i just i need to get something off of my
chest i just feel like a lot of these
vlogs i
try to make it look very effortless but
i don't think effortless is real
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hello swedish potatoes over the past few
videos we've been exploring the idea of
slow productivity and deep rest today i
thought i'd show you one of my newly
rekindled favorite ways to take a break
while nourishing my mind body and soul
through
cooking
like many of you tuning in although most
of my days are still filled with long
hours when i finally do have some time
to myself i've been choosing to spend it
just
a little differently
in this season of my life perhaps
because i've been prioritizing resting
deeply so that i can work deeply when i
am working i've been gravitating more
towards making myself simple and easy
meals when i have some time to spare
this means i've been leaving my safe
bubble of home and office more to go to
the grocery store cooking without any
podcast audiobooks or jams so that i can
be fully present and savoring every bite
as if it were my last
this also means that i've been watching
queer kdramas and spending less time on
instagram but i'm a okay with that
here's a couple days of my life sharing
a few of my very simple go-to recipes
including meal prepping aplenty and some
recent deep thoughts and mind-expanding
realizations huge shout out to castle
for sponsoring today's video this is
loki a farewell love letter to our
beloved white couch but don't fret we'll
be an even
better
company
let's get started with breakfast
glow gummies
with hyaluronic acid vitamin c
does it actually do anything i don't
know but it tastes good all right
have breakfast feeling great i'm going
to change
to the office round four today i need to
come home to move out the couch i don't
know how i feel about that i've had this
couch since i've been in new york city
generally not too sentimental of a
person but kind of feels like an end of
an era but also
new beginnings so
let's go change
the counter looks a lot cleaner
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this top is surprisingly from amazon
influenced by my dear friend ava from
globe ava
these pants are from shop isaiah's
they're my favorite pants
at the moment
i'm just gonna go to the office like
this
i think it'll be fine
bye
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as i'm cutting vegetables there's a
story i want to share
the last time james visited me he was
doing the dishes left a wet cup to dry
on this wooden cutting board and left
this water stain
when i saw it i lost it because all i
can see
are flaws it was no longer pristine as
it was
poor guy i really wish he were here to
retell his side of the story because all
i remember was how angry i was i even
said you ruin all my things even though
i immediately knew this wasn't something
with getting angry over and realized i
had a strong attachment to material
things which should be let go because
they're just things after all
i still couldn't control my temper
thankfully for jams in true sagittarius
fashion i got over pretty quickly and
moved on with my life because there's no
point crying over spilt milk but then
something similar happened last month
while i was in taiwan with my parents
james loves paige fan or pork chop rice
and my mom had been raving about a place
she loves in taipei so we go there for
lunch we order we're all super hungry
and super excited when the food comes my
dad somehow accidentally knocks a piece
of his fried pork chop off his plate
which bounces off the floor onto my foot
my heart literally stopped beating for a
second all i could think of were how
nice and expensive my shoes were when
all of a sudden another thought pops
into my head
what if this little stain serves as a
little reminder for you of your papa
bear dearest and the wonderful time you
got to spend in asia with your parents
and james i immediately stopped
spiraling it wasn't until i returned
back to new york saw the stain again on
the cutting board and was able to smile
and think of how thoughtful james was
for doing the dishes how he flew
thousands of miles across the country to
see me and how we're able to share all
these great memories because we were
together
that is the story of this beauty mark a
beautiful mems
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good morning
i think it's time
to tackle these bad boys
let's do oh
i have no grip
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since i'm usually in the office between
nine a.m to seven eight nine pm i've
been waking up earlier so that i can
carve out an hour for meditation and
exercises an hour to dilly dally which
includes feeding and an hour for
miscellaneous work today's miscellaneous
work happens to be unboxing my new couch
from castlery
even though it's a little bittersweet
saying goodbye to my first real adult
couch i think it's time for a little
upgrade and can we just take a moment
and appreciate how much cozier my
apartment feels with this new piece i
didn't know how big of a difference a
couch can make in your space until i saw
it with my own eyes i'm literally so
happy whenever i come home because it's
the first thing i see when i enter my
apartment and in my eyes it strikes the
perfect balance between sexy and cute
just kidding between softness and
firmness and structure and cloudiness
yes cloud-like was one of my
qualifications and this couch turned out
better than i could have ever hoped for
now as i make my morning matcha and
breakfast let me share a bit more about
castlery they're modern furniture
company that creates a story for every
room in our home crafting furniture that
is timeless and high quality and
creating pieces that are built to last
and for multi-purpose use they're also a
direct-to-consumer brand without
middlemen which means they're able to
extend transparent pricing and
affordability to us although buying
furniture online may be a bit tricky
castlery offers free fabric swatches
flat rate shipping warranty coverage and
even a 14 day return policy they believe
there's value in taking the time to
curate your home with intention and they
want to help us build intimate
connections between us and our space and
the people we bring into it which is why
i was so touched that they were kind
enough to give james the same but bigger
couch since he recently moved and it
gives me a little kick knowing we have
the same piece of furniture to rest
deeply on
these days i look forward to waking up
every morning to catch the sunrise and
enjoy my breakfast on my couch in
silence while staring out my window i
used to think it was a real waste of
time if i'm being completely honest and
that i could have been reading or
watching something stimulating but
nowadays it's truly a pocket of found
time
i cherish if you're interested in
checking out kessler they happen to be
running a fourth of july sale from june
21st until july 4th with up to 30 off
select products i've linked my new sofa
and armchair down below
now let's meal prep for lunch
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excellent shot
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while this is boiling
just i need to get something off of my
chest i just feel like a lot of these
vlogs i
try to make it look very effortless but
i don't think effortless is real because
as i'm cooking trying to make everything
look beautiful and like seamless
i'm stressing because i'm late
i'm supposed to be at work already
it's okay
doing my best just want to give you guys
like a true bts of what is happening
what you see is not always what is true
as this was boiling i was like let me go
change so that when this is done i can
just head out but i was like for
continuity sake my pam's not gonna be
the same but
now that i told you guys i'm gonna go
change their back
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still not
simmering let me uh continue rowena's
rambles and thoughts as of late
mic literally just fell off it's like
nope okay
so one thing
that i've been thinking about a lot
lately
is
this
idea that you never really think about
when you're young or like when you're
younger when i
have
my offspring eventually my kid will
never know my mom as well as i know my
mom just like how i never knew my
grandma as well as my mom need my
grandma i don't know like i don't know
if this is sonder i don't know if this
is just
really putting yourself in someone
else's shoes and
seeing
life through a different perspective i
don't know it just makes me
wish
i
got to know my grandma more
hmm i'm getting emotional
um
yeah maybe this is what saunder means
and i i hear it is time let me just
put you back here to get the shot that i
wanted
the roots first
whoa
hello
yeah i just i've never really thought
about grandparents children parents in
that context and makes me appreciate my
mom a lot more and to cherish the time
that i have left with her of course mom
and dad
will never understand me as well as i
know you right
isn't that crazy
foreign
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i just thought it was an interesting
realization and it makes you
appreciate
more of the people around you
[Applause]
good night
gonna work
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i do
oils everywhere
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all right this is pretty promising this
looks pretty good
do we do it for more i'm i'm sure
i'm just gonna eat it with this because
why not
i hope it's cooked through
oh
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hmm should have cooked it a little
longer because the sugar is not
fully cooked
but dude
i'm just going to finish the whole thing
it's delicious
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and then she print herself
this looks a lot more intense but it's
not it's just
compressing
you're like mega man
at least they cute though
you