10 things I don’t buy as a 41-yr old woman🔹Intentional living & MINIMALISM 

"I don't want to be rich"...totally agree! My husband and I, in our 70's in Canada, have just enough. We have a comfortable home, small paid for car, money for good healthy food. For fun we walk, visit the library, watch movies at home, visit family...couldn't ask for more. Love your earrings!

I agree with most of your suggestions.🤗 Once I no longer bought into the idea of needing to anti-age myself, I felt liberated. Growing old is a privilege.🌿

At minute 8:30 “aging is not just fine, it’s a privilege “. I agree with this wholeheartedly!!

Ana, I agree with your philosophy. I used to buy non-leather purses and they would fall apart. My husband bought me a nice leather purse in 1995 and it is still as good as new. I buy most of my skincare from the drugstore and it works just fine. Now that we are retired, we cook our meals at home. We are homebodies and usually stay around the house. We watch movies, work in the yard, read, and work on projects. I just need to get out and walk more. We spend less money now than we did when we worked! I’m sorry that you are stressed. I hope that things will calm down for you. Take care sweet Ana! ❤

First of all, I love this hair style on you. I love what you said about status symbols. I have family that will spend so much debt on handbags and expensive clothes and then suffer to pay for it. I always say i am not a walking Billboard and do not offer free advertising.

Ana, may stressful life events and associated anxieties settle down for you. This was a good video, thank you.

I appreciate your channel, Ana. You help many people to simplify and embrace gratitude.

you are such a lovely human

Every video you make is just gold. I get easily swept up in new shiny things just through incessant exposure to content on the internet. Thank you for always reminding us of what is real ❤

I've been a vegetarian for over 40 years, and was vegan for a chunk of that time, and I totally agree about avoiding most vegan leather. I don't want to contribute to animal exploitation, but I also don't want to waste a by product that is way better for the environment than plastic. I just buy second hand if i can, and keep my leather items until they are no longer useful, that feels much better that buying another thing that will never biodegrade! 😊

Hi Dear Ana thank you for this video I hope you get whatever is making you anxious sorted soon so you can feel at peace I also suffer from anxiety I’ve had 5 straight weeks of non stop low mood and all sorts of feelings but your videos somewhat help me thank you so much

What a wonderful list! I can totally relate as being a 35 year old woman myself that I don't use concealers or foundations as well. Let sunspots and wrinkles be there :) Status symbol as well! When we finally understand that brands don't pay us to carry their goods around and a person with a new gucci bag is the same one with a bag they knitted themselves we are becoming kinder 💓 Would definitely love to get to your level of knitting so I'm able to wear a sweater I make myself, I guess that requires just more practice :) I'm following your journey for quite a while and I wish you and Brian all the best, be safe and happy and all of your plans to become real wherever you move next! You are a brave and amazing woman and a big inspiration!

I love your haircut! ❤Thank you for this video. Now that I am older I no longer buy fast fashion. My wardrobe consists of long sleeve t-shirts and relaxing pants. I'm not interested in whether my clothes are in style.

You should have been my daughter! We think along the same lines. I don't want to be rich momentarily. I don't want to be responsible for that much money. I am already rich in love and friendships and connections. And I have plenty for my needs. I don't buy anti-aging anything. Never have. And guess what? We all age regardless. I have bought face masks and creams before, but not for any particular reason except that they feel good on my skin and moisturize. Even then, I forget that I have them and they get thrown away half used. I thought I was the only one who likes to unravel yarn! Lol! Yes. Repurpose. I don't buy much of anything anymore. I'm already old. I don't buy into the hype. And, as I said before, I have sufficient for my needs. I'll be praying for you in your stressful time, my friend. Take care.

Ana, even though our life circumstances couldn't be more different, we are kindred spirits.

ANA, thank you for listing things you don’t buy. I agree with you and as for me I add to this list the plastic-bottled water and food. I think the water is as natural and necessary as air for all humans and we have to insist about eliminating the plastic from the water and food packaging.

