Your Slow Living Guide: Enjoy Every Moment

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  • Опубликовано: 21 июл 2024
  • Uncover the secrets to living a slower life and truly enjoying each moment in our insightful video guide. Say goodbye to the overwhelming busyness of modern life and hello to a more mindful and intentional way of living without moving to the country or turning your life upside down. Don't forget to subscribe for more tips on embracing the slow living movement!
    0:00 Introduction
    01:00 What does it mean to be busy?
    08:28 What is slow living?
    10:38 How do we start living slowly?

Комментарии • 42

  • @TowardsASimpleLife
    @TowardsASimpleLife  Месяц назад +4

    Welcome! Do you ever feel like you are too busy for words? You just long to slow down and enjoy your life more? Me too! What do you do handle it? I'm so glad you're here today!

  • @shirleygermain5707
    @shirleygermain5707 Месяц назад +14

    I enjoy my simple, slow life; it is crazy in the world today. I also love my small garden. At 65, it's enough for me. When I run errands, I only think about getting home. I love my home.

    • @TowardsASimpleLife
      @TowardsASimpleLife  Месяц назад +1

      Me too! Home is the best place for me. I’m finding the older I get, the more I appreciate it and am thankful every day I have one. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

  • @susanharkema2888
    @susanharkema2888 Месяц назад +3

    I don't know why you started showing up in my feed but I am SO glad you did, Rozanne. I do not like podcasts (talking heads that just fill the air), but I could listen to you and appreciate how you get right to the issue, think it through, give us some tools and fresh ideas and do it in such a lovely way. Thank you for sharing yourself this way. I'd love to do a zoom chat on a topic with you and discuss salient topics we women (of a certain age) deal with. I'm 53. ;)

    • @TowardsASimpleLife
      @TowardsASimpleLife  Месяц назад

      So nice to meet you Susan! I’m glad I started showing up in your feed too. Maybe someday I should think about having a live event where the women our age that follow this channel can get together and chat. That might be fun. Thanks so much for saying hi!

  • @nolasavedmysoul
    @nolasavedmysoul Месяц назад +6

    I’m really gonna need to think hard about this. I find myself being so busy all the time and I’m always exhausted to the core. Slowing down is so hard.

    • @TowardsASimpleLife
      @TowardsASimpleLife  Месяц назад +1

      You're right. It is hard. We're all pushed to go so fast, but I'm coming to realize that working hard isn't the same as doing too much. My mom was so right about so many things. She tried to get me to slow down. It was kind of funny, come to think of it, because she overworked herself for so long. I guess she learned. Glad to hear from you!

  • @KymAtHome
    @KymAtHome Месяц назад +2

    Hola. I do not enjoy being busy at all. Its exhausting. I love being outside and getting the fresh air. I step in the dirt and recenter. The mountains are beautiful. One thing at a time. I also hear u saying, listen to ur body. Pay attention to the emotions, etc. This was a great video with so many gems. TFS i hope u have an amazing day.

    • @TowardsASimpleLife
      @TowardsASimpleLife  Месяц назад

      Hi Kym! Yes, listening to my body is so important. Pacing myself was an important lesson I received during my Long Covid trial. I am so much more aware now and am able to let time and activities pass while I recharge. I just do what I can do and then stop. I wish I did that before. I’m so glad you liked it!

  • @kathycarter1553
    @kathycarter1553 Месяц назад +2

    Rozanne, great video and I really enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend.

    • @TowardsASimpleLife
      @TowardsASimpleLife  Месяц назад

      Thanks Kathy! It’s always wonderful to see you. Hope you’re doing well.

  • @cwdrummond
    @cwdrummond Месяц назад +2

    All so true! I'm having a hard time giving up all the hobbies and the word games on my phone. I very rarely just sit and enjoy.

    • @TowardsASimpleLife
      @TowardsASimpleLife  Месяц назад

      Isn’t it amazing? I keep thinking about how it was when we were kids. We were all more relaxed. There was lots of time for chatting to each other and spending time with each other and working alongside each other. We even watched TV with each other. Staring at the phone is so isolating. I’m trying to sit more.

