I absolutely love this, people are finally realising that there is no point in playing a game where the cards are so heavily stacked against you that even those who make it need luck. This is the best form of protest you can do. Become self sufficient.
I immediately started shedding tears when I watched this. After spending 20 years in the rat race, getting fucked over by corporations, friends and partners, severe depression and absolutely no light at the end of the tunnel, this slow living approach is what I crave for.
Hang in there buddy. I had an owner financed rock cabin and five acres of land with a stream, trees, deer, bears, etc. It was very difficult and nearly froze every winter but it taught me so much about inner strength and how beautiful the woods can be.
My husband and I left our full-time jobs and moved 1800 miles away and bought a house sight unseen except for the video and photos! We have been here for almost a year. We are building a small house on the property to reduce our cost of living. It will be completely off grid eventually. We are also creating a forest garden as our property is very overgrown! We currently have 5 hens and a rooster and will be revamping a small shed into a mini barn to house the chickens as well as some goats and rabbits. Later maybe we will add some kune kune pigs! We will be installing water catchment and solar. My husband is 50 and retired. I am 54 and work as a substitute teacher a few times a month. We go fishing, cook by scratch, and love life. In this process we have discovered that less is more! Anders thank you for sharing stay blessed!
@@Rkok94 LOL no we have lots of entertainment and social things to do. I still work a few days a month as a substitute teacher. We have a neighbor we visit with. We go to church. We go to the Senior Center for dinners about once a week. It costs $6 per person if you are not a senior. You get homemade soup, a salad bar, beverage (coffee, tea, milk, or water) dessert and the entree of the day. Tomorrow is the city wide rummage sale. We have a library with lots of free activities. We have hiking trails 2 blocks from our house and a ski hill 1.5 blocks away. We have lakes less than 2 miles away and a river 1 mile away to fish in! So no we do not get lonely!
It's mankind's past, pre-industrialization, with a giant safety net for when crops fail, drought happens, etc., conveniently provided by the rest of society.
Nah. The this is only viable now because only few people are doing it. If more and more people do it, we will soon rediscover why banding together into big cities was started in the first place lol
Sounds like a much better balance of life than the corporate world. Its also good you mention the importance of community contributing. Off grid / self sufficient doesn't need to mean isolated.
@@georgewhitehouse8630 haha, no not yet. But in my area some people where working on a new local curremcy at some point, but it never took off. The point was to keep money in circulation amongst local businesses to create a more stable local economy.
There is so much in this video that speaks a truth about like minded people. I think that for me, the biggest frustration I have is that no one in my life understands what I am feeling and my way of looking at life and how I live it. I would like to from a small community where we can share and help one another with our lifestyle.
And so I wonder what is holding people back from doing it. In my case, I am ready to start today, I just don't know where to do it and have been looking at different States (I am in the US) but can't decide.
The last 7 years I learned, you don't need to go tiny to get out of the rat race. You can stop consuming however you live. You can stop wasting money in buying useless things. You can start growing your own food in nearly every garden, even on a balcony. Or you can collect fruits as berries, apples, pears, nuts and so on outside in nature. You can easily get used to need less without building a tiny house or van. It's not the outer form but the inner way you choose. I'm so glad working only 3 days in my "normal" job. Of course I would earn much more money, if I would work fulltime, but why?
You've had me until the very end. People work full-time to raise their families and provide for them. There is dignity in work. That being said, I agree that the tiny house movement and off grid living fad is unnecessary. A minimalist lifestyle, gardening, making the most of what you have already can deliver the same thing in a much more rightly ordered way
You still have to pay rent gas electrical though. My rent and utilities come to 700 a week. Its insane. Thats nit even food and transport. Going tiny and if grid frees you up from so much. Your also learning survival skills.
Of grid isn't for everyone. Not for me. Very rudimentary and harsh lifestyle. I prefer to use my time for other things than survival, every day. We've come so far as a human race, to be able to live with certain confort, water and electricity, a washing machine,🙏 etc... I had to wash everything by hand for years, before!!😓 So, that's a no goer, for me!! I enormously enjoy the simple confort I have every day. Don't need to collect water, no need to heat it, be in the cold, etc... Such a luxury, I'm so ever grateful for that !!🙏 Eventhough one still has to do house chores, cooking, and so on. One neither needs to have kids. We're already over populated. Better to adopt, or invest time in giving or doing good deeds to others and animals. Forest, animals and nature are vital for me. I love being in nature, and go out a lot, far into nature. I consume very little, much less than most. I recycle, upcycle, and get food from nature or alternative shops for way less than that I would do having my own crops. I have a little garden. But, mostly for the biosystem. Plants, flowers, a little veggies. I don't work 9-5. Choose to work less. Lots of jobs don't have those type hours, anymore, anyway. Only mostly office jobs, which are changing too. I need to be in a equiped town for various reasons, mostly health (I was born with) and also I don't want to own a big petrol driven car. So uneconomical and not ecological. Never needed one, really. Bicycle, or other type of electrical or sun powered small two or four wheelers are great, and public transportation is quite fine. One needs to change inside, the outside follows. Luckily we can choose quite a lot, nowadays.🙏🌟
Do this now. Quit my 7-3/6 days a week job. Went to nightshift weekends 2-3 days get 4-5 days off during the week. Only pay rent gas electric in my cottage. Grow my garden and flowers paid off everything. Now travelling with my kids. Life is good! Never go back to the regular.
If you pay rent, you didn't "pay off everything". What did you pay off? Nothing of importance it sounds like. If you don't even own your home, your still at start where all 18 year olds are.
"Volunteering to be part of a community, because it can get lonely" is the most honest and practical advice. Even though you live your dream, the dream might be difficult at times. Appreciate your honesty.
I'm from Fiji and I recently went to New Zealand and I got a shock that the cost of living is so high in NZ. Rent bills n all other crap costs. I am a chilli farmer in Fiji I produce n sell n it's my income. We grow our own food. No rent no mortgage. Free life.
Fellow dane here, living in NZ where off-grid and alternative ways of living is more common. This is the first time i've seen someone do it in Denmark. So interesting. Thank you for sharing your journey.
its an old lifestyle in short. the way we live now is a very, very short time span in absolute terms, and an aberration in the history of living. Tiny living and self sufficiency has always been the norm, historically.