Whatever is going on: please accept a hug from me❤

I refuse to buy clothes online! Online shopping is such a trap because it makes you always want more and I've wasted so much money on bad quality clothes and items I won't fall for it anymore, real life shopping is so much nicer to me because the amount you're spending is so much more tangible in a way. I'm with you on the plastic shoes/polyester clothes too, cute as they might be I'll always reach for comfortable cotton and secondhand leather.

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I share many of these, such as anti aging products. I buy very little cosmetics or skin care. Once every few years an eyeliner pencil. a bit of powder for my nose and maybe one tinted lip balm a year. I buy very little clothes also and try to avoid synthetics, but also avoid all animal products, wool, leather etc. That can make it quite hard nowadays. In the old days cotton t-shirts used to be so common, now they are made of rayon that is treated chemically , polyester etc and it just feels yucky. I refuse to buy cell phones and unnecessary, to me, gadgets and appliances. We have one little, old car, that we will drive until it is longer viable to do so. No TV, we just watch movies on our big iMac screen (still have one that is over 10 years old and works great for that purpose). It is impossible to avoid causing damage to the environment in our world, but I try to keep it to a minimum. I love your videos. Wishing you all the best with what you are currently dealing with and sending a big hug and love xo

Sending you love and wishing the best for you and Brian over the coming days.

I agree with what you said. I don't buy the things you said. I do have a car (an older car, 2013) as we live in the boonies 20-30 minutes from the grocery store. Public Transportation doesn't run out here. Another great video Ana. I hope you have a great week!

Thank you Ana, really loved the quote from Joanna Maciejewska.

Ditto to almost everything you mentioned🤓 I still buy concealers or compact powder, but don't use them that much, so they last a long time. I wash my face with regular soap and moisturize it with regular body lotion. Granted, now I'm lucky enough to live in a place where tap water is amazingly pure so I am able to keep my skin care expenses to a minimum, and I am so grateful for that. I am also grateful for your channel, I love how genuine and vulnerable you are❤

I'm 44 and I refuse to buy anything that I don't need.i don't wear jewellery.i grow most of my foods because I live in a beautiful village i have animals like goats. Chickens even I'm a vegetarian ❤I just love animals ❤i don't have alotta money but I am happy and contented with my simple life ❤❤ and most of my clothes are linen.some are 15 years old already but they are still beautiful 😍 I refuse to buy new 😊😅

Very Inspiring!! Thanks a lot!

Thank you for this video. I totally agree with almost every point, apart from the gym membership (which is very important for me, because I don't have the discipline to work out at home) all the things you listed mean nothing to me either. I like your short hair, it looks very chic.

I love your videos Ana! You are so intentional about your content, so I always enjoy what you have to say and look forward to the next one ❤You are thought provoking and inspirational 😊You are such a beautiful soul, both inside and out!

Great honest content ❤

Whats your diet and excersie routine look like? You look amazing

I have never bought chemical cleaning products. Baking soda and vinegar and the right type of cloth or scrubber will clean almost anything and there is very little packaging waste

That is a very interesting list, by far the most thought-provoking list of its kind I have seen on RU-vid. There are several similar things that I don't buy, or buy only minimally if I can't find an alternative.

Thank you so much for sharing this video Ana ❤🙏 I agree 💯 % with you! I stopped using anti age creams etc some years ago. Since I came down with a uncurable cronic illness 10 yrs ago I come to realize what’s most important in life; appreciate and enjoy the good in life even if it is very few things. What I hate and refuse to buy are fake things. And AI-made things that are actually stolen. I love creating and crafting myself. Lots of Love from me in Sweden ❤️❤️🤗 I really wish that your struggle that causes anxiety will easen and be solved soon! I know this too well myself although the reason is different!

