My ex was like that. If I wasn't always busy, busy, busy, I was worthless. Now that I'm single I have time to bake bread and crochet. The moral of the story is never let another person dictate your time! It goes too quickly and we only have one life to live! God bless you Sanna and everyone watching this today!!!! ❤
As someone who is chronically ill and unable to work, I am forced to live a life with a lot of lack: lack of clothes and proper shoes, lack of things for the house, lack of a lot of things that would make life easier. But it has also made me realize that I need very little to be happy. While I do enjoy beautiful things, they are only things, at the end of the day. I don't NEED them. What I do need, is food, shelter, a clean house (for the sake of my mental health), and being around loved ones and nature. That may sound cliche to some, but it really is so true. I could be happy anywhere, in any building, anywhere in the world, as long as I have nature, animals, my own intuition, and my fiancé. That is a very reassuring feeling, and it makes life very grand, in all its simplicity. Sending love from the south of Sweden. Thank you for your wise words and the reminder that at the end of the day, most of us have everything we need. ❤ PS. As if the universe wanted to tell me i am right in my thoughts; while I was watching your video my fiance was gluing the soles back onto my winter boots that had broken. I will buy a new pair next week, but for now, these will do just fine.
I became chronically ill with Long Covid 2 years ago. It’s been difficult to go from a two income household to just one (I had to give up my job). The “silver lining” of my story is that I’ve become really aware of what I need and what I can live without. I’ve always been mindful of consumer culture, but I think I’ve become even more intentional with my spending. And, I’ve learned to appreciate the things I do have even more 😊
Sanna, I’ve always been interested in the “old” ways of doing things, especially in northern climates. In northern Canada they use a contraption called a “Jigger” to feed gill nets under the ice. I’m wondering if this is what is used in Finland too? It’s really cool how they work! I’ll attach a link to give you an idea of what I’m talking about 🙂 waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library-bibliotheque/35890.pdf
I am in the process of learning this now. Having to learn to let go of things due to the restrictions of chronic illness. Not a bad lesson to learn…although under other circumstances would have been better…but the question is, would I have learned the lesson if life had not thrown that curve ball? ❤
You've made a beautiful life for yourself. A few years ago I got sick from working too much. Bad migraines, high blood pressure. I would love a home in the woods. ❤
I always connect to my Finnish roots when I watch your videos. It does my heart so much good. My Grandfather came to America at age 3. His mom died a week after they arrived. His older brother and he were placed in a “home” until his dad found work. Understanding how Finnish people live and feel explains so much about who I am and why I feel how I feel about things. I never fit in but now I know why. God bless you!!
You made me feel so much better sbout myself. My mother and sister are always busy. They move very fast and remind me of hummingbirds, darting here and there. God made me slow and i cant catch up with them so ive always felt bad about myself. Thank you so much for helping me see my own worth.
I hope it makes you feel even better about yourself to know that I am the same way!!! Yesterday at work everyone was talking about their weekend and oh my goodness, it was exhausting just hearing about the "hummingbirds" fluttering all over the place in only 2 days. When it came it my turn I was like " Well, I........spent time with my dogs, baked and read books a lot" lol I simply cannot keep up with the hustle culture, when I've had no choice but to have a busy couple of weeks of constant go, go, go, I get physically ill and the only cure is slowing down and time at home!
Sanna, what a beautiful video!! My heart is deeply touched. The Bible says, “Godliness with contentment is great gain.” And this is a lesson I believe my Loving Creator is teaching me. I have spent most of my life in a driven, Type A, hustle and do lots of things life. The last couple of years, life has slowed tremendously. I am realizing all I missed as I sped through life. I thought I was being hard-working and noble in my “pursuits”. But I am learning, while there is nothing wrong with hard work, I kept a pace and pursued so many worthless goals that did not produce contentment. I am learning to listen to and learn from my Heavenly Father, who created me and so much beauty around me and loves me so deeply, and I am learning I have to be still and quiet to hear His voice well and to see it all with more than just my eyes. In so doing, my heart becomes full in a way it never has in all my past pursuits. I have much to learn of the priceless value of true inner contentment. Thank you for being such an encouragement to this 56 year old heart that is having to re-learn a better way to live.❤
Thank you. I agree. I am 70 years of age and have been walking with God/Jesus since I am 37 years of age. I know that more is never enough. The word says it. God wants us to rest in the safety of His love, like little chicks hiding under their mother's wings. He is so good. All good things come from Him, not by our ability to wrestle it out of life by our strife. God bless you, and may you know Him and His love for you. ❤ ❤
“Freedom is wanting less and being grateful for what I already have.” Love that thought. Not easy to do, but if you want something bad enough, only you can make it happen.
Oh, Sanna, your words are so close to my vision of how life can flow.😌 I live a simple life, sometimes I feel like I was born at the wrong time 😉 But apparently we are needed and important right now. Thank you for your videos) You inspired me, I want to knit a sweater. I’ve been taking timid steps🙏 and baking bread myself for a long time, my family is happy)
Thank you! I have an affirmation: I have everything I need! And some famous person said beware all public events requiring new clothes. And another thing I say: How I am is good enough! You are beautiful!
yes we simply live to fill our time. busy for busy sake. we all come to realize its all kind of silly and means little. you are a light of what could be.
I’m American & recently found out I’m 35% Finnish. I’ve been so fascinated by learning more about the Finnish culture. I really want to visit someday! These videos are so well done they really are so magical.