Recently I saw a commercial of a training " how to invest money efficiently ", my first thought was that I know the best way... by growing my own veg and fruit garden, which give me return in long and short therm 🙂😉
That’s a neat way to invest! I am not into gardening but admire the idea given the astronomical cost of vegetables- how can a tomato cost 1$ and an avocado $2?! I guess none can grow tomatoes- just give them sun & water. Point finale.
Just turned 34. Work a 9 to 19:00 very stressful, demanding job. People praise me and treats me differently now, specially family, because I work in a top law firm, when before they didn't even acknowledged me; but I HATE IT so much I can't make it justice with words... I am beyond burned, I am absolutely depressed but I hardly see a way out since nobody supports me. When I family that I want to quit they keep pushing me to stick with it... They're not thinking about my health or happiness, just about my social status and theirs by extension. So I am done, no more EVER office work, I want to work with/in/related to nature/animals. I don't care what anybody thinks, nor society... neither of them clearly care about my wellbeing. Is either doing this or killing myself st this point....
Take care of yourself man, I'm experiencing the same in engineering. Get drowned with thousands of pages of documents every day that I'm supposed to make sure every tiny detail is covered or else it's my fault. It's an impossible task that sooner or later will fail big time.
This comment will chock you, but is an excellent example of how us people from the Scandinavian countries speak out mind. Speaking our mind is way to solve problems, fast. I'm, like Anders, a Dane too. I my honest opinion your family actually only care about status and money. How do you think they will behave if you lost your job and/or become homeless? Learn to say no, choose your own path, and stick to it stubbornly. If you make different choices, your family will be of the opinion that you had lost status, and would very likely behave the way the did before ... but you can't have a job who destroys you. This is brutal, but : Go solo, drop ties to your psychological toxic family. If they're shocked, they care a little bit about you, if they don't, they don't care about you. You *has to move on* disregarding how your family thinks about you. IMPORTANT, Figure out if one of your family members is a psykopat, or is a sociopath. If one them is a psychopath or sociopath, exclude them from your life ASAP.
I am 65 now and still working. At least, I and my wife live on 5 acres north of the small city where I work. We have a greenhouse, barn and duck pomd, not independent yet, but working on it still. I applaud you friend, for figuring how to do it. Good luck with your future endeavours!
Really connected to this. Humans weren't ment to be in a 9-5 getting screwed over, over Consuming, eating food that is 90% Poison.. and so on makes me happy that people are waking up. We are all capable of doing this. It just may take more time than others. ❤
You need money to buy or rent the land, deal with the permits to have a residential buildings in those lands, buy all the material needed to work and plant the garden, and of course the materials and construction of the building, furniture... And without money how can you pay your bills (he's still buying clothes, internet, anything his dog needs, car repairs, taxes, etc). Renting a cabin? Good luck with the legalities of that. There are a lot of issues, is not a cheaper or easier live.
Love it!... I hope people will start to see the power of being living minimalistic, instead of buying a lot of CRAP! they dont even use in the future... Time freedom is the key to live in peace..
That's lifestyle I want also. I am from China and visited Europe 2 times and it changed my mind for living. I bought a piece of land in Hungary and will do pretty much the same like you in the video.😊
@@AF-vm6xx Well, forest is everywhere forest, fresh air is everywhere fresh air, birdsong is everywhere the same as well, but Hungary has better quality of soil and more sunshine than a lot of other countries.
did the same in 2019 after working in Manufacturing overseas for 20 years. finally decided to repatriate and build a beach villa in a beautiful windy coastal town famous for kitesurfing & surfing. My property is just 100 m from white beach front, Im working remote full time graveyard shift so I spend 3-4 hours day time outdoors gardening, tending to my chicken coop and my pets and next month looking to build a small piggery to supply local butchery at this small property by the hills that i just bought. So yeah, drastic change from toxic city and corporate living to simple country living may just extend my lifespan and have a better sense of fulfillment.
After traveling for a couple years I started feeling more at home in the countryside, no matter which country I visited. Then during the pandemic I visited a little Himalayan village and I am still here after 3.5 years. I run a hostel here and live the life I want. Low living costs, in the middle of nature, simple life and I still write software, but my software work now comes second after my relaxed lifestyle.
I wouldn't want to live like this, I'm way too materialistic, and I'm not unhappy with it, but I love watching these videos and see people thrive living this lifestyle. It just shows how diverse people can be and usually it's people who were unhappy in their dayjobs, seeing you escape from that into what makes you comfortable is just awesome.
I appreciate your honesty. It is true that we are diverse and may find that we have different needs in terms of how we live. I would enjoy this life, whereas my daughter is more of the type to want city living. I believe it's the single most important task.... to find our version of happy, satisfy our soul calling. It's a journey, not a destination. Blessings -
It takes courage to live according to our inner calling. Agreed to start patially, getting some income n eventually move into it full pledge. May God bless you with abundant blessings 🙏
This is peaceful living. If enough people start being self sufficient and not solely rely on corporations for income. Only then the workers can create some sort of leverage. I'm a hard worker, but these last fews years. I'm overwhelmed with work along personal responsibilities. Then the high cost of living to exist in society. Just working to pay bills, only having small amount of free time. I have my own plans on being self reliant, thank you for sharing part of your journey. I enjoyed your video, the nature scenery is calming.
Interesting story! I totally agree, life off the grid, far from the hustle and bustle of the developed world, is so fulfilling. I also moved from USA to rural Kenya, not so long ago. And I started a RUclips channel documenting my relocation journey.
Yes, so much hard work, but so well worth it. Nature's rainbow bounty is the kindest and healthiest way to eat. Wild strawberries and raspberries? Yes, please. I really admire how he was able to use his passion to create a living and in doing so helping to educate others as well. I can also appreciate what a grind it can be at times, too. Work is work, after all. Such a gorgeous and idyllic location and you can't beat a lifestyle filled with healthy eating & movement, a calm and peaceful environment and a good dog by your side. Wishing this young man and his pup a long and happy life together.
This video is very inspiring to me when I am not living in my tiny house(12x28) I am living in my DIY truck camper build. I am learning what’s on the land around me and also have planted herbs and a few other things that mostly come back every year. Anxious this year to actually get some organization and plant vegetables also. You are brave to venture out of your normal and allow God’s creation to sustain you. You are right it is hard work, but it’s reward is greater.