Thank you so much for this. I disagree with you on a number of points, and yet I found it profoundly interesting, thought-provoking, and just pleasant to watch😊

I agree with almost all of these so very much! I hope things go better for you soon :)

So good to see you, Ana! You speak about such thought-provoking topics! Wishong you all the best with whatever you've got going on there. ❤

Interesting. I especially liked your comments on vegan leather. It’s always a quandary; we have a beef industry which results in beef hides that must be used. Buying leather in many ways is just using what are otherwise cast-off materials. Or they are used in dogfood, which I don’t buy. I cook for my dog. I don’t think not buying leather reduces the slaughter of cattle as long as people eat beef. I personally prefer fabric bags and shoes, like sneakers. I admit also wear crocs, but I keep them for years. However, I am concerned in general about plastic. I am trying to limit my use all the time. As to things I don’t buy: Plastic garbage and sandwich bags. I buy compostable instead. Single use water bottles. Most meat. I buy 1 pound a week for my dog. New cars, only used. And always hybrids. I hope to go to an EV. Plane tickets; I don’t fly anymore. I’m trying to do what I can for the environment. I hope to sell my current house and move, and perhaps have a small garden in a new place. Thanks for your thoughts.

Thanks! I really appreciate your posts, Ana! I agree with all that you said, except I do not knit, but I want to learn!

I am also an avid knitter and as such know how comfortable knitwear is. I cannot see the value of knitting a pair of sweater pants and a sweatshirt when those things are daily wear items that I cannot knit fast enough to replace. I wear almost all knits especially now that my old bones need comfort. I love knitting socks and have made 25 pair over the years, mostly for myself because very few people are knit-worthy of the time it takes to make a pair of socks. My granddaughter gets a new hat every year for Christmas. Now she is 25 and has a nice hat collection. I love to knit her colorwork hats with cats or other characters she loves. I have knit lots of hats and fingerless mitts as gifts. One thing I refuse to be is a yarn snob buying only fancy expensive yarns. Any knits for babies will be cotton or acrylic as I have raised 2 sons and acrylic can stand up to multiple washings and drying. I think it’s indestructible. LOL! I will spend the money on a good sock yarn with nylon and if I can afford it will support a few dyers that I love. I no longer go to movies in theaters. Too expensive for folks who are living on retirement dollars from the 1990’s. I no longer go to a casino for an evening of entertainment. My husband and I used to go 3 times a year with our specific amount of spending cash only. But in recent years I have seen the odds change so much and the casinos building multi-million dollar resorts over what used to be a small place. Yes, it is less than going to a concert for an evening of entertainment, but it no longer interests me. I love experiences rather than things now that I am old and trying to get rid of a lot of things I spent years acquiring. I do not buy designer anything for myself and don’t buy expensive skin products. There are always drugstore priced dupes and good bargains can be had at discount stores. I will not shop on sites like Temu where people are exploited so the prices can be dirt cheap. I admire your ability to be content and I am as well. However, to have a well paying job that enables you to use your gifts and talents and be able to prepare for your old age is just wisdom. I like 18:32 18:32 being able to donate to my church and other worthy causes and the ability to do that comes from having the extra funds necessary to do that. If all you are doing is getting by then you will never have enough to share with others. I believe my husband and I did that as 2 people without college educations, we sought out the best we could do for ourselves and so that we would always have enough to give to those in need. That’s another thing I will never do is be ashamed of who we are and I will be proud that we tried to do the very best with what we had. It is not a shame to live simply and bless others. I will try not to ever repeat a mistake that was financially foolish. Learn what fits you well and the color and style you like and I will not follow trends proposed by influencers. So that’s my list. 18:32

I appreciate your channel. Thank you ❤.

I agree that the harvesting of creative property is wrong. But AI is helping with solving environmental problems. For instance analysing data to create more cost effective solutions which ultimately has a lower cost of global resources. Also AI is creating some incredible improvements in human medicine as it is able to process data and produces solutions far quicker than humans. Ai is frightening for sure but it's here to stay. The biggest issue is whether humans will (and some will) miss appropriate it and not instigate the nessarary safety measures to stop it's independant control of us.

Your list is the best. I dont buy any of these things either.

Agree with what you say except i need 100% natural fibers for my clothes. I have also enjoyed for many years doing exercise at home at my own time. I appreciate all the teachers that upload videos for people to use without payment. So I ensure like and comment to help. I like how your videos make us think 😊

I agree with most of what you said, but in this crazy world, it is so difficult to accomplish. I guess it takes us to another topic, I believe, you made a video about, FOMO. I absolutely love your earrings! I hope whatever you are anxious about gets resolved soon. Thank you.