Welcome to Finland! If you ever visit here, I suggest go also outside our capital city Helsinki. This is a small country in populatin, but big in surface area, and you see much more of the "true" Finland by visiting other further places than just southern Finland 🙂
Hi from Texas. I lived in Finland for a year or so a long time ago. Our oldest daughter was born there and we just recently went back with her so she could see the hospital and home we lived in. Met up with our good friends there too. They were very helpful when we lived there!
Sanna, your vlog is like a balsam to the tired soul... You show how beautiful and calming a simple life can be... how satisfying your own creations are... how fulfilling is the closeness of like-minded people is, who enjoy the beauty of nature and have gratitude for its gifts. This kind of life feels like the time stands still to allow us to do what we want to do without feeling rushed in any way. Thank you for sharing... this is really beautiful and tempting to reflect on true values in life.
We think you're video's are wonderful. Many of us in the US are realizing the folly of having too many things. Simplifying life makes life better. Thank you.
The fishing technique was extremely interesting to hear about. Very important for self-sustainability! I love your enthusiasm. You re not babbling! You are teaching us! I love it!
The Northern Lights look like they're dancing across the sky, beautiful. Such a great gift from our good Lord... light. 🕯️✝️❄️💙👑 Your bread looks delicious.
We can be happy when we are healthy, wealthy (how we use our time and resources) and wise. Many blessings to you Sanna and your soulmate. Life is wonderful only if we choose.
Hei, new member! my greatgma and gma came from Alaharma to Northern Montana ,husband worked the coal mines. My mother spoke Finn until age five . Montana had an extensive Finnish community presence in the 50s. Gteat Grandmother Marie Laituri Suokko lived in the mining town of Sand Coulee behind the company store in a shack embedded in a steep hill. She spoke little English but her little house was spotless. When I was with the family gatherings there, no English was spoken. Coffee and sweets were in abundance along with some laughter in between cups of coffee. She had a wood stove, too. Your videos make my Suomi feelings so strong, as you describe yours. I am 79 now but my Sisu is still strong. I love winter and solitude as well. Kiitos 🇫🇮🎄🎶🇺🇸
Thank you very for explaining the way of life in your country. I'm French and years ago I went to Helsinki to spent some time with my family who live there. I LOVE your country and your people and your way of life and behaving. Thank you for who you are ! Love to all your people.
Your bread looks amazing! So much of what you said resonated with me. We are told that consuming more and always being busy is what we should strive for when if we did just the opposite it would lead to greater happiness and satisfaction. Thank you for sharing. ❤
I absolutely adore the music selections in these videos. Please share the artists or titles in your description. Thank you for this gift of peace. Sanna, you are a total inspiration. Warm hug from Alpine, Texas
I love your channel! You have the best attitude about everything. Even when things are difficult or not ideal you show such awareness and honesty, allowing you to be at peace. Amazing.
I am so happy to have found your channel. You teach so wisely in your simplicity . Living in America, consumerism is out of control. Such a shame. Thank you. Beautiful channel❤
More people need to understand and value 'doing nothing' as you and the author praise. I too feel physically sick when exposed to business. ☮🕉☯️ Thank you!
I have had many similar thoughts and feelings you describe in this video. Throughout my life, if I was too busy, I would break down into tears. I’ve had people say, in my vicinity, that they hate people who are lazy and don’t have any ambition. It made me feel just that way. Now in this aging body, I am realizing bit by bit that we are not all made for greatness. There are quite a few of us that want to slow down this life to relish it, to appreciate it instead just blowing through it. When I became born again in Christ, then I felt I had made to most important connection one can have. Then I felt complete. After awhile, I was able to the shed guilt of not achieving great things. I was able to let go of my own hate for people that judge me so harshly. I was able to stay calm in stressful situations like when my daughter died a week after turning 16. I found beauty in the silence, in the quiet meditations in my heart while thinking of this amazing place with Amazing Grace. May God keep you in comfort and peace. Also, the music you chose for the Northern Light display was wonderful. It complimented it so well it brought tears to my eyes.
❤️✝️🙏 our bodies were not made for stress ... They are built for peace. I think that's why our bodies break down under prolonged stress. Plus, business brings out the worst in people (quick to anger or annoyance, competitiveness, jealousy, road rage, aggression, etc...). But the fruits of the Spirit are peace, joy, gentleness, forbearance... I personally find that peace in Jesus, too. 😊. Thanks for sharing your comment!
hello from Australia. While we are sweltering in the heat, I find so much solace in your video's. They are so calming and take me away from my reality. I am trying to live a slower life and nurture my creativity as that is what makes by heart sing, not working in a fast paced industry and having to follow the standards set. I quiet life like yours is what I dream of. I am so thankful for your channel and what it brings to the world.
A beautiful vlog all around, the choice of music was brilliant, especially matching the Northern Lights scene. I am a full time nomad, traveling all over the Western US, house sitting and caring for animals. Everything that I need is in my Toyota. When making purchases I ask the same question, what do I really need because space is always a consideration. Well made clothes and shoes are very important and I do not mind paying for the quality that ensures longevity. The tutorial on the fishing nets was so interesting and having fish during the winter is a blessing. Love from the foot of the Rocky mountains in Colorado US.
I like staying busy, but only if it is things I enjoy. I am relaxed doing handyman work, car maintenance, photography or other physical tasks that connect activity with problem solving. To be simply idle… that is tough for me. But in my youth, I could sit in a pasture or highland and be motionless observing small wildlife and carefully tracing the veins in a leaf all afternoon and be very in tune and still. And even now, I long for the absolutely god-like peace that fills my soul when I stand under trees with the wind passing through them. There is no other sound as enriching as that for me. Yet… even after a half hour of that, anxiety begins to knock at my door. I don’t know how, when or why I changed.