Years ago while living in Dallas Texas I helped a woman who was building her own tiny house. I don’t know where she ever got off to but I do know the insulation in that home was well done… Your channel looks interesting so I subscribed. Three years worth of videos is a lot to watch, but I’m retied so plenty of time.
I left the corporate world just 15 days ago with a similar calling, it's wonderful seeing this and how far you've come in just a few years. Thank you for sharing 🖤
I'm envious of your lifestyle. Your timing for moving in, in Spring of 2020 couldn't have been better considering the pandemic. I live in a small, old, rustic, A Frame cottage overlooking a small lake just outside of my hometown in southwestern Nova Scotia. I love it. But I would trade it for an old cabin in the woods in a heartbeat if I only could. Now it's time to start watching your videos from the beginning.
Excellent summary of exactly what i want to do At 62 i dont need money but time is running out... The way you split the three “jobs” is a good way to rationalise how working for yourself can mean looking after yourself / not necessarily owning a small business 🤔 Therefore Two days working on my food garden is essential and not a guilty pleasure.
Same here. I'm 61, divorced and my 2 children are about to leave the nest. In less than 2 years I will be retiring and I am now seriously considering on living full time in a Sprinter van I am converting. Time is indeed running out and I want to make the most of what is left because tomorrow it can all be over... ATB from Belgium.
We are taught to consume..consume..consume. We need very little to be happy…I live in Los Angeles..almost everyone in big giant cars. This lifestyle has so many benefits and eliminates so much trash! Thanks for sharing your story.❤
I used to live in LA .Then last month I moved to my home country and living with my parents helping my father to grow his business.I’m so happy that I took this decision to leave a life where I used to work 5 days to live 2 days in a week . Now I’m enjoying everyday .Less money but happy life .
Los Angeles is a toxic mess. It has become an open air mental asylum and full of aggressive people. Materialistic minded people are the reason. It all started when the Armenians and Saudis started arriving and engage in inflation manipulation schemes to drive costs in housing, rent so that we can feed their materialistic overconsumption. Not only that we have to deal with their aggressiveness on the road and in stores in public. System of a Down's Toxicity was in fact talking about how they made LA into a toxic mess.
The tiny living lifestyle you've embraced is inspiring, especially your approach to blending work with environmental consciousness! Your journey into self-sufficiency not only enhances personal well-being but also sets a sustainable example for others. 🌿
Greetings from Sri Lanka ❤. Continue your good effort. When people have slow life styles they feel as if they are really living . Practice mindfulness in your life adds even more essence to your expected lifestyle .Good Luck bro !
I work 2-10pm Monday-Friday. Love this as I have all morning to do what I want. Love what you are doing and sharing your journey with us. All the best with all your projects.
I have the same coffee grinder as you! And that dog is such a good companion, I can tell:) Your house is super cool & your plants are SO green & healthy😊-a very nice job!
Thanks for the visual treat. I live in crowded, hot and humid South Carolina USA. What a refreshing change is your beautiful country and lifestyle. You are blessed indeed.
S C is my ❤ , but yes, it is getting soooo crowded.I came from Croatia 25 years ago and I looove South. People , food , culture, nature, but is getting so crowded everywhere
@@dennynisevic7848 I agree. Where in SC would you suggest I look for the best land deal? I'm a single disabled vet and can pay cash. It would be nice to find a place with a Yurt already set up since I could never do it myself.
I have lived in SC most of my life. So many damn people everywhere now! I have no idea where they all came from. For a world where the birth rates are plummeting it sure doesn't seem like it to me.
@@richarddharrison2 I mean if you're saying its crowded, hot and humid, maybe go near spartanburg. Should alleviate those things a bit and you stay in the same state.
I have just quit 9-5 job for one month, now I have just decided to take care my land. It's just a plain land. I will start from zero. Your living is a good example for me. Thank you very much for your good VDOs.😊
Hi Anders, just came across your channel as I’m thinking about moving to a tiny house and living a more nature-connected life. I’ve been a nature lover for all my life. Currently I have a 9 to 5 job, sitting all day in front of a screen…you know what that is. Health comes first so that’s why I need to do something about it. I’m sure your channel and your life experience since you started a healthier life will definitely be inspiring a lot of people, so … I’m joining your community on here from today 🙂🙂🙂. Cheers from Barcelona
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It’s really inspiring what you’ve done. I’ve been having the same calling lately and I can’t get it out of my head. I think that doing it alone is what holds me back. We need mini communities of people doing the same where we can share resources and combat loneliness 😅
at last my fruit trees are paying for themselves after five years I get a better variety throughout the year. I didn't realise that the preserving would take so much of my time. Birdy
Rent a property/house/flat and live in a off-grid cabin, your own property. Seems like a best option if you have the means to do it. Myself i just have not decided where. I'm from Northern Europe. It gets really, really cold out there, there are better places to keep the garden during the year and your feet, fingers warm. Sometimes 3rd world countries can be a nice option, but you need to feel secure and safe. Maybe having some kind of community helps. In Europe Spain / France / Portugal / Italy are probably the best options we have..
My Friend i Just Ran Across your Beautiful Channel! This Video Really Inspired Me To Take The Nx step In Freeing Myself from The Awful AI Machine And Moving To the Country Nx Year! Keep Em coming!
This way of life can be so beneficial to society as well because it enables you time to spend being in community and volunteering in your area. Investing in your community can be a huge blessing for yourself and for others.
Greetings from California. Wow. Just beautiful. The wild horses at the end of your video took my breath away. I know it must be hard work to live as you do, but what peace it brings to your existence. Just watching this was grounding. It's really awesome you teach others how to live in and build tiny homes.
What a wonderful life you have built for yourself. I hope that you are extremely proud of what you have accomplished so far. Happiness radiates from you. You can see that you are a content person.
We really don't need all the things tv and magazines and society try to say we need. If we brought back things like "community" life could be so much easier. Somewhere we got off track and thought we had to have all these materialistic things to arrive at some destination called sucess. You waste your life and energy and health in that pursuit. Relationships and experiences and living with and among nature is way way more important. Peace in your soul is a good thing.
In ireland you require planning permission and permit if you want to live in non permanent structure for more than 10days and youll never get the planning per.ission in the country unless youre from there by generations. Ireland has ridiculous laws and then theyre surprised that they have housing crisis.
