Sometimes I like to play Studio Ghibli music and imagine how my life would be romanticized in a Studio Ghibli film. I think The Wind Also Rises is a good example of this, since it has less fantasy than the other films. The protagonist spends his life working and getting by in wartime Japan-he has a deep passion for what he does, but he’s also not a pacifist hero nor does he have a particularly “happy” life. Miyazaki captures the elegance of imperfect “mundanity.”
I had an interesting conversation about embracing life’s mundanity with a friend recently. In fact, I did a whole photo series inspired by mundanity, romanticizing the normal everyday of my surroundings - that was fun! Personally, when I feel like romanticizing the mundane, I remind myself to look up: when I’m driving around running errands, instead of only seeing traffic, construction, the same old streets I see all the time, I look up at the mountains in the distance or the leaves on the trees or even just the clouds in the sky. It’s like taking a deep, cleansing breath.
You are a very wise person for your age. I'm only about 7 minutes in and I can tell what a valuable service you are offering to all of us who over consume. Not good for our wallets and certainly not good for the environment.
That sums up why I'd never work in marketing. The depth and psychological brainwash these companies produce is mind-boggling. I'm still convinced that marketing today has a huge negative impact on mental health. Also because you can't escape advertisement. It's everywhere. Without my AdBlock I'd go insane 😂 I'd love more videos about this kind of topic. I find it fascinating and helpful.
I feel you Anya! I don't think marketing is 'bad' across the board, or that even most brands are predatory. Some industries and brands are worse than others! Small businesses usually do marketing well and even big brands like Indigo can do some cool ads that don't make me want scream 😅 I'm currently doing some work in real-estate and marketing there is very interesting because it's ony of the few industries where just about everyone truly has a budget. So there's very little of trying to get impulse buys for example.
@@shawnaripari I totally agree with you. I should have been more specific with the companies I mean (big soft drink brands, fast fashion brands, big pharma etc.) Nowadays I get easily overwhelmed with ads and all the choices. I guess it also falls to us the consumer to not buy everything lol. That's why I'm so grateful for budgets, project pans, no buys and your channel. It's a big reminder every week to be mindful and go deeper into my thinking and decision making and plan ahead :) Great content as always.
Since I am a stay at home mom I often find myself SO bored just being at home. I usually end up going shopping as a way to cure that because I feel like I’m still being “social” at the store even though I’m not but I’m working on this so intently!This month and into next year I have and will be been collecting items in a bin that I run out of like makeup, chapstick, dry shampoo or beauty products and learning to make those myself. It will appreciate the item more because I know I put work into making it and eventually I can show my little one the art of making it like chapstick for example. And as simple as it is it has made me look forward to things running out so I know I’m putting them to use and then we will have an activity to do to make more once they run out to help with that feeling of boredom and it’s fun to look back on the things I’ve used up! I have known how to crochet for a few years but have recently picked it back up again and have used that skill to fix some of my knit sweaters instead of automatically buying a whole new one like I have in the past and also potentially crocheting a whole sweater when I feel the need to have a new piece of clothing and it’s something to do in my spare time so I don’t feel the need to shop!
I embrace the mundane of everyday stuff. I have taken care of two people in my family that had serious illness and spent a lot of time in the hospital. I enjoy all the comforts of my home because its better to be home even though its not shiny and new as opposed to being in the hospital.
I am so grateful for your content around contentment! Truly, I feel like you summarize and share these findings that I’m sure took a while to even process. I’m doing a 28 day gratitude practice but I might do it everyday now so I can maintain my practice of contentment. I think it also helps me with my “boredom” alongside trying to have slow dopamine mornings where I don’t go on social media where I scroll (youtube is the exception if it’s a video I can listen to like a podcast). Having boredom is very important and also forcing ourselves to not do certain things out of boredom can have us redirect our time to something we do want to be doing or creating. Thank you!
I took the time to quantify that I have enough nail polish to do a weekly mani and biweekly pedi for the next 75 years. And I'm 57 years old. And in total, my current collection has cost me over $600. I think framing it like this is really going to help me.