Thank you for helping me connect to the beauty of the world. And to slow down. I appreciate your attitude towards clothes. It’s hard for us to find clothes that are all natural materials. I don’t make them.
You reminded me of my previous life with this video Sanna. I was always very busy and very rich. Up until everything collapsed in one night. I left my Christmas decorations and my home and never got back -at least until today- So I remember my first Christmas being poor and in a small apartment without having anything similar to my old lifestyle. I bought a duck, a bottle of red wine, a cake, a few candles and a dress from Zara. I wore my pearl earrings that my father gifted me when I was 12 years old, and most important..... I was sooooo happy celebrating Christmas only with my family and my loved ones ❤️ Money is NOT everything.
Dear Sanna, thank you for this enchanting video. My Sri Lankan parents also tried to instil the value of doing less (but doing what you did, well) when i was young. Your video reminded me so much of home. I think maybe many cultures once lived this way.
The reason why I watch your videos everyday over and over again because of your word of wisdom that you share. These words that you share makes your videos worth-it to consume. Second are the LoFi music you used in your videos. It would be much appreciated if you can share the links of the music every time you upload...Please. And also I watched your video playing in the background while I'm on my Phone editing my videos and not only once but too many times .Keep inspiring!
Dear Sanna, thank you each and every courageous filming.... thank you from the Central California Coast ... often as busy as a larger metropolis.... and, you're not babbling at all..... love the details of your observations and experiences... this is what creates a sense of sharing the moments.... do you know Pico Iyer... well loved travel writer... it's precisely his fearlessness to recount the step by step nuances of moments which are woven into treasured memories...... xoxo from California. Peaceful Christmas *
I live on the east coast of Canada , and we call that box net fishing. I’ve gone with my nephew and father and I actually fell in the hole, through the ice ,but was hauled up by my nephew. I hardly got wet. It happened so fast. Lots of fun! I really enjoy your videos! Thank you!
This episode so resonates with me.. and I am so happy to see that there are other people out there in the world that think as me. I often feel so sad to see the waste that is put into our beautiful Earth.. and the incessant need for more.. new.. shiny! I often think that with the fast pace of life in our society, humanity is no longer fulfilled with the simple pleasure of just 'being'. Thank you for a beautiful & thoughtful podcast.. may you have a quiet and peaceful Christmas with your loved ones ✯
Oh kindred spirit friend! I make RUclips videos in a similar spirit as you about my life in the remote west and I cannot tell you how much I relate to everything that you shared. It was like hearing you read from my very own journal. Since moving to live closer to nature and simplifying my life and home, I have gone through such a journey of coming to understand what is really important and the programming from our capitalist culture and how that affects me. Thank you for sharing such grounded messages - we need them in the world of today. Sending love from my little corner of the world to yours 🧡
Muchas gracias por vuestro tiempo al dedicarlo a estos vídeos tan bonitos. Comparto tu pensamiento y tu forma de vivir. Que bonita Finlandia. ¿Puedo saber donde es? Gracias ❤
Thank you for the reset… the poet John Keats wrote: “the world is too much with us, late and soon.” Grateful for you sharing a necessary perspective shift…. Busyness is a trap… we need stillness and silence to counteract the chaos of this world. I thank God for the peace He alone can give 😊
So good to see your calm and peaceful world… great vlog 👍. In life, I too believe such small quiet and loving moments are much more important than the hustle culture of city life...
I love your videos and the idea of slowing down. I’m retired and still feel so busy. It’s not that I want to just do nothing but to do less of what doesn’t make me happy. I wan to be productive in a more calmer way. 🥰
I enjoy your desire to embrace frugality and a less busy life. I deeply feel the same way. While I watch you, I too am knitting my homespun yarn for a winter project. You are so right about the consuming society. We must enjoy our precious moments of now. Thank you so much for sharing with us. Many blessings to you!
I’ve always been frugal and it’s served me well. I live I a medium sized city in the US and it’s frenetic, noisy, busy. It’s hard to ignore but I live and eat low on the food chain, grow vegetables in the summer; it gets dark here at 4:30 in late November; we get used to it. I don’t mind the cold. I shovel my own snow with a shovel; it’s the way I was raised; no snow blowers or plows or snow throwers, nothing like that! I like to be outside in the winters but it’s not as cold as Finland, for sure!
Hello fellow Idahoan! I live in Meridian. Now that I’m retired, I can relish in the quiet solitude and not be concerned with everyone’s opinion if I am busy enough! I often felt completely overwhelmed while working with special needs children. People put the same expectations on them that they are Not Able to do! It seemed so ridiculous that I finally said enough is enough and retired so that I wouldn’t become bitter. Instead of the school district focusing on teaching each student with loving care, they were always too concerned with achievements and test scores. Some of our students could barely walk or talk, but expected to take tests along with the general population. Quite often, they would end up in tears, or trash the classroom out of frustration. I don’t blame them. I pray they will find peace like Sanna has.