  • @UniquelyLesa
    @UniquelyLesa Месяц назад +2

    Slow essential living sounds perfect! Now to make a plan, downshift, and work towards it. Thanks for sharing. XO ❤

    • @TowardsASimpleLife
      @TowardsASimpleLife  Месяц назад

      Hey Lesa! Didn’t expect to hear from you now. It looks like you’re having a great vacation. Enjoy the beach!

  • @cynthiaakacyndsmith6539
    @cynthiaakacyndsmith6539 Месяц назад +3

    How perfect to me, we are recent retirees, and are in out mid 60’s. We are not as healthy and strong as we once were. I have had serious health issues these past 8-9 years heart issues and cancer and so on. I have to be slower and more deliberate. That is my way to roll. Thanks you, for the plan and encouragement through this process. Slow down and truly enjoy the day what ever it brings. YES, make a choice! Then choose your path. It isn up to your self, no one else.

    • @TowardsASimpleLife
      @TowardsASimpleLife  Месяц назад

      So sorry to hear about your health issues. They really do cause problems. Slowing down and enjoying life more is a good solution for both of us. :-)

  • @gerigowers8318
    @gerigowers8318 Месяц назад +1

    My first video. My Granddaughter (15) is the same. Her Dad's hours have changed and he usually doesn't get home til 10:00 p.m., so eating together has fallen by the wayside. She wants to eat together even if it's just her and I. I'm not a phone user, but am hooked on RUclips videos.

    • @TowardsASimpleLife
      @TowardsASimpleLife  Месяц назад

      RUclips videos are my favorite to watch too. I mainly enjoy YT and some Prime. How nice to have your granddaughter want to eat with you!

    • @bitrudder3792
      @bitrudder3792 Месяц назад

      RUclips videos can be shared! I remember my husband and I having giggles over the Brawnyman series of videos that came out a number of years ago. They are still out there on RUclips. (Although the era for that joke may have passed.) I hope you and your granddaughter have a lot of fun enjoying RUclips together. I have great memories of enjoying things on RUclips with my mother-in-law, we would be up, laughing until the middle of the night sometimes! One of them was a parity called lost in Austen - www.google.com/search?q=Lost+in+Austen+youtube&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari
      It’s a mini series, but it’s all on RUclips.

  • @anniey949
    @anniey949 Месяц назад +2

    Hi Rozanne, I found this video super informative.. Slow Living is what I strive for this time in my life. Absolutely love your Channel Take Care xxx

    • @TowardsASimpleLife
      @TowardsASimpleLife  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks! I'm so glad you enjoyed it and am so glad you're here on this journey with me.

  • @wickchick1963
    @wickchick1963 Месяц назад +2

    I seem to be stuck in a rut of "should"..... you should be doing this, or that... kind of like a butterfly not knowing which flower to settle on. I know i NEED to let myself slow down now i am retired 😅

    • @TowardsASimpleLife
      @TowardsASimpleLife  Месяц назад

      I’m retired too. It does take adjusting too. “Should” is hard to leave behind. I’m trying to slow myself down. Just talking about it to you all seems to be helping me some. 🙂

    • @wickchick1963
      @wickchick1963 Месяц назад +1

      Thanks. I'm wandering round house, plenty I could be doing,; I'm an artist with lots of time and materials and I cannot seem to get on with it 😳

    • @TowardsASimpleLife
      @TowardsASimpleLife  Месяц назад

      @wickchick1963 I love art supplies too! I wouldn’t consider myself an artist but it sure is fun. I have a great water coloring course (easy and pretty) I bought when I was trying to get over Long Covid. I like it enough to keep it in my “do soon” bag. I just need to get to it. Art is such fun!

  • @Mila_Kul
    @Mila_Kul Месяц назад +1

    Hi Rozanne! Love your context, thank you for sharing your wisdom with us! Feel like this video is speaking to me. As a 33 year old working mother with a toddler at home, a house to upkeep, meals to cook, etc etc, I feel like I’m headed towards burnout. And like I have nothing that’s not essential :/ Really don’t like the busyness and feeling rushed all the time. Thanks for your tips. I try to go outside everyday, go on walks (with toddler and dog), enjoy the yard, breathe, pray but still constantly feeling rushed and behind. Hoping this is just a season. I love learning from older women / mothers how they did it / wish they did it, so thank you again! :)

