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years ago I created this YouTube channel to document my slow living and minimalism Journey
they might seem like two completely different concepts but at its core they share a deeper
connection [Music] I see slow living as a vision and an attitude towards life being more mindful in
my day-to-day appreciating the small moments being able to live life according to my own timeline
and minimalism has been the tool to bring that Vision to life
I thought about the most important minimalism practices that has helped
me to create my ideal lifestyle and that's what I wanted to share with you today [Music]
for most of my life I never stopped and thought about what I wanted
I went to college because I thought it was the next step after high school
and afterwards I got a job to buy the car the house the vacations basically living my life to
check off all the boxes and while it was not a bad Life by any means it was a thoughtless one I sat
back while blindly following the script written by the media society and everyone else around me
when I first discovered intentional living I think it was the first time I came face to face with
this question what do I truly want in life it's an intimidating question because there is no simple
way to answer this but it gave me a chance to think about my priorities values and aspirations
and how I wanted to spend my time moving forward [Music] so if you're not sure ask yourself what
do I enjoy about life what are my natural passions and skills where do I see myself in 3 5 10 years
and what are some of the most important values and do I live a life that reflects them [Music]
creating an ideal life won't happen overnight but confronting some of these big questions
will bring awareness which I think is the first step to intentional living [Music]
at the beginning of the year I talked about setting one word intention as a theme for the
whole year my word was abundance I wanted to cultivate this mindset and track more
of it into my life and I have to say it's been pretty eye-opening to see how much of an impact
this has had on me by somehow narrowing down my focus I was able to find abundance all around me
my year started off by meeting some amazing people
and recently I've received some exciting news about travel and work opportunities
these are just examples but almost every day I'm able to feel some kind of abundance around me
if you focus on everything you focus on nothing so be selective about what you choose to focus
on the words you use the perspective you choose I truly believe that what
you focus on internally will be reflected back to you in your external world too
I wish I knew earlier that it's our responsibility to create our own support
system if we're lucky we have our friends and family but I might have to come from
an external Source like an online community Mentor or a coach I want to talk about an app
that has been really helping me to reach one of my biggest goals and it's called co-pilot
thank you to copilot for sponsoring this video copilot is an affordable Fitness coach app that
provides personalized workouts tailored to your goals and available equipment you get
accountability and support from a real Coach with the flexibility to work out on your own schedule
I have been using copilot to reach my fitness goals my coach is so awesome and she helped me
to set realistic and attainable goals based on my experiences so tell me a little bit about your gym
setup so are you planning on working out from home are you planning on getting a gym membership what
are you thinking I've gotten gym memberships in the past and I don't really enjoy it so I don't
want to go that route I do like working out from home do you want to get into like more resistance
training and like toning up my muscles what if we did the first part more shrink based resistance
style training so kind of slow paced right and at the very end I'll do like four or five exercises
of like a hit circuit and you'll go through it like twice or something like that I chose to do
twice a week workouts 30 minutes each because I also do yoga and other physical activities
too I've been using the app for almost a month now and I'm happy to say that I've been pretty
consistent and I feel so much stronger I think a big part of that success has to do with having a
real Coach to support encourage and remind me when I don't feel so motivated if you are interested in
trying co-pilot you can click my link or scan the QR code to get a free trial with your own Expert
Fitness and health coach I'll leave the link and more information in the description box [Music]
I'm pretty simple my happiness comes from being with my pups reading and watching
movies learning spending time with my loves and maybe traveling once in a while this sounds like
a good life to me but strangely enough I was living a life that took me further
away from these things and I realized that my priorities were not in the right place
I think once we get clear about what adds value to our lives it starts to become more obvious on what
we need to eliminate I started making a list of all the things that were potentially holding me
back from spending my free time the way I wanted to so I got rid of a lot of clutter unnecessary
bills memberships negative influences and if I couldn't get rid of it completely I simplified it
as you guys know this is an ongoing process but after each declutter I'm always amazed
at how a little bit of conscious effort can really restructure my life thank you
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life is so complex and there are so many variables external events the thoughts and
choices of other people unforeseen situations and while I do think that we hold the power to shape
our lives there will always be aspects of life that are outside of our control
I try to remember that the only thing I have full control over is myself and how
I choose to perceive a situation if someone is rude for no reason if my car breaks down
if there's a falling out with a friend or if anything doesn't work out the way that I
had expected I can either play the victim or the hero I can either let it take over me or
brush it off I can see it as a complete waste of time or a lesson to be learned
I realized that each choice I make is what determines my life story sometimes we just
have to let go of control expectations and just trust the process trust that if something doesn't
go the way that we wanted it wasn't meant to be or that there was a bigger plan for us
I feel like when I do this life always rewards me with more than what I could have ever asked for
thank you guys so much for watching and don't forget to check out my link in the
description box or scan the QR code to get the free trial with Copilot
until my next video take care guys and I'll talk to you really soon bye
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