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  1. This is the most important video I've seen in a long time. This is so spot on! This happened to me with my yoga studio. After 15 years of entrepreneurship, I no longer want anything to do with yoga, even though I have to pay the bills. Yoga is also a lifestyle from which you derive your identity. But I'm not that, i am not a "yogi". And I also found myself in a crisis. That lasted for years. Because I had imposed on myself that I should still have yoga as a passion. Indeed, I always felt guilty and thought I wasn't good enough. A job is just a job and now I run my yoga studio because I depend on it. In my spare time I want to do completely different things. I'm still looking for things that make me happy. I hardly know what makes me happy anymore, but it's certainly not yoga. Business is business. And a hobby, lifestyle or passion is something that makes you happy. And make a separation between the two. With this video you have explained what has been bothering me in recent years. You made it so clear that it feels like a huge insight to me. All guilt and shame falls away. Thank you for this life changer.
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  2. Followed you since you were under 100 subscribers. Well done and well deserved. The time taken to make all these makes it look very differently. Loving the way you put things and reframe frugal issues! As times get harder more people will need your input. Thank you!
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  3. Great content 👍. A few things I can think of off the top of my head that affect my mood are: - Making my bed - Stretching - Wearing clothes I actually like to wear (I used to wear "raggedy" clothes around the house, then realized it was affecting my mood in a bad way). - My diet (when I eat low carb, my mood is best). - Getting out everyday. Especially going for a drive when I'm desperately needing some relaxing alone time. I usually like to go when the sun is setting, listening to instrumental jazz... I'm in heaven. Tfs.
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  4. Normal sucks and I loved your analogy 😂
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  5. Its kind of like music royalties, they trickle in slowly over time. The average musician doesn't get rich from royalties, but if you build up a catalog of songs you will get a passive income rolling in. It doesn't have the same low barrier of entry that the example you showed has, but it is accessible to anyone who makes an effort.
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  6. After reading Atomic Habits, I had to take a good look at my home layout/schedule. If I could locate my "everyday items" in an easy to access area, and weekly items in a reachable area, and occasional items stored further away that'll require a bit more effort to access (but still accessible), then that's great. What also stood out to me is applying Habit Stacking. Habit Stacking: Backyard Garden (Hobby) = Do some Cardio and get Vitamin D = be creative and combine resulting fruit/vegetables with near expiring products from groceries (for example, apple/celery with peanut butter) = healthier meals/snacks and better understanding of what I eat or not eat = cut back on buying junk and feeling less guilty for having to manage junk.
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  7. My fav part was when Levi was activating his power saving mode! Even he is practicing saving! 🐾
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  8. i have done exactly the same mistake. cried over the place i chose to leave behind and ended up with a place i bought but hated. everything went wrong with it…i still have the builder here now but 4 months later, totally changed the floors, paint, outside and suddenly it’s become mine. and suddenly i love it. but it’s taken 4 months of grief over the mistake i thought i’d made …but i hadn’t made a mistake… i just couldn’t cope with the change and living in what felt like someone else’s environment
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  9. You’re so right this world we live in will make us feel like we’re never good enough. We have to take the control back and realize ultimately nothing we do matters at the end of life so we can choose to worry less. I’ve been trying so hard about a situation in my life and now I’m starting to question “why” just say f**k it
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  10. Regarding wearable tech, i totally agree. I bought a Fitbit watch 4 years ago. It’s a ridiculous source of mild anxiety. I feel lament when my steps for the day are low. I’m always aware when I might be losing steps on the counter, like if I’m using that hand to push the shopping cart. When it’s cold outside and I’m walking the dog, I literally don’t put my hand in my pocket, because then I’m “losing steps”. I have to remember to put it back on the charger every other day. I have a mental debate each night about taking it off before I go to sleep, because it’s more comfortable, but then I’m losing my sleep data. It’s ridiculous. It’s insane. I can’t wait for it to die. But I can’t bring myself to just throw it away because it works perfectly. And who’s going to buy a 4 yr old used Fitbit? Help. Help.
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  11. A partner whose spending habits are worse than yours.
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  12. Thanks for bringing awareness to these. So often people just accept these practices without questioning it!