    • @TowardsASimpleLife
      @TowardsASimpleLife  Месяц назад +2

      Hi Mila. I was so touched by your comment that I have filmed a response to it - and to the other young mothers that watch the channel for the same reasons you are. I'm calling on the Sages (older women who have been through it) to come out and help our younger sisters out in the comment section. I'm hoping we'll all learn something in the process. The video will be out next Friday at 10 am. Meanwhile, know this... this IS just a season. Toddlers are exhausting. Working a job with toddlers is more than exhausting. I did it, so I know what it is and my heart's with you. The good news is that when they get 4-6, they are such fun. They can participate, say the cutest things, are fun to take around with you, and can help some around the house (if you require it). So hang in there. It will get better (although, having children isn't ever a walk in the park). Thanks so much for commenting!

    • @Mila_Kul
      @Mila_Kul Месяц назад +1

      Wow, I’m honored! Thank you so much for making a whole video around this topic! 🥰 I am so looking forward to it, as I do all your videos. Yes, thank you again for reminding me it’s just a season and I will sleep and have “me time” again some day…. In the meantime I will try to eliminate nonessentials and live “slowly” 💕 Happy weekend to you!

    • @TowardsASimpleLife
      @TowardsASimpleLife  Месяц назад

      @Mila_Kul 😀😀😀

  • @susanharkema2888
    @susanharkema2888 Месяц назад +2

    Ok...I have to put a second comment about the 8:21 mins. Rushing...I realized recently that I rush through my tasks to get done and to move on. But, move on to WHAT? The next task?? I'm always in a hurry to get done but where's the reward? I think I need to develop more activities (or non-activities LOL) to shift to when I'm done with a task and start SLOWING down in mid-task. What's the hurry??

    • @TowardsASimpleLife
      @TowardsASimpleLife  Месяц назад

      I love this. Move on to what? This is so true. Why are we in such a big hurry? It’s been a real question on my mind, as you can tell. I think I’ve missed too much of my life by trying to hurry through everything to get to the “good” part. But what does that even mean? Isn’t now the good part?

  • @Mythriftedhome214
    @Mythriftedhome214 Месяц назад +2

    Have you read the book The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer? It fits very well with your journey ❤

    • @TowardsASimpleLife
      @TowardsASimpleLife  Месяц назад +1

      No, I hadn't heard of it. I just looked it up and it looks good. I just bought it on Kindle. :-)

    • @susanharkema2888
      @susanharkema2888 Месяц назад +1

      Thank you for the suggestion...sounds like one I need to read.

  • @CWhite-rd6xh
    @CWhite-rd6xh Месяц назад +2

    What was the video "last week"? Thanks.

    • @TowardsASimpleLife
      @TowardsASimpleLife  Месяц назад

      Glad to help. It's name is: Ultimate Time Decluttering Method for a Happier You (Essentialism) The link to it is: ruclips.net/video/cm2Ofqln44M/видео.htmlsi=839LVHj0Aaf0MzvL

    • @CWhite-rd6xh
      @CWhite-rd6xh Месяц назад +2

      Thank you for the quick reply. I just discovered you and resonate your videos! Have a blessed day❣

  • @genealotech
    @genealotech Месяц назад +1

    I try slow living at home, but my job is in an environment of rush, rush, rush.

    • @TowardsASimpleLife
      @TowardsASimpleLife  Месяц назад +1

      Oh boy! Do I ever relate to this. I worked almost all my life, including when I was raising 4 kids. It can feel like a lot. I’ve just filmed a video (coming out on Friday) that has tons and tons of ideas to help us deal with it. We need to de-stress!

    • @genealotech
      @genealotech Месяц назад +1

      I’m 57, childless and widowed for almost 24 years. I was caregiver for my parents until they passed. Now I’m building a new life while working full time and recovering from 3 mental breakdowns due to work during loss of lives.
      I’m having to recreate basic habits from scratch.
      I’m thankful for my relationship with God, he has seen me through everything and still not given up on me. LOL.
      Your video on the essentialist really hit home for me.

    • @TowardsASimpleLife
      @TowardsASimpleLife  Месяц назад +1

      God bless you. You’ve been through a lot. I’m glad you have Him in your life! He is the best source of help, for sure. I’m so happy the video has helped!