Hi, everyone welcome back to Lifestyle Love. So, as you guys know, I incorporate a minimalist approach
to the way that I run my life and a few of you guys have been asked me like how were like
what triggered me to fall into minimalism and
the truth is
when I gave birth [to] Rocco he came a month early, unexpectedly
[and] I was so completely overwhelmed. [I] wasn't completely prepared and as
a new mum, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing, and I remember one night
Rocco had a horrendous reflux, baby
We would be drenched and vomit like all the time and my hair would be like dreadlocks [and] vomit throughout the day
and I just remember feeling so
incredibly anxious and overwhelmed.
Sitting there looking around me at all the stuff that was just
suffocating and drowning me. You know, all the baby stuff, all the piles of laundry
or you know the stress I was
having from a [me] [totally] materialistic point of view seeing like my nice clothes like covered in vomit
[just] this complete feeling of exhaustion and
complete loss as to my sense of identity and
you know what was important, and that stopped the way
I
lived my life
and
somehow I found out about [mills] [art] through YouTube and I watched the minimalist and
it was you know a
life-changing discovery, so
what happened is I said about,
you know apply mentalism immediately in my home, so I had an immediate like coal of the house. I got rid of things that
were
making me feel anxious or suffocated or you know the general clutter around me and
that was an amazing experience because it made me stop and look up things that I was you know if I really use them whether
I really liked them whether I appreciated them, valued them, and if it didn't fit into that category it pretty much
went either into the bin or into a charity bin, or I gave it away to a friend and
instantly, you know I felt so much better.
You know I had you know the practical benefits and that it was so much easier and quicker to clean my house
finding things was was not an issue. I
had sort of emotional benefits. I felt more at peace.
I felt a sense of tranquility.
You know that just there was just less so much more space around me to feel more comfortable
Within myself and enjoy being a mother more rather than being constantly distracted by it you know mess piling up around me
[I] also found that. I had you know a lot more energy because I wasn't you know
Having his horrible negative self talk to myself about the way that I was living myself
I felt like it was a much [more] authentic way to live for myself personally and
it gave me, I guess it took away some of the negative chatter that was going on in my mind
[and] we all know if you know with sleep deprived
New mothers and you know that can be really detrimental to your headspace
Then you know I start to experience psychological benefits. So you [know] I was able to just concentrate so much more
I had so much more energy. I was able to connect better with people because I was bit
I was able to listen again. So instead of being so caught up in my own problems and
issues, I was able to just you know park that to a side and
You know listen to other people and connect with my friends again and listen to what was going on their world and what they were
dealing with and struggling with or [challenged] to get with challenging with or or even exciting things that were happening with them
I was able. I just felt a much deeper sense of connection to myself and to [the] people around me and
you know that um you know again really helped I guess rebuild my sense of self-worth and and self-respect.
From that, I then decided okay, well that was my home
and I applied this this way of life to
why don't I look at other things in my life and see if I can get the same sort of benefits and
probably one of the biggest things was I know I
applied against more but
not necessary allistic more simplistic way in that I looked at my food and exercise.
So, I really simplified the foods I was putting into my body.
I had to as well because Rocco was because he had such bad reflux, and I breastfed him.
I had to give up a lot of sort of dairy and soy foods because that was causing lots of problems.
So, my food plan a
really simple fun and again because of that I got even more energy my body was really appreciating eating whole foods and
when you do have to go dairy free or soy free you actually I have to cut out a lot of processed foods in that
In experience so again my body was so much healthier.
I lost a few kilograms which wasn't intentional
but it just happened as a side effect of going dairy and soy free [I] also started to really
simplify my exercise routine I had dedicated days that I would exercise
and I stopped all this like running and doing yoga at this studio and going to run [over] there and then going to this gym,
in that class and all this running around I really simplified it at night. You know now
I need you to places where I go to exercise one bondi beach on a Monday morning.
When I go for a run swim the dogs, and then the other one is [virgin] active gym and
they're the two places I exercise and that is it I don't do anything else anywhere else, [so]
[because] of that, I'm a lot more efficient with my time and
then finally probably one of the biggest ones which I've been hopefully being able to help with you guys the most is finances
while have always been very responsible with money and always been very diligent about investing and saving and
you know building passive income streams, and you know managing money and my
family's you know my house holds cash flow.
I started looking at you know, okay? Well how many savings accounts?
Do I really need you know it was I was creating so much so many distractions.
In my head trying to like transfer savings from once count the other and again
it was a waste of my time and energy was always on my list of things to do.
So, by simplifying my finances I cut down my list of things and
you know [I] found that my finances ran a lot more efficiently because they had one key function
and you know there's one account that one thing
I only had one credit card only have one frequent flyer card like everything was very simple and
and again even you've seen my video about my wallet
[it] was became so much lighter and less bulky and full of light less
garbage and again [saved] me so much more time and [energy] but
minimalism has really had a huge impact back to my life
and I would never describe [myself] as being a minimalist because [no] one's definition of minimalism.
It's very very personal [someone] would walk in my home like some of my girlfriends laugh at me
cause you know that my wardrobe and see how simple and
minimised it is then some people would look at other parts of my life and say you're not a minimalist in us at all
It's very very personal and I there are components in my life. Where I try and be quite strict
and then I've had to learn you know other parts of my life where I can't actually apply. It's not practical
for me to apply a minimalistic approach
and I've had to learn [to] not be tough for myself about that and just you [know] be at peace with [that] but
you know the key areas. I probably do apply
minimalism as much as I possibly can are definitely my home because for me. I simply cannot concentrate
until I have a clean calm tranquil energy in my home, and it's funny
I don't even own a toaster which is hilarious
[because] yeah, I use the oven to toast my bread which is not very efficient from an energy perspective, but for me it works
[so] look if you're interested [in] minimalism there are so many different videos on YouTube
I definitely recommend you know having a look into it. Maybe doing a bit of a
cleanse or a cull of your home is a great starting place to see if it works for you, but [it's] definitely something that has
changed my [life] for the better and something.
I hope that stays with me for the rest of my life and has really given me [a] much deeper sense of appreciation and value
things that are important to my life and
and it makes it peels back so many materialistic levels and makes you realize you know
what authentically brings you joy [and] happiness in your life.
Anyway, that's a little personal inside into I guess my my head and my heart towards [mill] ism. I hope you've enjoyed it.
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