrie love your video , your honesty love it, for the reasons to live the simple life here in nz . love both yours and alex video that you both share . watching them i can see you both fit in here ,i love the way you both work as a team awesome ! alex has a go at fixing things ,like he say no body else is going to do it unless , calling somebody else . you both look stress free and now just watching your home come too together its awesome thanku for sharing that so have a good weekend🍏🍑🍒🌽🍉🥝
Carrie….you bring me such peace! Thank you for the beautiful videos! I’ve been watching for years 💕
So proud of you Carrie and Alex. You’ve built something so nourishing for you two as well as given us the opportunity to experience it through video. If even seeing and hearing through your videos it makes my day completely more relaxed. Woolson is so stinking cute and lanka is completely in bliss with the life you’ve provided for him.
Love love what you said about living in the country vs the city. It’s so true (for me as well) feeling trapped in cities and even small towns. There is nothing really to do there and it’s just not desirable. Freedom is found in the country side. I completely agree with what you said. Keep it up girl! Love your videos💗
is there something different about the way you are mic'd up? It sounds harsh or something coming through my speakers
I am so grateful to have found your videos before you started this journey. I feel so comforted that there is someone out there who feels the way I do. I have given up forcing myself into a fancy career that I don’t want, I’ve given up forcing myself to feel like I have to enjoy things I don’t. I’m starting to grow my own cut flower business, I may even move back to Australia where I’m from because I feel so called to go home and have been fighting that feeling. Thank you I hope you know how much positivity comes from sharing your life with us!
I hope you go home. I think NOW is the time to settle amongst chosen friends and family nestle and be as self sufficient as possible. Please consider this.
Seek the Lord (J e s u s) today while He may be found. Tomorrow might be too late. Repent of your sins and trust only in Him. Read your bible (not the mormons/jehovahs witness') daily. Ask Elohim to reveal Himself to you. Test all spirits (1 John 4:1-6). Pray without ceasing. Everything will come to an end. Dont fear and dont go for the 6/6/6. God will provide for you. Choose life, not eternity in Hell. Be aware of the music u listen to. Stop Watch mainstream tv and listen with discernment. Repent of your idolatry. The voices you hear, the thing you see in the mirror are demons, pray for delivrance, go and find a biblical church! Yoga will mess you up. You're inviting d3mons into your life, your home. Your kids will continue to have nightmares and be anxious. Muslims, عيسى ابن مريم is Lord and He'll not come to kill christians, He'll come to judge all who didnt accept Him as Lord and Saviour. Stop fearing your family, they'll know you're a christian so what? If you lose your earthly life, you'll gain eternal life with Elohim. The Christian life isnt about your 'best life now' and 'I deserve good', you're no good! You're a sinner just like I am. Kneel down to Yeshua only. Dont fear, dont worry. Some 'christians' are wolves. Dont focus on speaking in tongues, everyone has their own spiritual gift. Devil worshippers also 'speak' in tongues. If there's none to translate the speaking in tongues, then be quiet! 1 Corinthians 14:19. Wives submit to your husband, husband love your wife as God loves His people. Even if they dont 'deserve' it. Even if they are not born again christians. Be born again if you want to enter Gods kingdom. Stop watching porn. Stop listening to evil music, stop listening to murder stories, stop contemplating suicide, stop using drugs. stop having s*x outside of mariage, stop masturbating. Stop visualizing and manifesting, stop using cards and sorcery. Galatians 5:19-21. If the christians/pastor you hang out with talk about being wealth and health as gifts for all christians: run, fast! Christian life is not la vie en rose, it is hard! It's to take up your cross and follow Yeshua. It's die to self all day err day (your life lived as a living sacrifice for the Lord). But you'll be rewarded at the end. People will hate you because of your faith. They'll even wanna kill ya. Read Matthew 10: Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Love your enemies, I know it's hard, still do good to them. Dont put your health in danger because of FOMO, many pand emics will come. Fear not --trust in the Lord!Pray for discernment. Stop (sexual) immorality. Teens and kiddos, dont think G-d will not judge you, He will! All people who'll not repent of their sins will burn in hell forever. White lies are lies. Abortion is murder. Dressing up as a woman when you're a man is a sin. Man + man is sin. Hate sin. Love Elohim with all your mind, heart, soul, strength. Glorify Him alone. He loves you that's why he sent his one and only son to die for you so that you would not have to go to hell because of your sins. God is a holy God and hates sin. He'll help you overcome your sins if you just let Him lead you. Seek Christians for fellowship. Read your bible like the living Word of God. Out of the matrix. Love of money if the root to all evil. Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Pray always. People will forsake you, family too. Dont mind to much. Love on them. Show love to your ennemies. God may deliver them. Make sure your name is written in the book of life. Eternity is long, endless. U dont want to be burning in Hell.
'For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.' The Lord is knocking on your heart, time is running out, will you answer Him? Tic tac tic tac tic..
Love this song very powerful indeed ❤️🥹🥹🥹
There's only one who is worthy
Who overcomes, who will never fail
Light of the world, everlasting
Jesus, You are Lord of all……….😭
I also live in a rural place and I had the same reasons as you. It was a scary decision to leave most of my friends and family to the city. But I have never been happier as I am now although I have ten times more things/work to do all the time. :)
I feel you completely! I'm also constantly looking for a way out of the city. Hopefully, with more and more people working remotely, we will be able to return to the villages and smaller towns.
I think it’s truly becoming more possible for people these days which is wonderful
same! And now that my husband and I both work remotely we're eyeing up spaces outside the city which is so so exciting. :)
So well said. I am from Los Angeles and when a fire burnt down our house, we moved to the forest, near Ave of the Giants. I always wanted to be self sufficient, because as a single mom, with autistic twins, we had to struggle to survive. Miracle Run is a movie made about our life. So we bought 13 acres of land and I am growing many veggies, have an endless supply of water, and though we have electricity, in a moments notice I can live the same way as without it.
When young people grave excitement, but realize that city life is fake,..the noice , traffic,rushing around,.bright lights,.competitiveness, too many people, later in life its better to come back to nature.
Girl, me too! Soooo same. American gal who just moved with her Australian husband to very rural Tasmania. Love your channel! x
Hello,,,,Carrie.How are you?,,,,,your video so much inspired to me, because I am also nature lover person,best of luck,,I will try in future to live with nature, please pray for me
Looks wonderful,..nice and quite,..cute lamb..looks heavenly