So true. I was looking into it few years ago, when I was at a risk of becoming homeless. I was hoping to get a piece of land and put a log cabin or a static caravan on it. The cost of the land was prohibitive enough - anything between 30-70 grand for a half acre site in my area.
@@JaneWillowMusic Well,they have multiple crisis now. Immigration,homelesness. Greed can never be good. Even Irish can't afford to live outside of their family house.
Looks lovely. I am starting to do something similar but in my old house in a village. I don't have much space outside so I'm limited in terms of what I can grow but I'm sure there is much that I can do that I'm not doing yet!! And we have lovely outside spaces nearby so I try and take advantage of that.
very inspiring and this video has given me more hope that tiny living is indeed a path that I can pursue with my wife. It's been challenging getting through the mental hurdle of redefining what work and making a living looks like when moving away from the hustle and bustle of city life. thank you.
I've been doing van-life full-time now for about 2 years out of a squaredrop camper I pull behind my car in the states. Tiny Living here still has lots of obstacles....most zoning even in the countryside won't allow tiny homes that don't have their own sewer & running water, electricity. With Van-Life, there are more and more no overnight parking signs for places that used to allow overnight parking.
Have you looked into cal Earth? They build with sandbags. I think their projects are up to California code, and this could be legal other places. Best of luck 🇩🇰
Are you surprised about that? Your essentially just leaching off some communities resources, without providing any benefit to them. Or is your camper free for others like me to just come in and stay there when I feel like it? If you don't own the land you intend to stay on, your at best a guest, maybe an unwelcome one. Grow up and get your own piece of land and forget this "van dwelling" kids stuff. That has zero future in it. You can buy a piece of land for less than half of the average van build.
Many people are trying hard to get out of the rat race including myself. Support to the tiny house living and van life dwellers.👍
More are not being bothered 😕
I have an acre living semi off grid in my Airstream. Join me.
we to, just bought a little farm in norway.... i am going for it now! wish you all the same
But what if he gets hurt or ill ? Does he can provide for himself?
@@vladimirvlad6441 Isolation can be dangerous. A support network is needed.
I absolutely love this, people are finally realising that there is no point in playing a game where the cards are so heavily stacked against you that even those who make it need luck.
This is the best form of protest you can do. Become self sufficient.
Great comment. Sums it up completely.
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HOW??
But when our government comes after us for being self sufficient. I hope we come together to not allow them to bully us.
@@o.i.c.uvanish9169fck government
I immediately started shedding tears when I watched this. After spending 20 years in the rat race, getting fucked over by corporations, friends and partners, severe depression and absolutely no light at the end of the tunnel, this slow living approach is what I crave for.
Just do it.
Ask GOD to help you change your life to a slower, more enjoyable life.
Blessings
It sounds like it! Thank you for sharing! Wish you the best🤞😊
Hang in there buddy. I had an owner financed rock cabin and five acres of land with a stream, trees, deer, bears, etc.
It was very difficult and nearly froze every winter but it taught me so much about inner strength and how beautiful the woods can be.
Maybe your calling is hear.
He’s just not surviving….he’s thriving! He’s living! Love the dog as well.
Everyone needs a dog
I love that doggy...
You’re living my dream. So happy you found truth and followed your heart. If your work makes you miserable it defeats the purpose of life.
So true!! And Thanks - very kind of you🙏🏻
Wonderful life. Blessings from the UK
TRUE❤❤❤
just do it
well, you can abandon everything and relocate to the woods any day. It's a dream if it's achievable in one week
My husband and I left our full-time jobs and moved 1800 miles away and bought a house sight unseen except for the video and photos! We have been here for almost a year. We are building a small house on the property to reduce our cost of living. It will be completely off grid eventually. We are also creating a forest garden as our property is very overgrown! We currently have 5 hens and a rooster and will be revamping a small shed into a mini barn to house the chickens as well as some goats and rabbits. Later maybe we will add some kune kune pigs! We will be installing water catchment and solar. My husband is 50 and retired. I am 54 and work as a substitute teacher a few times a month. We go fishing, cook by scratch, and love life.
In this process we have discovered that less is more! Anders thank you for sharing stay blessed!
How do you deal with the social part? Do you get lonely or something along those lines?
@@Rkok94 LOL no we have lots of entertainment and social things to do. I still work a few days a month as a substitute teacher. We have a neighbor we visit with. We go to church. We go to the Senior Center for dinners about once a week. It costs $6 per person if you are not a senior. You get homemade soup, a salad bar, beverage (coffee, tea, milk, or water) dessert and the entree of the day.
Tomorrow is the city wide rummage sale. We have a library with lots of free activities. We have hiking trails 2 blocks from our house and a ski hill 1.5 blocks away. We have lakes less than 2 miles away and a river 1 mile away to fish in!
So no we do not get lonely!
@@rachaelsupadventures How do you deal with hospital need ect? Or are you still in the city area?
It Sounds great, except planning to have rabbits, they will eat all your wegies, they even dig under the fence, they are unstoppable.
@@lucyloncarevic7837 The rabbits will be food and in rabbit hutches not on the ground.
I like to think that a version of this is the future of mankind.
It's mankind's past, pre-industrialization, with a giant safety net for when crops fail, drought happens, etc., conveniently provided by the rest of society.
This was the past of humankind.
@@redryan20000 even cave people evolved, this is going back
Nah. The this is only viable now because only few people are doing it. If more and more people do it, we will soon rediscover why banding together into big cities was started in the first place lol
Sounds like a much better balance of life than the corporate world. Its also good you mention the importance of community contributing. Off grid / self sufficient doesn't need to mean isolated.
It often takes community to be able to be more self sufficient
You don’t print your own money ?
@@georgewhitehouse8630 So true. It takes a village… planning to make a video on that exact topic
@@georgewhitehouse8630 haha, no not yet. But in my area some people where working on a new local curremcy at some point, but it never took off. The point was to keep money in circulation amongst local businesses to create a more stable local economy.
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There is so much in this video that speaks a truth about like minded people. I think that for me, the biggest frustration I have is that no one in my life understands what I am feeling and my way of looking at life and how I live it. I would like to from a small community where we can share and help one another with our lifestyle.
Totally agree
You are not alone, many of us desire this
Yeah, I Can really relate to that! Many dansih people have that dream too
And so I wonder what is holding people back from doing it. In my case, I am ready to start today, I just don't know where to do it and have been looking at different States (I am in the US) but can't decide.