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  13. I sold extra junk around the house and made almost $7k
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  14. OMG, I live in Michigan and, before COVID shutdowns, used to drive to Canada to get affordable healthcare treatment and meds. Scariest time ever was getting stuck at the border getting back into US with a border patrol agent, with white supremacist tattoos, telling me I was lying about the purpose for my visit (when I was offering to show him my receipts and the pressure wrap on my arm where they drew blood) and insisted on going through my trunk, commenting on every single thing he saw. He was ranting about how I was lying because people from Canada go to the US for healthcare because their socialized medicine is terrible. My family has always been border people and Canadians often go to the US for different healthcare than Americans go to Canada for. That dude scared me and I'm white. I can't imagine how much worse it would be if I were a person of color or obviously queer. 😞 Need to be really desperate to get healthcare in Canada (like getting new EpiPens) to put up with the randomly awful experience of getting back into the US.
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  15. I would tell my younger self that your hobbies don't always need to be monetized and investing in your education isn't always "an investment in yourself" and worth the time and money, I wanted to become a Philosophy Professor because I had a huge interest in the French philosopher Michel Foucault. I accumulated a ton of student loan debt trying to achieve that goal and realizing it wasn't for me and leaving with my M.A. I am now tackling paying off this massive student loan debt as a result of that decision from my younger self.
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  16. I love your videos! Minimalist, intentional living and living MY rich life. I have a life full of fun and adventure. I am surrounding by people, pets and things that I love in my (paid off) house. With no debt and comfortable savings, I get to make intentional choices.
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  17. A big hello from Australia 🇦🇺 Love your videos Nicole! Thank for your awesome advice!
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  18. Well said Nicole. The first question is THE most important that so so many people disregard 🤷‍♀ Also, robot vacuums are incredible. A product that can give me more of my time back easily pays for itself.
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  19. I am with you on the no renting a room thing! Great video today! Very thought provoking!
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  20. Thank you for sharing about the difference between vegan and plant based! I’ve also been vegan for almost 7 years and I love your channel. Congrats on 50k+ subscribers 🙌
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  21. Agreed. I'm a school teacher in Vancouver and can barely afford to live here. Rent is 1/2 my salary.
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  22. To avoid tipping, I don't do business with business where tipping takes place. this includes restaurants. learn to cook people.
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  23. 10 million! Ha ha ha, I really like the added little comedy bits you put in!
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  24. Going to rent a movie on a Friday night as a teenager. Smelling the popcorn as I opened the door, rushing to the Newly Released section, the place was packed. People stood around talking about what movie they wanted or what was good or not. Now that building is a boring cell phone store.
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  25. “Bloom where you’re planted!” Make your current space a home…if you need to sell, then your home is staged (and will command a better price) you can choose to move the homely-stuff to your new place, but a HOME is important to your mental health. You can’t make great judgement-calls when you’re neo-cortex is turned off from stress! It makes financial /emotional/mental sense to home-ify your house! Good luck with the nesting!
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  26. I feel like you could see me laying on my couch with my phone on my chest 😮😅 I agree. I love my house neat clean organized. It makes me so happy to walk in the door at the end of the day or walk out in the morning and see everything exactly the way I like it. And I too live alone so I do it for me, you are wise beyond your years my friend have a peaceful, tranquil day.❤
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  27. I always have thought about this in terms of music as well; even if you bought an album that you end up not liking much, you would still KNOW it, because you spent money on it with the intent of appreciating it, and listen to the whole damn thing a bunch of times still. I believe there's still more value in having an intent of appreciation and not liking it in the long run than scanning through spotify or whatever and listening to the first 10 seconds of something to see if you like it. As a musician myself as well, gaining the knowledge of what you don't like about something is a pretty valuable tool to have in my opinion!
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  28. Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉, let's do 30K next!!💪
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  29. I have a capsule wardrobe. It saved me money and time. I only wear the same 10 outfits anyway.
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  30. "minimize your kids, get rid of them" hahahahahah
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  31. As soon as you said "write off," I was expecting that clip! 🙂
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  32. Love this video. Me and my husband are definitely that type you describe "makes 50k and spends 30k" roughly, so we're pretty confident in our decisions but there is always room for improvement and making great moves with our money. I love the attitude you share here about driving your older car with pride, and so on. It's so good!