Thank you for sharing your view. It's always interesting to watch what is important for others. I agree on many points. I also think there is not only one "receipe" on what we spend money or save. I like what you said: getting older is a priviledge and being healthy, too 🙏.

Such a beautiful video, Ana. Thank you so much and wishing you all the best.

Thank you for the tutorial on AI, your analogy makes perfect sense and I couldn't agree more!

Wishing you mental and physical health and relief from the stressors in your life.

You are amazing Ana, I absolutely adore listening to your videos and you always let me look at things from a different perspective. Bless you - sending lots of love from Warsaw ❤❤❤

Sending you love my dear friend. I hope the challenges you are currently encountering will be solved soon. I am thinking about the topic of this video, and the only thing that comes to my mind is refusing to pay for the plastic bag, thus I am one of those people walking with shopping in their pockets 😅.

thanks, lovely video.

Hugs to you and Brian. I share many of these never buy items. I've been doing a home based zoom fitness class for 3 years now and live it. I'm supporting someone's livelihood and getting a great workout without leaving my home. Win win. Im with you on the vegan pleather. I am a vegan, but think like you, you must step back and look at the bigger picture. I've found great leather shoes at thrift stores and have learned how to take great care of them with the help of an amazing cobbler who can resole or repair as needed. Take it easy, hoping your challenge resolves itself amicably.

Inspired to make my own list. All my life the list has existed in me without being tabulated. A couple items I would have on my list would nest well with your list. Thank you.

A great video. Valuable relevant content. Thank you.

I’m with you on all of. It

Great video as always Ana ❤

Dearest Ana this was a wonderful video. Hope you feel less anxious & stressed - I too suffer from anxiety & panic attacks so I understand you. My list is almost the same as yours ! I always say if you have your health you have your wealth. lol ❤

I do hope that whatever is bothering you right now ,goes away soon ❤

Partially agree with your suggestions. Thanks for the lovely videos ❤

Great video❤️🤗

Sending you all the best

Great topic Ana

Thank you for that wonderful Video. It reached me to the right time, because I‘m Open for the priceous thoughts. By the way, I totally agree with all points exzept for the mixture of your clothures .I Präferenz 100% natural. All best wishes for your health

напишу на русском, хотя это может для многих показаться странным, но у вас такая чистая и понятная английская речь, вас очень приятно слушать (часто я смотрю видео на английском для того, чтобы лучше воспринимать его на слух, но когда услышала, что вы из России, была удивлена)

All the best for you ❤️❤️❤️🍀

Take care of yourself, Ana.

Hope everything works out for you!!! I don't buy brand that displays their Logos but I enjoy designers items which resonate esthetically with me (like the Bao Bao bag from issey Miyake) I am retired and enjoy a comfortable income but I don't need a car where I live and don't have one as I also think the future in cities should be based on public transportation....I don't use "anti age" products anymore as they make my skin worse!!! I like to travel but will use the train or bus whenever is possible over flying everywhere. I attend fitness classes at my local community center ( I don't have the discipline to exercise on my own and the community center is also great for socializing!)

Wise words today.

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Simplicity is beautiful - your videos remind me of that, thank you. Whether this is in terms of fashion, money, beauty tools and products etc... Simplicity is calming :). May I ask where your earrings are from? Many thanks in advance

Hi Ana,i do get you about many of the 10 things and values ,no so much about calling " leather" to animals skin ,call it for what it is Love your videos ,though. Im ok with using wool, only as lil as possible . Again,yes shoes made from others species skin ,are durable ,but..😐

I really enjoyed your video, because it wasn't what I expected. Ypu talked about some things really personal to you and not broad ideas