Dinero es lo que hace falta..@@rvnut1133
The last 7 years I learned, you don't need to go tiny to get out of the rat race. You can stop consuming however you live. You can stop wasting money in buying useless things. You can start growing your own food in nearly every garden, even on a balcony. Or you can collect fruits as berries, apples, pears, nuts and so on outside in nature. You can easily get used to need less without building a tiny house or van. It's not the outer form but the inner way you choose. I'm so glad working only 3 days in my "normal" job. Of course I would earn much more money, if I would work fulltime, but why?
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You've had me until the very end. People work full-time to raise their families and provide for them. There is dignity in work. That being said, I agree that the tiny house movement and off grid living fad is unnecessary. A minimalist lifestyle, gardening, making the most of what you have already can deliver the same thing in a much more rightly ordered way
Totally agree!
You still have to pay rent gas electrical though. My rent and utilities come to 700 a week. Its insane. Thats nit even food and transport. Going tiny and if grid frees you up from so much. Your also learning survival skills.
Of grid isn't for everyone. Not for me. Very rudimentary and harsh lifestyle. I prefer to use my time for other things than survival, every day. We've come so far as a human race, to be able to live with certain confort, water and electricity, a washing machine,🙏 etc... I had to wash everything by hand for years, before!!😓 So, that's a no goer, for me!! I enormously enjoy the simple confort I have every day. Don't need to collect water, no need to heat it, be in the cold, etc... Such a luxury, I'm so ever grateful for that !!🙏 Eventhough one still has to do house chores, cooking, and so on. One neither needs to have kids. We're already over populated. Better to adopt, or invest time in giving or doing good deeds to others and animals.
Forest, animals and nature are vital for me. I love being in nature, and go out a lot, far into nature. I consume very little, much less than most. I recycle, upcycle, and get food from nature or alternative shops for way less than that I would do having my own crops. I have a little garden. But, mostly for the biosystem. Plants, flowers, a little veggies. I don't work 9-5. Choose to work less. Lots of jobs don't have those type hours, anymore, anyway. Only mostly office jobs, which are changing too. I need to be in a equiped town for various reasons, mostly health (I was born with) and also I don't want to own a big petrol driven car. So uneconomical and not ecological. Never needed one, really. Bicycle, or other type of electrical or sun powered small two or four wheelers are great, and public transportation is quite fine. One needs to change inside, the outside follows.
Luckily we can choose quite a lot, nowadays.🙏🌟
Do this now. Quit my 7-3/6 days a week job. Went to nightshift weekends 2-3 days get 4-5 days off during the week. Only pay rent gas electric in my cottage. Grow my garden and flowers paid off everything. Now travelling with my kids. Life is good! Never go back to the regular.
congratulations
Same here 8 hrs 3 days ! Fu#( corporate slave drivers !!
If you pay rent, you didn't "pay off everything". What did you pay off? Nothing of importance it sounds like. If you don't even own your home, your still at start where all 18 year olds are.
"Volunteering to be part of a community, because it can get lonely" is the most honest and practical advice. Even though you live your dream, the dream might be difficult at times. Appreciate your honesty.
I'm from Fiji and I recently went to New Zealand and I got a shock that the cost of living is so high in NZ. Rent bills n all other crap costs. I am a chilli farmer in Fiji I produce n sell n it's my income. We grow our own food. No rent no mortgage. Free life.
As a New Zealander, I always warn people about the high cost of food here. The cost of living is so expensive that people are constantly stressed now.
Fellow dane here, living in NZ where off-grid and alternative ways of living is more common. This is the first time i've seen someone do it in Denmark. So interesting. Thank you for sharing your journey.
Thank you!! I started school in NZ in Palmerston North - say hi to Mrs Watson if you run into her😉Would love to go back❤️
It's an old Viking lifestyle.
its an old lifestyle in short. the way we live now is a very, very short time span in absolute terms, and an aberration in the history of living. Tiny living and self sufficiency has always been the norm, historically.
Recently I saw a commercial of a training " how to invest money efficiently ", my first thought was that I know the best way... by growing my own veg and fruit garden, which give me return in long and short therm 🙂😉
Love it😊👌
That’s a neat way to invest! I am not into gardening but admire the idea given the astronomical cost of vegetables- how can a tomato cost 1$ and an avocado $2?! I guess none can grow tomatoes- just give them sun & water. Point finale.
@@2501me checkmate!
Gotta own the land to grow this on though... And pay property tax on that land. Or are we just fantasizing here?
@@Santor- if someone else has done it from nothing, then so can you. anything's possible. we must not put limits up or limits are what we get
Just turned 34. Work a 9 to 19:00 very stressful, demanding job. People praise me and treats me differently now, specially family, because I work in a top law firm, when before they didn't even acknowledged me; but I HATE IT so much I can't make it justice with words... I am beyond burned, I am absolutely depressed but I hardly see a way out since nobody supports me. When I family that I want to quit they keep pushing me to stick with it... They're not thinking about my health or happiness, just about my social status and theirs by extension. So I am done, no more EVER office work, I want to work with/in/related to nature/animals. I don't care what anybody thinks, nor society... neither of them clearly care about my wellbeing. Is either doing this or killing myself st this point....
Read some Jocko Willink. Extreme ownership now. Get motivated and take back your life boss man. Coz u the man and u the boss.
Take care of yourself man, I'm experiencing the same in engineering. Get drowned with thousands of pages of documents every day that I'm supposed to make sure every tiny detail is covered or else it's my fault. It's an impossible task that sooner or later will fail big time.
This comment will chock you, but is an excellent example of how us people from the Scandinavian countries speak out mind. Speaking our mind is way to solve problems, fast.
I'm, like Anders, a Dane too.
I my honest opinion your family actually only care about status and money. How do you think they will behave if you lost your job and/or become homeless?
Learn to say no, choose your own path, and stick to it stubbornly.
If you make different choices, your family will be of the opinion that you had lost status, and would very likely behave the way the did before ... but you can't have a job who destroys you.
This is brutal, but :
Go solo, drop ties to your psychological toxic family. If they're shocked, they care a little bit about you, if they don't, they don't care about you. You *has to move on* disregarding how your family thinks about you.
IMPORTANT,
Figure out if one of your family members is a psykopat, or is a sociopath. If one them is a psychopath or sociopath, exclude them from your life ASAP.