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  33. I have to say this post was absolutely spot on. Thank you for bringing this to light ☕️
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  34. SO happy for you, Nicole! I started watching you in December when your "Why I'm so Frugal" (I buy almost nothing) video popped up on my YouTube homepage. Your content totally resonated with me and I've been a huge fan ever since, and even got my boyfriend hooked on your videos too! It's thrilling to hear about your journey and successes. I wish you all the best luck and good wishes, and keep up the great work! We all love you and Levi :D !
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  35. I agree that hobbies are crucial. For me, I view having no hobbies as a red flag. The worst is working with people who have no hobbies, and are just corporate ladder-climbing and never have anything to talk about 😣
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  36. This is what i did when i left my kitchen life in July 2021: no work/life balance amd stressed af with money saved up and no debt. I took 3 months off looking for work (hard to get in the desperate "we need people" market) and took a short term job in retail at Autozone for a year worh the same BS as kitchen work, but less pay. I have now been working on a CNC machine this past year, and learned a fair amount about CAD/CAM software. I enjoy my job, have holidays and weekends off, and i want to learn more about it since it's a good skill and career path into being machinist. In the meantime, i am still working on my music and getting more material ready for a solo release!
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  37. Minimalism as a lifestyle is ancient, as it was practiced by Buddhist monks. Later it became an aesthetic. I however began practicing minimalism at an early age. Later, In the early 90’s I came across a book by Elaine St James, called Simplify Your Life. it put a definition around my preference for living. After the internet took off and blogs became popular Leo Babauta minimalist journey attracted my attention. It really started trending and the counting of possessions and the stark aesthetic became a turn off for me, because it came across as an obsessive compulsive addiction.
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  38. Hi Nicole I’m following as much as possible your advices and I can see a positive change already. I started cooking for the week and stop spending on things I don’t need. keep posting videos!!
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  39. Yay new video!!! Been waiting before going to bed. Watching from Philippines 🇵🇭
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  40. Never had to pay monthly car payments. Always felt I can't afford new cars. But because of this, the experience I have maintaining my cars throughout the years makes my current 20 and 30 year old daily drivers almost like new which gives me more gratification than any new cars would!
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  41. Oh man, the insurance thing is so true. I switched auto insurance companies a couple months ago, kept the same coverage, and cut my bill by over half. I also switched homeowners insurance a week ago, got better coverage, and cut my bill down by $1300 a year. Definitely shop around for insurance.
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  42. I'm a middle school math (pre-algebra) teacher in my 60's, so I was particularly interested in your take on high school. Its really quite interesting how we have arrived in todays K-12 education focus of getting every student into college after high school graduation. One of the reasons why so many young people are drowning in college debt is that college education has been oversold. This has also led to the tremendous increase in college tuition prices because there was too much demand. Meanwhile the still important jobs of the trades and jobs that require skills with your hands have been overlooked to the point that there is often no one available to do the work. I would say that one of the tragedies of modern youth is that by and large they all want jobs that allow them to play games on computers all day long - they are addicted to their electronic pacifiers (smartphones). Young adults are extremely resistant towards any job in which they might physically sweat. All that said, one of the big reasons for broad based academic subjects in school is because we have no idea what the future holds. When I was doing my high school math I used a slide rule (an analog mechanical computer, look it up), calculators and personal computers were still a couple of years away. The future is certain to hold advances and changes and new types of jobs previously unimagined. You may be happy to know that one of the ways I reinforce the idea of negative numbers is to introduce my students to financing big ticket purchases and basic net worth financial statements of assets and liabilities.
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  43. Waking up early is the worst 😋
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  44. Still enjoying minimalist. And since I am still paying down my debt, thinking religiously about what I really need is a must.❤from LA
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  45. Nicole, I think you're wise beyond your years....I love your content, your attitude and your financial sense. Glad I found your channel.!
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  46. Almost 40k 🎉 I like what you said about valuing long term what you purchase. Pausing to think about that before adding to our inventory will prevent us from tossing stuff in the trash!
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  47. Keep on being you. Breath of fresh air.
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  48. They are also buying up all the single-family homes. I've been pre-approved for a home loan for 6 mos. Can't get an offer accepted. The last home sold within hours, ridiculously above the over asking price I offered and no inspections required. A regular person can't compete against them.
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  49. OMG! Baby Levi ❤❤❤❤❤
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  50. 6. Job hopping - the most foolproof (not the easiest) way to increase and sometimes even double your salary.
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