When I was a kid my mom always complained about having to drive me places. When I drive my daughter, I try to find out about her day. She is trapped in the car with me.😂
Posting daily is hard.. it is meant to be fun, so do what ya can girly.. I need to be more realistic with myself, I don't need everything new or every shade of something. This year I didn't significantly less then years prior. However I can do even better next year. I have 3000 makeup items, I couldn't use that in my lifetime and I needed to hear that again.. your insights are so brilliant. Love your lip color
Your videos are a lot better than the average vlogmas videos. They have to take a lot of time to make. It was interesting hearing you talk about experiential marketing. Even in areas where there isn’t marketing to the degree you explain (e.g., small business), I think a lot of us learn to believe that lots can be fixed with stuff. One thing that helps me continually be happy with my stuff is thinking about what my life would be without it. Anytime I pull out something I don’t often use or find stuff I didn’t remember, I often thank my past self for getting it. I think your minimalist makeup bag idea gives a taste of this. So you can think, wow, what a blessing it is to have choice in my blushes. Also, I appreciate the little bits of beauty I have put into my life.
Thank you 💗 I love those mindset shifts too. Thanking our past selves and imagining our life without that thing can definitely help us appreciate what we have a little more
With regards to 31 days of Vlogmas, we’re not counting and I’m sure there’s very few who watch every single day lol I’m just happy there’s a video to watch ❤️
Thank you for talking about experiential/"lifestyle" marketing! When I see that a company is highly leaning into this marketing tactic I really take note of it. If the product has enough merit, value, or uniqueness in itself this strategy wouldn't be necessary to sell it. I do know how enticing these ads can be, but have realized that I'm the curator of my own lifestyle and don't have to buy a specific thing by a specific brand to accomplish that.
Re: the change to your vlogmas schedule: totally understand! Your videos are so in-depth - I mean, I want to say more cerebral, less straightforward… I guess what I’m saying is I can totally see how 31 days would be too much to take on. Here for however many videos you’re able to put out this month! ❤
I finished almost all my Bazi forecasts for next year... And they kinda all advise me to declutter and be careful of spending, not be risky and be prepared for crisis 😅😅😅😅😱😱 not that I'm concerned 😵
Looking at me... My flat looks like a rummage sale while I'm trying to declutter... Every other day sounds fun! 😁 Pasta Friday is a great idea.... I should try to make Carbonara. My fav. I never tried.
Don't worry about not posting daily; there's a lot more that goes into videos than what a viewer sees. Regarding seeing my stuff, I use Trello to track each item in a given category. I title the column with the number of items I have in that category, then in the column I have the images of each item document because then I can visually see my items and not just see the name of the item listed (which doesn't always help me remember what that item is).
I think i did the math and my husband makes like 350 a day. So when we go to buy something that is 200 dollars like a tv or something it even useless things i think if it in terms of how much he has to work "this is a whole days worth of work for this 1 item"
It’s all good if you can’t do 31 vlogmas we know take a lot of work to do such a great content, I’m glad is for a good reason. Yay! for YT membership and that I can support with a little bit more. 💕
@@shawnaripari To be honest I’m glad is not the whole 31 days so I can catch up in the videos but do understand how frustrating sometimes can be the change of plans.☺️
I have a cream blush from like 4 years ago that still isn’t finished lol !!! I really want a more cool toned one but I’m determined to finish this one first. I might be slightly exaggerating, but I’ve had it a long time
Sometimes I like to play Studio Ghibli music and imagine how my life would be romanticized in a Studio Ghibli film. I think The Wind Also Rises is a good example of this, since it has less fantasy than the other films. The protagonist spends his life working and getting by in wartime Japan-he has a deep passion for what he does, but he’s also not a pacifist hero nor does he have a particularly “happy” life. Miyazaki captures the elegance of imperfect “mundanity.”
I had an interesting conversation about embracing life’s mundanity with a friend recently. In fact, I did a whole photo series inspired by mundanity, romanticizing the normal everyday of my surroundings - that was fun!
Personally, when I feel like romanticizing the mundane, I remind myself to look up: when I’m driving around running errands, instead of only seeing traffic, construction, the same old streets I see all the time, I look up at the mountains in the distance or the leaves on the trees or even just the clouds in the sky. It’s like taking a deep, cleansing breath.
great tips and I love the sound of the photo challenge!
You are a very wise person for your age. I'm only about 7 minutes in and I can tell what a valuable service you are offering to all of us who over consume. Not good for our wallets and certainly not good for the environment.