Agree. Listen to the Ferryman. He makes sense. ty and go well
I am 65 now and still working. At least, I and my wife live on 5 acres north of the small city where I work. We have a greenhouse, barn and duck pomd, not independent yet, but working on it still. I applaud you friend, for figuring how to do it. Good luck with your future endeavours!
That's duck pond.
Really connected to this. Humans weren't ment to be in a 9-5 getting screwed over, over Consuming, eating food that is 90% Poison.. and so on makes me happy that people are waking up. We are all capable of doing this. It just may take more time than others. ❤
Thank you! So happy to hear that - and yes, totally agree!
How fortunate that you are able to do this. Peace and blessings in your life.
Fortunate!? 🤣
Everyone can do this. He looks childless like me. Let society rot!!! 😡
@@harmhoeks5996 sie haben dich an den eiern du bot
you can also do it. But you don't want to leave your comfort place and leave in the woods)
You need money to buy or rent the land, deal with the permits to have a residential buildings in those lands, buy all the material needed to work and plant the garden, and of course the materials and construction of the building, furniture...
And without money how can you pay your bills (he's still buying clothes, internet, anything his dog needs, car repairs, taxes, etc).
Renting a cabin? Good luck with the legalities of that.
There are a lot of issues, is not a cheaper or easier live.
This reminds me of my grandmother. I live in the states and we use to do this. But I use to make fun because I was young. But now I love it.
Love it!... I hope people will start to see the power of being living minimalistic, instead of buying a lot of CRAP! they dont even use in the future... Time freedom is the key to live in peace..
That's lifestyle I want also. I am from China and visited Europe 2 times and it changed my mind for living. I bought a piece of land in Hungary and will do pretty much the same like you in the video.😊
Ouch Hungary is soooo far behind on lots of stuff though. It’s not comparable with Denmark in most sense.
@@AF-vm6xx Well, forest is everywhere forest, fresh air is everywhere fresh air, birdsong is everywhere the same as well, but Hungary has better quality of soil and more sunshine than a lot of other countries.
@@pontikischristos3927 yeah go to france, austria, italy and spain instead then. Way more advanced countries.
China China China and oh Man Xi Jinping really missing you bro😂😂
@@pontikischristos3927 like what you said
Now am realizing how real life actually is....❤
Wow, glad to hear that!
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did the same in 2019 after working in Manufacturing overseas for 20 years. finally decided to repatriate and build a beach villa in a beautiful windy coastal town famous for kitesurfing & surfing. My property is just 100 m from white beach front, Im working remote full time graveyard shift so I spend 3-4 hours day time outdoors gardening, tending to my chicken coop and my pets and next month looking to build a small piggery to supply local butchery at this small property by the hills that i just bought. So yeah, drastic change from toxic city and corporate living to simple country living may just extend my lifespan and have a better sense of fulfillment.
Thanks for sharing that story! Really sounds like a dream too! Congrats👏😊
Which country you from ?
The Philippines@@eternity.in.a.m0m3nt
The man living a way more simple life than most yet having so much more to live for
Many people are trying hard to get out of the rat race including myself. Support to the tiny house living and van life dwellers.
Indeed
After traveling for a couple years I started feeling more at home in the countryside, no matter which country I visited. Then during the pandemic I visited a little Himalayan village and I am still here after 3.5 years. I run a hostel here and live the life I want. Low living costs, in the middle of nature, simple life and I still write software, but my software work now comes second after my relaxed lifestyle.
Good for you! So much less stressful. I live out of debt and have a house paid for but relish going tiny...less housework, less stress!
I wouldn't want to live like this, I'm way too materialistic, and I'm not unhappy with it, but I love watching these videos and see people thrive living this lifestyle. It just shows how diverse people can be and usually it's people who were unhappy in their dayjobs, seeing you escape from that into what makes you comfortable is just awesome.
I appreciate your honesty. It is true that we are diverse and may find that we have different needs in terms of how we live. I would enjoy this life, whereas my daughter is more of the type to want city living. I believe it's the single most important task.... to find our version of happy, satisfy our soul calling. It's a journey, not a destination. Blessings -
It takes courage to live according to our inner calling. Agreed to start patially, getting some income n eventually move into it full pledge. May God bless you with abundant blessings 🙏
This is peaceful living. If enough people start being self sufficient and not solely rely on corporations for income. Only then the workers can create some sort of leverage.
I'm a hard worker, but these last fews years. I'm overwhelmed with work along personal responsibilities. Then the high cost of living to exist in society. Just working to pay bills, only having small amount of free time.
I have my own plans on being self reliant, thank you for sharing part of your journey. I enjoyed your video, the nature scenery is calming.
Doing the same here in canada! My first summer was in a hammock! A lot of my food was wild edibles!
Interesting story! I totally agree, life off the grid, far from the hustle and bustle of the developed world, is so fulfilling.
I also moved from USA to rural Kenya, not so long ago. And I started a RUclips channel documenting my relocation journey.
@EmmilyTiampati share your channel link or name.
Yes, so much hard work, but so well worth it. Nature's rainbow bounty is the kindest and healthiest way to eat. Wild strawberries and raspberries? Yes, please. I really admire how he was able to use his passion to create a living and in doing so helping to educate others as well. I can also appreciate what a grind it can be at times, too. Work is work, after all.
Such a gorgeous and idyllic location and you can't beat a lifestyle filled with healthy eating & movement, a calm and peaceful environment and a good dog by your side. Wishing this young man and his pup a long and happy life together.
Thank you so much! We hope so too😊
This video is very inspiring to me when I am not living in my tiny house(12x28) I am living in my DIY truck camper build. I am learning what’s on the land around me and also have planted herbs and a few other things that mostly come back every year. Anxious this year to actually get some organization and plant vegetables also. You are brave to venture out of your normal and allow God’s creation to sustain you. You are right it is hard work, but it’s reward is greater.
Years ago while living in Dallas Texas I helped a woman who was building her own tiny house. I don’t know where she ever got off to but I do know the insulation in that home was well done…
Your channel looks interesting so I subscribed. Three years worth of videos is a lot to watch, but I’m retied so plenty of time.