I love this video! I enjoyed your story about the way fish are caught, even though I am vegan. 😊 I also very much enjoyed the long time lapse of the Northern lights. I also really enjoyed your thoughts on slowing down, not being so busy, and having so much. We really need to slow down. ❤
Hi Sanna, having come across your vlogs a month ago I'm truly inspired by your way of life, may I say your talent on portraying your idyllic lifestyle through camera and the accompanying music is the work of a very gifted individual, the snow will fall soon and brighten your path in the meantime time embrace and inhale the pure air around you, thank you for sharing your talent and your life through this platform, keep it up👍
I am busy with family life, bringing up 5 children, homeschooling style, and it IS very busy, and I need often remind myself not to compare myself with a public school mum. Our schedule is definitely busy , I prepare a lot of food from scratch,but I also enjoy slower times when possible. It's hard to balance.
Lovely and cosy, nice environment and good quality simple furnishing, linen cloths, the real feel and the simplicity is enough for me, and lovely photography, lighting, mood, music...atmosphere is super relaxing and comforting.
Hi Sanna, thank you for lovely and calming videos with nice music. You have lovely lifestyle as what can be seen on your videos. I have to be busy and rash and run at work just to earn for the basics like to pay mortgage on our house and to pay for food, clothes and so on. Also at my out of work time sometimes there is lots to do. But when I'm off work and when I can I try to slow down and enjoy life as we only have one life and it doesn't last forever. Love from UK.
I really loved this video of your life with homemade food ideas, community, and nature. I loved the northern lights and music. Your voice is alsoso calming.
Wow, dear Sanna. What a beautiful video! Thank you so much and the beautiful Northern Lights scène and your sharing with us! Warm greetings from The Netherlands❤❤
Sanna you are a blessing to this earth and a beautiful soul - I really needed to hear your message today and thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing your wisdom and peacefulness❤😊
Beautiful episode! I have watched it 3 times and will probably repeat watching it to calm and slow down my pace as we approach the holiday season. P.S. I started baking sourdough bread 3 months ago and I love the process and my husband loves the bread! 😊
Thanks you very much for your films, Sanna! For many years i've been living with the same ideas, you do now. And still I do, though people ignored me and tried to make me think that I'm just a psychiatric person. They thought that if you are living with so little things and with the nature, you are just wild and cannot develop anything useful. I survived the nightmare of their irreasonable accusations, which just came from theirs fears. I'm very happy with myself. I'm thankful for all the things I learned and my rich life, though it was and it is not always so easy! Love, Veronica
Thank you❤ I am 64, and have been 1000% busy all my life. I retired a month ago and promised myself to live an intentional “non” busy life. I also make sourdough bread, and loved seeing how you add oats to your dough. I am learning how to knit and enjoy it enormously. Thank you for the book recommendation…. ❤
I love this. Trying to slow down more in my life. Helping my kids to enjoy quiet days in nature and indoors is a challenge in our world, but so worth it. I notice an improvement right away in everyone's mental health and energy. Also love seeing your knitting plans.
아름답고 깨끗한 핀란드의 자연 속에서 살아가시는 모습을 보며 제 마음도 깨끗해지는 것 같습니다. 대도시 아파트에서 살며 직장생활을 하는 저와는 너무도 다른 생활이시라 존경스럽고 부럽기도 합니다. 종종 들러서 치유와 쉼의 시간을 가져 보겠습니다. 좋은 영상과 음악 감사합니다.
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My ex was like that. If I wasn't always busy, busy, busy, I was worthless. Now that I'm single I have time to bake bread and crochet. The moral of the story is never let another person dictate your time! It goes too quickly and we only have one life to live! God bless you Sanna and everyone watching this today!!!! ❤
Feel the same ❤
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God bless you, too
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Mach nicht andere dafür verantwortlich! Es war DEINE Entscheidung!
Du kannst auch MIT jemandem dein eigenes Leben führen!
As someone who is chronically ill and unable to work, I am forced to live a life with a lot of lack: lack of clothes and proper shoes, lack of things for the house, lack of a lot of things that would make life easier. But it has also made me realize that I need very little to be happy. While I do enjoy beautiful things, they are only things, at the end of the day. I don't NEED them. What I do need, is food, shelter, a clean house (for the sake of my mental health), and being around loved ones and nature. That may sound cliche to some, but it really is so true. I could be happy anywhere, in any building, anywhere in the world, as long as I have nature, animals, my own intuition, and my fiancé. That is a very reassuring feeling, and it makes life very grand, in all its simplicity.
Sending love from the south of Sweden. Thank you for your wise words and the reminder that at the end of the day, most of us have everything we need. ❤
PS. As if the universe wanted to tell me i am right in my thoughts; while I was watching your video my fiance was gluing the soles back onto my winter boots that had broken. I will buy a new pair next week, but for now, these will do just fine.
Lovely. God bless you both.
I became chronically ill with Long Covid 2 years ago. It’s been difficult to go from a two income household to just one (I had to give up my job). The “silver lining” of my story is that I’ve become really aware of what I need and what I can live without. I’ve always been mindful of consumer culture, but I think I’ve become even more intentional with my spending. And, I’ve learned to appreciate the things I do have even more 😊
Sanna, I’ve always been interested in the “old” ways of doing things, especially in northern climates. In northern Canada they use a contraption called a “Jigger” to feed gill nets under the ice. I’m wondering if this is what is used in Finland too? It’s really cool how they work! I’ll attach a link to give you an idea of what I’m talking about 🙂
waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library-bibliotheque/35890.pdf
@@agirlnamedsaskia Blessings to you - yes wisdom can come at great cost. ❤
I am in the process of learning this now. Having to learn to let go of things due to the restrictions of chronic illness. Not a bad lesson to learn…although under other circumstances would have been better…but the question is, would I have learned the lesson if life had not thrown that curve ball? ❤
You've made a beautiful life for yourself. A few years ago I got sick from working too much. Bad migraines, high blood pressure. I would love a home in the woods. ❤
I always connect to my Finnish roots when I watch your videos. It does my heart so much good. My Grandfather came to America at age 3. His mom died a week after they arrived. His older brother and he were placed in a “home” until his dad found work. Understanding how Finnish people live and feel explains so much about who I am and why I feel how I feel about things. I never fit in but now I know why. God bless you!!