That sums up why I'd never work in marketing. The depth and psychological brainwash these companies produce is mind-boggling. I'm still convinced that marketing today has a huge negative impact on mental health. Also because you can't escape advertisement. It's everywhere. Without my AdBlock I'd go insane 😂
I'd love more videos about this kind of topic. I find it fascinating and helpful.
I feel you Anya! I don't think marketing is 'bad' across the board, or that even most brands are predatory. Some industries and brands are worse than others! Small businesses usually do marketing well and even big brands like Indigo can do some cool ads that don't make me want scream 😅 I'm currently doing some work in real-estate and marketing there is very interesting because it's ony of the few industries where just about everyone truly has a budget. So there's very little of trying to get impulse buys for example.
@@shawnaripari I totally agree with you. I should have been more specific with the companies I mean (big soft drink brands, fast fashion brands, big pharma etc.) Nowadays I get easily overwhelmed with ads and all the choices. I guess it also falls to us the consumer to not buy everything lol. That's why I'm so grateful for budgets, project pans, no buys and your channel. It's a big reminder every week to be mindful and go deeper into my thinking and decision making and plan ahead :) Great content as always.
Yeah I know what you mean and feel that same overwhelm too. It can be a lot and feel like a lot of pressure go buy all the time!
I seriously need to do better at being content with what I have. Your videos are always so inspiring.
Thank you! I'll be rooting for you, you can definitely do it!
Since I am a stay at home mom I often find myself SO bored just being at home. I usually end up going shopping as a way to cure that because I feel like I’m still being “social” at the store even though I’m not but I’m working on this so intently!This month and into next year I have and will be been collecting items in a bin that I run out of like makeup, chapstick, dry shampoo or beauty products and learning to make those myself. It will appreciate the item more because I know I put work into making it and eventually I can show my little one the art of making it like chapstick for example. And as simple as it is it has made me look forward to things running out so I know I’m putting them to use and then we will have an activity to do to make more once they run out to help with that feeling of boredom and it’s fun to look back on the things I’ve used up! I have known how to crochet for a few years but have recently picked it back up again and have used that skill to fix some of my knit sweaters instead of automatically buying a whole new one like I have in the past and also potentially crocheting a whole sweater when I feel the need to have a new piece of clothing and it’s something to do in my spare time so I don’t feel the need to shop!
I'm glad you've found some new habits that make your stuff feel new and exciting again
I embrace the mundane of everyday stuff. I have taken care of two people in my family that had serious illness and spent a lot of time in the hospital. I enjoy all the comforts of my home because its better to be home even though its not shiny and new as opposed to being in the hospital.
I am so grateful for your content around contentment! Truly, I feel like you summarize and share these findings that I’m sure took a while to even process.
I’m doing a 28 day gratitude practice but I might do it everyday now so I can maintain my practice of contentment. I think it also helps me with my “boredom” alongside trying to have slow dopamine mornings where I don’t go on social media where I scroll (youtube is the exception if it’s a video I can listen to like a podcast).
Having boredom is very important and also forcing ourselves to not do certain things out of boredom can have us redirect our time to something we do want to be doing or creating.
Thank you!
Thank you so much 💓
And I love your suggestions too
You should write a book about this stuff. It would be so helpful.
I would love too 😭
I took the time to quantify that I have enough nail polish to do a weekly mani and biweekly pedi for the next 75 years. And I'm 57 years old. And in total, my current collection has cost me over $600. I think framing it like this is really going to help me.
When I was a kid my mom always complained about having to drive me places. When I drive my daughter, I try to find out about her day. She is trapped in the car with me.😂
omg I love that!
Oh it would be so awesome if you did a "how to be content with who you already are:" video! I mean... that's a doozy!
that definitely would be a doozy! I'll have to see if I'm up to the task!
Posting daily is hard.. it is meant to be fun, so do what ya can girly.. I need to be more realistic with myself, I don't need everything new or every shade of something. This year I didn't significantly less then years prior. However I can do even better next year. I have 3000 makeup items, I couldn't use that in my lifetime and I needed to hear that again.. your insights are so brilliant. Love your lip color
I'm so proud of you for working on this habit and you can totally keep it up next year! You got this!
Your videos are a lot better than the average vlogmas videos. They have to take a lot of time to make.