I left the corporate world just 15 days ago with a similar calling, it's wonderful seeing this and how far you've come in just a few years. Thank you for sharing 🖤
I'm envious of your lifestyle. Your timing for moving in, in Spring of 2020 couldn't have been better considering the pandemic. I live in a small, old, rustic, A Frame cottage overlooking a small lake just outside of my hometown in southwestern Nova Scotia. I love it. But I would trade it for an old cabin in the woods in a heartbeat if I only could. Now it's time to start watching your videos from the beginning.
Excellent summary of exactly what i want to do
At 62 i dont need money but time is running out...
The way you split the three “jobs” is a good way to rationalise how working for yourself can mean looking after yourself / not necessarily owning a small business 🤔
Therefore Two days working on my food garden is essential and not a guilty pleasure.
Exactly! And Thanks!😊
Same here. I'm 61, divorced and my 2 children are about to leave the nest. In less than 2 years I will be retiring and I am now seriously considering on living full time in a Sprinter van I am converting. Time is indeed running out and I want to make the most of what is left because tomorrow it can all be over... ATB from Belgium.
I really support this kind of living life as peaceful and to be with yourself. More so close to nature🌿🍃🌿🍃 is absolutely wonderful.
We are taught to consume..consume..consume. We need very little to be happy…I live in Los Angeles..almost everyone in big giant cars. This lifestyle has so many benefits and eliminates so much trash! Thanks for sharing your story.❤
You’re welcome❤️
its damn true! My family lives there and I hate to live LA. .....I live top of a mountain in Spain with my furry friends😻😹😸
I used to live in LA .Then last month I moved to my home country and living with my parents helping my father to grow his business.I’m so happy that I took this decision to leave a life where I used to work 5 days to live 2 days in a week . Now I’m enjoying everyday .Less money but happy life .
Los Angeles is a toxic mess. It has become an open air mental asylum and full of aggressive people. Materialistic minded people are the reason. It all started when the Armenians and Saudis started arriving and engage in inflation manipulation schemes to drive costs in housing, rent so that we can feed their materialistic overconsumption. Not only that we have to deal with their aggressiveness on the road and in stores in public. System of a Down's Toxicity was in fact talking about how they made LA into a toxic mess.
@@fsh57 i dont know what is worse L.A or cats
what have you done to deserve all this🤔
My gosh! the sound of those birds and the sight of nature around your home are heavenly ❤
The tiny living lifestyle you've embraced is inspiring, especially your approach to blending work with environmental consciousness! Your journey into self-sufficiency not only enhances personal well-being but also sets a sustainable example for others. 🌿
Greetings from Sri Lanka ❤. Continue your good effort. When people have slow life styles they feel as if they are really living . Practice mindfulness in your life adds even more essence to your expected lifestyle .Good Luck bro !
Thank you so much!! Will do - have been practicing😌
Hi I'm from sri lanka too. Also a mindfulness practioner. Wondering if you have some Tiny house movement here. Really interested in getting into it
I’ve watched this video a dozen times. Idk what it is about it but it feels peaceful. ❤
It’s about FREEDOM.
I work 2-10pm Monday-Friday. Love this as I have all morning to do what I want. Love what you are doing and sharing your journey with us. All the best with all your projects.
What field are you in?
This is such a dream life that I wanted, no need to rush and everything is calm.
I have the same coffee grinder as you!
And that dog is such a good companion, I can tell:)
Your house is super cool & your plants are SO green & healthy😊-a very nice job!
Thanks for the visual treat. I live in crowded, hot and humid South Carolina USA. What a refreshing change is your beautiful country and lifestyle. You are blessed indeed.
SC has lots of affordable land. Move and build tiny in the woods.
S C is my ❤ , but yes, it is getting soooo crowded.I came from Croatia 25 years ago and I looove South. People , food , culture, nature, but is getting so crowded everywhere
@@dennynisevic7848 I agree. Where in SC would you suggest I look for the best land deal? I'm a single disabled vet and can pay cash. It would be nice to find a place with a Yurt already set up since I could never do it myself.
I have lived in SC most of my life. So many damn people everywhere now! I have no idea where they all came from. For a world where the birth rates are plummeting it sure doesn't seem like it to me.
@@richarddharrison2 I mean if you're saying its crowded, hot and humid, maybe go near spartanburg. Should alleviate those things a bit and you stay in the same state.
Hello from Michigan! Loved your video, thanks for explaining how you make it work. Hope to get my own tiny house some time soon
I have just quit 9-5 job for one month, now I have just decided to take care my land. It's just a plain land. I will start from zero. Your living is a good example for me. Thank you very much for your good VDOs.😊
You’re welcome!! Sounds great!!
Hi Anders, just came across your channel as I’m thinking about moving to a tiny house and living a more nature-connected life. I’ve been a nature lover for all my life. Currently I have a 9 to 5 job, sitting all day in front of a screen…you know what that is. Health comes first so that’s why I need to do something about it. I’m sure your channel and your life experience since you started a healthier life will definitely be inspiring a lot of people, so … I’m joining your community on here from today 🙂🙂🙂. Cheers from Barcelona
I really hope so too! And Thank you so much - you are most welcome here! Wish you all the luck with your own dream!!
You are living the dream mate, you are an inspartion for many people, im so happy for having found your channel, keep it up!
Thanks!😃
Elderflowers go on to produce elderberries. Elderberries when simmered in a covering of water, then strained and the liquid brought back to the boil with a pound of honey per pint of liquid, makes a wonderful winter remedy that keeps flu away 🙂. When jarred in sterilised jars while still simmering, it will keep for years 🙂. Tastes lovely as well.
Thanks! I actually experimented with different elderflower berry juices - some with Black currant and mint. They turned out pretty well I think!
I watch this video to keep inspiring me that someday, this can happen for me too. And it is very calming for me to watch too. Thank you.
Beautiful Haven, glad I found your channel, enjoyed.
Welcome 😊
It’s really inspiring what you’ve done. I’ve been having the same calling lately and I can’t get it out of my head. I think that doing it alone is what holds me back. We need mini communities of people doing the same where we can share resources and combat loneliness 😅
What a beautiful lifestyle you have cultivated for yourself and your sweet pup. Thank you for sharing!
Im happy for you Anders! Sincerely happy.
You're liviing the best and right way of life . ❤👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
at last my fruit trees are paying for themselves after five years I get a better variety throughout the year. I didn't realise that the preserving would take so much of my time.
Birdy
Very inspiring, I think of the "back to the Earth" intentional communities I visited or stayed at in the 70's. Many of them are still thriving.