We must all show gratitude.. live a simple life..and admire the simple things..no expectations... just have what we need
Ya'll are amazing 😊.... thank you from Texas, USA. Love your content and music. It is quite therapeutic. You have achieved your goal, Sana.
You made me feel so much better sbout myself. My mother and sister are always busy. They move very fast and remind me of hummingbirds, darting here and there. God made me slow and i cant catch up with them so ive always felt bad about myself. Thank you so much for helping me see my own worth.
I hope it makes you feel even better about yourself to know that I am the same way!!! Yesterday at work everyone was talking about their weekend and oh my goodness, it was exhausting just hearing about the "hummingbirds" fluttering all over the place in only 2 days. When it came it my turn I was like " Well, I........spent time with my dogs, baked and read books a lot" lol I simply cannot keep up with the hustle culture, when I've had no choice but to have a busy couple of weeks of constant go, go, go, I get physically ill and the only cure is slowing down and time at home!
You’re not blabbering! You’re telling us how things work over there and ways people around you gather fish. I learned something new 😊
Yes, loved that!
Agreed, you are not blabbering. That story of using the magnet, on 20 to 30 centimeters of ice, was genius! How interesting.
Sanna, what a beautiful video!! My heart is deeply touched. The Bible says, “Godliness with contentment is great gain.” And this is a lesson I believe my Loving Creator is teaching me. I have spent most of my life in a driven, Type A, hustle and do lots of things life. The last couple of years, life has slowed tremendously. I am realizing all I missed as I sped through life. I thought I was being hard-working and noble in my “pursuits”. But I am learning, while there is nothing wrong with hard work, I kept a pace and pursued so many worthless goals that did not produce contentment. I am learning to listen to and learn from my Heavenly Father, who created me and so much beauty around me and loves me so deeply, and I am learning I have to be still and quiet to hear His voice well and to see it all with more than just my eyes. In so doing, my heart becomes full in a way it never has in all my past pursuits. I have much to learn of the priceless value of true inner contentment. Thank you for being such an encouragement to this 56 year old heart that is having to re-learn a better way to live.❤
❤❤❤my 59 yo American heart fully agrees. Thank you for stating it so well, and to dear Saana for the beauty of her life and videos.❤❤❤
Thank you. I agree. I am 70 years of age and have been walking with God/Jesus since I am 37 years of age. I know that more is never enough. The word says it. God wants us to rest in the safety of His love, like little chicks hiding under their mother's wings. He is so good. All good things come from Him, not by our ability to wrestle it out of life by our strife. God bless you, and may you know Him and His love for you. ❤ ❤
Wonderful words.
What is the name of the song. The guy has a beautiful voice.
What beautiful Lights; what beautiful Brad! Thank you!
“Freedom is wanting less and being grateful for what I already have.” Love that thought. Not easy to do, but if you want something bad enough, only you can make it happen.
I agree- it’s truly genius and full of deepest wisdom….
Oh, Sanna, your words are so close to my vision of how life can flow.😌
I live a simple life, sometimes I feel like I was born at the wrong time 😉 But apparently we are needed and important right now.
Thank you for your videos) You inspired me, I want to knit a sweater. I’ve been taking timid steps🙏 and baking bread myself for a long time, my family is happy)
Thank you! I have an affirmation: I have everything I need! And some famous person said beware all public events requiring new clothes. And another thing I say: How I am is good enough! You are beautiful!
yes we simply live to fill our time. busy for busy sake. we all come to realize its all kind of silly and means little. you are a light of what could be.
I’m American & recently found out I’m 35% Finnish. I’ve been so fascinated by learning more about the Finnish culture. I really want to visit someday! These videos are so well done they really are so magical.
How did you figure that 35% out? 🙃
Welcome to Finland! If you ever visit here, I suggest go also outside our capital city Helsinki. This is a small country in populatin, but big in surface area, and you see much more of the "true" Finland by visiting other further places than just southern Finland 🙂
Hi from Texas. I lived in Finland for a year or so a long time ago. Our oldest daughter was born there and we just recently went back with her so she could see the hospital and home we lived in. Met up with our good friends there too. They were very helpful when we lived there!
I never heard of ice fishing by using nets under the ice. That was truly fascinating to hear about that!
Thank you so much for sharing your peace and beautiful way of life with us, it is so calming🙏🥰
Sanna, your vlog is like a balsam to the tired soul... You show how beautiful and calming a simple life can be... how satisfying your own creations are... how fulfilling is the closeness of like-minded people is, who enjoy the beauty of nature and have gratitude for its gifts. This kind of life feels like the time stands still to allow us to do what we want to do without feeling rushed in any way. Thank you for sharing... this is really beautiful and tempting to reflect on true values in life.
We think you're video's are wonderful. Many of us in the US are realizing the folly of having too many things. Simplifying life makes life better. Thank you.
The fishing technique was extremely interesting to hear about. Very important for self-sustainability! I love your enthusiasm. You re not babbling! You are teaching us! I love it!