It was interesting hearing you talk about experiential marketing. Even in areas where there isn’t marketing to the degree you explain (e.g., small business), I think a lot of us learn to believe that lots can be fixed with stuff.
One thing that helps me continually be happy with my stuff is thinking about what my life would be without it. Anytime I pull out something I don’t often use or find stuff I didn’t remember, I often thank my past self for getting it. I think your minimalist makeup bag idea gives a taste of this. So you can think, wow, what a blessing it is to have choice in my blushes. Also, I appreciate the little bits of beauty I have put into my life.
Thank you 💗
I love those mindset shifts too. Thanking our past selves and imagining our life without that thing can definitely help us appreciate what we have a little more
I just recently found your channel and it already helped shift how I view things so much! Thank you for creating, you're helping so many of us ❤️
Thanks so much Flora, I'm glad you've been enjoying the channel 💕
I love the idea of learning to be bored!
With regards to 31 days of Vlogmas, we’re not counting and I’m sure there’s very few who watch every single day lol I’m just happy there’s a video to watch ❤️
This is so sweet, thank you 💗
Always happy when you post a video! it doesn’t matter it’s not everyday! 🥰💕
Thank you for talking about experiential/"lifestyle" marketing! When I see that a company is highly leaning into this marketing tactic I really take note of it. If the product has enough merit, value, or uniqueness in itself this strategy wouldn't be necessary to sell it. I do know how enticing these ads can be, but have realized that I'm the curator of my own lifestyle and don't have to buy a specific thing by a specific brand to accomplish that.
Re: the change to your vlogmas schedule: totally understand! Your videos are so in-depth - I mean, I want to say more cerebral, less straightforward… I guess what I’m saying is I can totally see how 31 days would be too much to take on. Here for however many videos you’re able to put out this month! ❤
Thank you so much Angela 💕
I finished almost all my Bazi forecasts for next year... And they kinda all advise me to declutter and be careful of spending, not be risky and be prepared for crisis 😅😅😅😅😱😱 not that I'm concerned 😵
Looking at me... My flat looks like a rummage sale while I'm trying to declutter... Every other day sounds fun! 😁 Pasta Friday is a great idea.... I should try to make Carbonara. My fav. I never tried.
Ouuuu you totally should give it a try !
Love your vlogmas videos, but you should only do as much as you want and can do! And yay for good things happening! ☺️
Thanks Elizabet 💕
I don’t know who said it but I love this quote:
Only boring people get bored. 😂
What a way to look at things! Thinking of all my craft supplies that even if I used them every day it would take years to use up! Oof!
"Learn 2 love our stuff when its not shiny and new anymore" ya people do thid with marriages all the time!
Don't worry about not posting daily; there's a lot more that goes into videos than what a viewer sees.
Regarding seeing my stuff, I use Trello to track each item in a given category. I title the column with the number of items I have in that category, then in the column I have the images of each item document because then I can visually see my items and not just see the name of the item listed (which doesn't always help me remember what that item is).
Thanks Nicole 💕
I love your idea!
Almost to 5,000 yay you go girl ❤
More videos like this please
Noted! I have similar videos from last December if you're interested in watching more of this content!
I think i did the math and my husband makes like 350 a day. So when we go to buy something that is 200 dollars like a tv or something it even useless things i think if it in terms of how much he has to work "this is a whole days worth of work for this 1 item"
It’s all good if you can’t do 31 vlogmas we know take a lot of work to do such a great content, I’m glad is for a good reason. Yay! for YT membership and that I can support with a little bit more. 💕
thank you so much for your support Maru!!
@@shawnaripari To be honest I’m glad is not the whole 31 days so I can catch up in the videos but do understand how frustrating sometimes can be the change of plans.☺️
I never think about finishing my color cosmetics. My base products and cream products I do but powders literally last years maybe not 30 years though.
Great Content. Thank you
I have a cream blush from like 4 years ago that still isn’t finished lol !!! I really want a more cool toned one but I’m determined to finish this one first. I might be slightly exaggerating, but I’ve had it a long time
2023 will be the year you finish your blush!! I have a feeling
@@shawnaripari 😊
I grew up in the 80s bored and im 40 now and bored and it didn't help me by being bored as a kid not be now.