I applaud you. Very dedicated and impressive lifestyle.
Rent a property/house/flat and live in a off-grid cabin, your own property. Seems like a best option if you have the means to do it.
Myself i just have not decided where. I'm from Northern Europe. It gets really, really cold out there, there are better places to keep the garden during the year and your feet, fingers warm. Sometimes 3rd world countries can be a nice option, but you need to feel secure and safe. Maybe having some kind of community helps. In Europe Spain / France / Portugal / Italy are probably the best options we have..
I commend you for being brave and smart and acting on your decision to LIVE a FREE LIFE! Greetings from Georgia, USA.
Thank you very much😊
Greetings from South Florida 🌴. Thank you for sharing your journey. It's awesome to see you living what makes you happy 😊
Thanks!! Really appreciate it😊
I hope your channel grows and you're able to get some good income from youtube as well. Appreciate you being out there, brother. Stay well!
Thanks!! It’s getting better day by day now😊👌
This is so peaceful to watch
Thanks!!😊
My Friend i Just Ran Across your Beautiful Channel! This Video Really Inspired Me To Take The Nx step In Freeing Myself from The Awful AI Machine And Moving To the Country Nx Year! Keep Em coming!
This is a fantastic way of living and very inspiring. Thank you for sharing!
You’re welcome😊
You’re welcome😊
I enjoy camping in the woods as much as I want and wherever I want and whenever I want then work and the rut. It works for me.
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Very proud of you!
❤ from 🇺🇸 California
Wow, thanks, so kind of you to say!😊
Peace, serenity and "Selfullness"
This is the life that i want. Free from conflicts, freedom from shitty useless things. Yeahhh
It is so Rewarding, isn't it?we learn so much from our beautiful mother nature. Good work, God Bless you.🙏🕊🌿❤❤❤🌄🌅🌄🏆
Lovely area … thanks for sharing
This way of life can be so beneficial to society as well because it enables you time to spend being in community and volunteering in your area. Investing in your community can be a huge blessing for yourself and for others.
Beautiful! May you be happy, healthy and free 🌱
Greetings from California. Wow. Just beautiful. The wild horses at the end of your video took my breath away. I know it must be hard work to live as you do, but what peace it brings to your existence. Just watching this was grounding. It's really awesome you teach others how to live in and build tiny homes.
It warms my heart to read this. Thank you! And you’re right, it pays of: the peace and meaningfulness balances out the hard times for sure😊
Amazing video! Thank you for sharing. Look forward to seeing your other videos
You’re welcome😊Thanks!
Good for you, congrats on fulfilling what many aspire to but never realise.
This is inspirational
What a wonderful life you have built for yourself. I hope that you are extremely proud of what you have accomplished so far. Happiness radiates from you. You can see that you are a content person.
super inspiring. Thank you for sharing.
You are living my dream life
And i am happy about that
At least someone like me is living what i always wanted
We really don't need all the things tv and magazines and society try to say we need. If we brought back things like "community" life could be so much easier. Somewhere we got off track and thought we had to have all these materialistic things to arrive at some destination called sucess. You waste your life and energy and health in that pursuit. Relationships and experiences and living with and among nature is way way more important. Peace in your soul is a good thing.
Agree!!😊
that's true
Dog’s living his, or her, best life. I relaxed just watching this.
This was a great video, very inspiring - thank you
In ireland you require planning permission and permit if you want to live in non permanent structure for more than 10days and youll never get the planning per.ission in the country unless youre from there by generations. Ireland has ridiculous laws and then theyre surprised that they have housing crisis.
So true.
I was looking into it few years ago, when I was at a risk of becoming homeless. I was hoping to get a piece of land and put a log cabin or a static caravan on it.
The cost of the land was prohibitive enough - anything between 30-70 grand for a half acre site in my area.
true. it sucks! there's no way out other than to buy a house
It's already backfiring on them
@@valentina47734 what do you mean?
@@JaneWillowMusic Well,they have multiple crisis now. Immigration,homelesness. Greed can never be good. Even Irish can't afford to live outside of their family house.
Looks lovely. I am starting to do something similar but in my old house in a village. I don't have much space outside so I'm limited in terms of what I can grow but I'm sure there is much that I can do that I'm not doing yet!! And we have lovely outside spaces nearby so I try and take advantage of that.
Sounds really great!👌😊
That's such a cool way of living!
very inspiring and this video has given me more hope that tiny living is indeed a path that I can pursue with my wife. It's been challenging getting through the mental hurdle of redefining what work and making a living looks like when moving away from the hustle and bustle of city life. thank you.
I've been doing van-life full-time now for about 2 years out of a squaredrop camper I pull behind my car in the states. Tiny Living here still has lots of obstacles....most zoning even in the countryside won't allow tiny homes that don't have their own sewer & running water, electricity. With Van-Life, there are more and more no overnight parking signs for places that used to allow overnight parking.
Have you looked into cal Earth? They build with sandbags. I think their projects are up to California code, and this could be legal other places. Best of luck 🇩🇰
The same here in Denmark! It’s not getting easier, although there are some new regulations that maybe are changing the game now🤞🤞
@@andersboisentinyhouse , thanks for the reply. Hope it gets better & easier for you too.
Matt
@@dortek882 , thanks for the Cal-Earth recommendation. Just checked it out...those earth sandbag homes look awesome.
Are you surprised about that? Your essentially just leaching off some communities resources, without providing any benefit to them. Or is your camper free for others like me to just come in and stay there when I feel like it? If you don't own the land you intend to stay on, your at best a guest, maybe an unwelcome one. Grow up and get your own piece of land and forget this "van dwelling" kids stuff. That has zero future in it. You can buy a piece of land for less than half of the average van build.
This video story of your way of life is wonderful. Thank you.
Wonderful & inspiring…thank you
I applaud your courage and your dedication…….Lots of hugs and keep going ❤❤❤
So impressive. Thanks for this video!
You’re welcome!!😊
Thank you for sharing! You are amazing! 原来一个人可以做这么多的事，人的潜能巨大无穷! 最重要的是您有这样的兴趣，我应该不行，跳舞才是我的生命和动力！谢谢！🙏💃
Great video and content, thanks for sharing with us!
I live in a quite large house, but if I could I'd definitely prefer a tiny one like yours ❤ this is so awesome I'm envious