You have beautiful hand writing Sanna. A skill lost to many in the modern world sadly.❤
The Northern Lights look like they're dancing across the sky, beautiful. Such a great gift from our good Lord... light. 🕯️✝️❄️💙👑 Your bread looks delicious.
We can be happy when we are healthy, wealthy (how we use our time and resources) and wise. Many blessings to you Sanna and your soulmate. Life is wonderful only if we choose.
Hei, new member! my greatgma and gma came from Alaharma to Northern Montana ,husband worked the coal mines. My mother spoke Finn until age five . Montana had an extensive Finnish community presence in the 50s. Gteat Grandmother Marie Laituri Suokko lived in the mining town of Sand Coulee behind the company store in a shack embedded in a steep hill. She spoke little English but her little house was spotless. When I was with the family gatherings there, no English was spoken. Coffee and sweets were in abundance along with some laughter in between cups of coffee. She had a wood stove, too. Your videos make my Suomi feelings so strong, as you describe yours. I am 79 now but my Sisu is still strong. I love winter and solitude as well. Kiitos 🇫🇮🎄🎶🇺🇸
Thank you for your touching and true words and also for this wonderful music💖💗💓
I love your channel ❤ with all of my heart
Thank you very for explaining the way of life in your country. I'm French and years ago I went to Helsinki to spent some time with my family who live there. I LOVE your country and your people and your way of life and behaving. Thank you for who you are ! Love to all your people.
Your bread looks amazing! So much of what you said resonated with me. We are told that consuming more and always being busy is what we should strive for when if we did just the opposite it would lead to greater happiness and satisfaction. Thank you for sharing. ❤
I absolutely adore the music selections in these videos. Please share the artists or titles in your description.
Thank you for this gift of peace. Sanna, you are a total inspiration. Warm hug from Alpine, Texas
I love your channel! You have the best attitude about everything. Even when things are difficult or not ideal you show such awareness and honesty, allowing you to be at peace. Amazing.
I am so happy to have found your channel. You teach so wisely in your simplicity . Living in America, consumerism is out of control. Such a shame. Thank you. Beautiful channel❤
More people need to understand and value 'doing nothing' as you and the author praise. I too feel physically sick when exposed to business. ☮🕉☯️ Thank you!
i’m going to go to finland in the 2 week of december its my first vacation in my life to meet someone special in my heart
I have had many similar thoughts and feelings you describe in this video. Throughout my life, if I was too busy, I would break down into tears. I’ve had people say, in my vicinity, that they hate people who are lazy and don’t have any ambition. It made me feel just that way. Now in this aging body, I am realizing bit by bit that we are not all made for greatness. There are quite a few of us that want to slow down this life to relish it, to appreciate it instead just blowing through it. When I became born again in Christ, then I felt I had made to most important connection one can have. Then I felt complete. After awhile, I was able to the shed guilt of not achieving great things. I was able to let go of my own hate for people that judge me so harshly. I was able to stay calm in stressful situations like when my daughter died a week after turning 16. I found beauty in the silence, in the quiet meditations in my heart while thinking of this amazing place with Amazing Grace. May God keep you in comfort and peace. Also, the music you chose for the Northern Light display was wonderful. It complimented it so well it brought tears to my eyes.
❤️✝️🙏 our bodies were not made for stress ... They are built for peace. I think that's why our bodies break down under prolonged stress. Plus, business brings out the worst in people (quick to anger or annoyance, competitiveness, jealousy, road rage, aggression, etc...).
But the fruits of the Spirit are peace, joy, gentleness, forbearance...
I personally find that peace in Jesus, too. 😊. Thanks for sharing your comment!
Your video is relaxion for my hearth. Nature is our religion, the bigger force. Thank you for healing my soul❤
В этом мире зачастую, то что хорошо, называется плохо и наоборот! Шикарное, душевное, видео! Kiitos Paljon!
Gorgeous video. You’re one of my favourite channels xx
Something beautiful about your content. It's your soul.
hello from Australia. While we are sweltering in the heat, I find so much solace in your video's. They are so calming and take me away from my reality. I am trying to live a slower life and nurture my creativity as that is what makes by heart sing, not working in a fast paced industry and having to follow the standards set. I quiet life like yours is what I dream of. I am so thankful for your channel and what it brings to the world.
Same … from a fellow Ausie who applauds this beautiful, soulful, girl and her chosen life. ❤
Wow ! Very nice. Australia is a great country. I like it very much.
A beautiful vlog all around, the choice of music was brilliant, especially matching the Northern Lights scene. I am a full time nomad, traveling all over the Western US, house sitting and caring for animals. Everything that I need is in my Toyota. When making purchases I ask the same question, what do I really need because space is always a consideration. Well made clothes and shoes are very important and I do not mind paying for the quality that ensures longevity. The tutorial on the fishing nets was so interesting and having fish during the winter is a blessing. Love from the foot of the Rocky mountains in Colorado US.
I like staying busy, but only if it is things I enjoy. I am relaxed doing handyman work, car maintenance, photography or other physical tasks that connect activity with problem solving. To be simply idle… that is tough for me. But in my youth, I could sit in a pasture or highland and be motionless observing small wildlife and carefully tracing the veins in a leaf all afternoon and be very in tune and still.
And even now, I long for the absolutely god-like peace that fills my soul when I stand under trees with the wind passing through them. There is no other sound as enriching as that for me. Yet… even after a half hour of that, anxiety begins to knock at my door.
I don’t know how, when or why I changed.
Thank you for helping me connect to the beauty of the world. And to slow down. I appreciate your attitude towards clothes. It’s hard for us to find clothes that are all natural materials. I don’t make them.
The bread looks delicious! Nothing smells better than fresh bread (well, maybe coffee 😁)
You reminded me of my previous life with this video Sanna. I was always very busy and very rich. Up until everything collapsed in one night. I left my Christmas decorations and my home and never got back -at least until today-
So I remember my first Christmas being poor and in a small apartment without having anything similar to my old lifestyle.
I bought a duck, a bottle of red wine, a cake, a few candles and a dress from Zara. I wore my pearl earrings that my father gifted me when I was 12 years old, and most important..... I was sooooo happy celebrating Christmas only with my family and my loved ones ❤️
Money is NOT everything.
Oh, wie wunderbar, jedes Video ist noch schöner als das andere - eine wirklich WAHRE HEILE WELT - Danke dass Ihr das mit uns teilt !!! 🙏🕉🙏
Dear Sanna, thank you for this enchanting video. My Sri Lankan parents also tried to instil the value of doing less (but doing what you did, well) when i was young. Your video reminded me so much of home. I think maybe many cultures once lived this way.
The reason why I watch your videos everyday over and over again because of your word of wisdom that you share. These words that you share makes your videos worth-it to consume. Second are the LoFi music you used in your videos. It would be much appreciated if you can share the links of the music every time you upload...Please. And also I watched your video playing in the background while I'm on my Phone editing my videos and not only once but too many times .Keep inspiring!
Another enchanting video! Thank you so much... I wish you snow soon so that you won't be in the darkness...
Dear Sanna, thank you each and every courageous filming.... thank you from the Central California Coast ... often as busy as a larger metropolis.... and, you're not babbling at all..... love the details of your observations and experiences... this is what creates a sense of sharing the moments.... do you know Pico Iyer... well loved travel writer... it's precisely his fearlessness to recount the step by step nuances of moments which are woven into treasured memories......
xoxo from California. Peaceful Christmas *
Thank you soooo much for sharing your life. I too struggle with living in the city and denying my childhood creativity. Thank you❤
I live on the east coast of Canada , and we call that box net fishing. I’ve gone with my nephew and father and I actually fell in the hole, through the ice ,but was hauled up by my nephew. I hardly got wet. It happened so fast. Lots of fun! I really enjoy your videos! Thank you!
Hii sanna
I'm from India
I like to watch your video with the beauty of finland ❤❤❤
This episode so resonates with me.. and I am so happy to see that there are other people out there in the world that think as me. I often feel so sad to see the waste that is put into our beautiful Earth.. and the incessant need for more.. new.. shiny! I often think that with the fast pace of life in our society, humanity is no longer fulfilled with the simple pleasure of just 'being'. Thank you for a beautiful & thoughtful podcast.. may you have a quiet and peaceful Christmas with your loved ones ✯
Great advice----after raising 2 kids...having stressful job for 34 years in high-tech....I very much appreciate downtime.
You draw very well. Very nice knitwear drawings.
My fellow Finn, you are so correct
I love your message on frugality. We should think more about this. This is a well done video and you have me thinking.
Oh kindred spirit friend! I make RUclips videos in a similar spirit as you about my life in the remote west and I cannot tell you how much I relate to everything that you shared. It was like hearing you read from my very own journal. Since moving to live closer to nature and simplifying my life and home, I have gone through such a journey of coming to understand what is really important and the programming from our capitalist culture and how that affects me. Thank you for sharing such grounded messages - we need them in the world of today. Sending love from my little corner of the world to yours 🧡
Muchas gracias por vuestro tiempo al dedicarlo a estos vídeos tan bonitos.
Comparto tu pensamiento y tu forma de vivir.
Que bonita Finlandia.
¿Puedo saber donde es?
Gracias ❤
i wish you peace and a calm spirit this winter sanna...you will find the quiet you need soon...
Thank you for the reset… the poet John Keats wrote: “the world is too much with us, late and soon.” Grateful for you sharing a necessary perspective shift…. Busyness is a trap… we need stillness and silence to counteract the chaos of this world. I thank God for the peace He alone can give 😊
I agree with you handmade and home made is more satisfying in the long run. 🖌🎨❄️❤🌟
So good to see your calm and peaceful world… great vlog 👍. In life, I too believe such small quiet and loving moments are much more important than the hustle culture of city life...
I love your videos and the idea of slowing down. I’m retired and still feel so busy. It’s not that I want to just do nothing but to do less of what doesn’t make me happy. I wan to be productive in a more calmer way. 🥰
So enjoyed the music with the episode and the northern lights.
I enjoy your desire to embrace frugality and a less busy life. I deeply feel the same way. While I watch you, I too am knitting my homespun yarn for a winter project. You are so right about the consuming society. We must enjoy our precious moments of now. Thank you so much for sharing with us. Many blessings to you!
I’ve always been frugal and it’s served me well.
I live I a medium sized city in the US and it’s frenetic, noisy, busy. It’s hard to ignore but I live and eat low on the food chain, grow vegetables in the summer; it gets dark here at 4:30 in late November; we get used to it.
I don’t mind the cold. I shovel my own snow with a shovel; it’s the way I was raised; no snow blowers or plows or snow throwers, nothing like that!
I like to be outside in the winters but it’s not as cold as Finland, for sure!
I love your videos always makes me feel so peaceful! Love from Idaho USA I will keep on watching!
Hello fellow Idahoan! I live in Meridian. Now that I’m retired, I can relish in the quiet solitude and not be concerned with everyone’s opinion if I am busy enough! I often felt completely overwhelmed while working with special needs children. People put the same expectations on them that they are Not Able to do! It seemed so ridiculous that I finally said enough is enough and retired so that I wouldn’t become bitter. Instead of the school district focusing on teaching each student with loving care, they were always too concerned with achievements and test scores. Some of our students could barely walk or talk, but expected to take tests along with the general population. Quite often, they would end up in tears, or trash the classroom out of frustration. I don’t blame them. I pray they will find peace like Sanna has.
I love this video! I enjoyed your story about the way fish are caught, even though I am vegan. 😊 I also very much enjoyed the long time lapse of the Northern lights. I also really enjoyed your thoughts on slowing down, not being so busy, and having so much. We really need to slow down. ❤
Hi Sanna, having come across your vlogs a month ago I'm truly inspired by your way of life, may I say your talent on portraying your idyllic lifestyle through camera and the accompanying music is the work of a very gifted individual, the snow will fall soon and brighten your path in the meantime time embrace and inhale the pure air around you, thank you for sharing your talent and your life through this platform, keep it up👍
Always such a pleasant video. I love being intentional about my quiet time, stillness and slowing down. My life is much better now!!!
I am busy with family life, bringing up 5 children, homeschooling style, and it IS very busy, and I need often remind myself not to compare myself with a public school mum. Our schedule is definitely busy , I prepare a lot of food from scratch,but I also enjoy slower times when possible. It's hard to balance.
Lovely and cosy, nice environment and good quality simple furnishing, linen cloths, the real feel and the simplicity is enough for me, and lovely photography, lighting, mood, music...atmosphere is super relaxing and comforting.
Hi Sanna, thank you for lovely and calming videos with nice music. You have lovely lifestyle as what can be seen on your videos. I have to be busy and rash and run at work just to earn for the basics like to pay mortgage on our house and to pay for food, clothes and so on. Also at my out of work time sometimes there is lots to do. But when I'm off work and when I can I try to slow down and enjoy life as we only have one life and it doesn't last forever. Love from UK.
Thank you for making the clip.
I really loved this video of your life with homemade food ideas, community, and nature. I loved the northern lights and music. Your voice is alsoso calming.
Kiitos jälleen rauhoittavista ja toivoa luovista ajatuksista sekä kauniista "kuvista". Sinun videoista tulee aina hyvä olo.
Wow, dear Sanna. What a beautiful video! Thank you so much and the beautiful Northern Lights scène and your sharing with us! Warm greetings from The Netherlands❤❤
Sanna you are a blessing to this earth and a beautiful soul - I really needed to hear your message today and thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing your wisdom and peacefulness❤😊
Wonderful insights we should all live by! Love your channel! Greetings from New England, US.
You are full of wisdom. Thank you for your uplifting words and beautiful images.
You are such an inspiration. Love you so much ✨️🙏💙
Excellent northern lights time lapse video!
I am with you too. Thanks
Life it seems is filled with rushing. It is good to stop and just enjoy the quiet around us. Your vlogs are so relaxing. Thank you.😊
Thank you Sanna ❤
I love slow! I love your candles
Beautiful episode! I have watched it 3 times and will probably repeat watching it to calm and slow down my pace as we approach the holiday season.
P.S. I started baking sourdough bread 3 months ago and I love the process and my husband loves the bread! 😊
Thank you for telling us about fishing and the nets, it was very interesting to learn! Beautiful video ❤
Thank you for sharing beautiful Finland!!
Blessings!!♥️
Nice to see you Sanna.😊. We are of a kindred spirit. I think of you often. Suzanne, from Vermont USA🌻
Thank you, Sanna, for a Beautiful video again!
🥰 🙏 🍀
Thanks you very much for your films, Sanna!
For many years i've been living with the same ideas, you do now. And still I do, though people ignored me and tried to make me think that I'm just a psychiatric person. They thought that if you are living with so little things and with the nature, you are just wild and cannot develop anything useful. I survived the nightmare of their irreasonable accusations, which just came from theirs fears. I'm very happy with myself. I'm thankful for all the things I learned and my rich life, though it was and it is not always so easy!
Love,
Veronica
Thanks. ❤ I love your channel. 💚
Thank you❤ I am 64, and have been 1000% busy all my life. I retired a month ago and promised myself to live an intentional “non” busy life. I also make sourdough bread, and loved seeing how you add oats to your dough. I am learning how to knit and enjoy it enormously. Thank you for the book recommendation…. ❤
Oh I love to live in Finland ❤ it's my dream country
I love this. Trying to slow down more in my life. Helping my kids to enjoy quiet days in nature and indoors is a challenge in our world, but so worth it. I notice an improvement right away in everyone's mental health and energy. Also love seeing your knitting plans.
아름답고 깨끗한 핀란드의 자연 속에서 살아가시는 모습을 보며 제 마음도 깨끗해지는 것 같습니다.
대도시 아파트에서 살며 직장생활을 하는 저와는 너무도 다른 생활이시라 존경스럽고 부럽기도 합니다.
종종 들러서 치유와 쉼의 시간을 가져 보겠습니다. 좋은 영상과 음악 감사합니다.
It's look in our busy life thay way of happiness seeing videos ❤ snd slow the time in life thnks for ur videos , Love From India
Your words speak to my soul ❤❤ thanks a lot for sharing them in such a gentle manner..