We come from totally different background, but I do enjoy watching your videos from time to time. However, I would like to chime in on a few things, just to give some perspective: - Retinols are almost for everyone, they promote cell turnover, boost collagen production and give a rather nice texture to your skin - that may not be your goal right now (or ever again) and that is totally fine, they are a staple in dermatology and can't be played down - Getting botox & filler is also nothing that would "anti-age" you, there is no such thing as "anti-age" since you can't stop aging, it is a natural process. It's a marketing gimmick. One can slow down the speed of aging. I guess if someone gave you two pills, red being to have instantly the skin of a 90yo, blue being to instantly have the skin of a 20yo, I think we both know whose skin you would choose AND there is nothing wrong with that. Almost everyone would love to look and feel young, we have a fear of death and agin, which is also somewhat understandable, since it is our natural instinct to stay alive. It all boils down to how much time, money and effort one wants to invest in all of that and if it has any personal value. Also, not to sound shady, but after doing botox and filler for a while, whilst also using retinols and having good genetics and fairly good skin quality, it is more easy for you to ditch all of that. A lot of people don't have any of that and want to improve their skin and general look. I find your views to be way black or white, there is nothing wrong with using a bit of concealer one day, it's not masking per se. I mean, following that logic you should stop taking regular showers, washing your clothes, because you would be "masking" your natural scent. Just my two cents.

So I am mostly plant based, but I still wear leather shoes, belts, and bags. I hope that the non-plastic vegan leather market can expand and become more mainstream, but as of right now it’s more sustainable, economical, and practical to have one pair of leather shoes instead of 4 pairs of plastic shoes. Also, plastic is also made out of dead animals. It’s no different than eating roadkill or taking the feathers or antlers from a dead anima in terms of ethics, and most vegans are against those 2 things.

41? You look totally like 31!! 🎉😮

Plastic "leather" I have been a vegan before but I never understood the ting with plastic vegan shoes, plastic is also bad for animals. Is better to have a controlled leather industry and buy things you can have for many years. Your earrings are really nice, were did you get them from? have you done them? I do a lot of things. I try to avoid plastic, eat seasonally, no strawberries in the winter transported long ways. Buy what I can afford ecological, bananas always. I don´t want to be rich either, it´s uninteresting. As long as I manage it´s ok.

I don't buy any of these neither except good quality skin care that is also preventing my skin to look too dry / wrinkled but does it count as anti-age :) ? I don't know, it's a side effect :) I use them because it's a small ritual that helps me feel good, they smell of rose i take a moment for myself to mindfully apply them. Also I dye my hair but for me because I prefer them red than grey :). The other thing I give some money for is AI because it gives me, as an autistic and ADHD person, independance !!!! I don't use it to create anything, I use it for the things that are complicated for me like dealing with alexithymia, autistic crisis, stimulation overload when I'm not able to think anymore, prioritizing tasks, organising routines... it replaces my bad executive functions... all this for 25 euros a month and I would have to pay someone more than 500 euros a month for the same job ! Also with IA I'm totaly free, it won't give me advices I did not ask for, does not judge me or my choices, I can look at the answers and make my own decisions without hurting someone's feelings... I can get help at night, early in the morning, whenever I need it. It uses mostly what I gave it to work because it has a memory now and remember better than me the list of things to do in case of crisis :) Can tell me exactly what I asked it to say in certain circumstances (like reminding me other tools I have and would forget about when I feel too low) I think this will give good personnal assistants to people like me, cheap (most of us live with low incomes and few help from State) and that alow the most independance as it's just a tool, like a wheelchair is a tool. I hope it'll soon be able to reminds things and have some kind of pro-activity, for example being in my pockets, with sensors, it could see patterns anouncing some crisis is coming. My dog helps, and a service dog could help too... but like a human assistant it would be so expensive to have a service dog ! And the dog could not help with alexithymia for example, a big big issue that I have. Well enough about IA and independant living :D !!

i.e. i dont support others to create upon my work. i only want myself to create and make a living out of it 2:00

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Приветствие из Сибири. Каждое видео в ожидании. Я человек замкнутый,хоть и нахожусь среди людей . И как бальзам...мои мысли озвученные вслух другим человеком. Я не один абориген в среде купи,имей,ещё и ещё...Сейчас мы с дочерью живём в квартире ,где всё ещё полным полно вещей с совет.времен. Повлиять я на это не могу в полной мере. Ребенок у меня творческий,у нее мноооооого всего,и она ещё больше хочет. Я же вспоминаю себя до материнства. Спортивная сумка,и в ней была вся моя жизнь. Столько сколько я покупаю сейчас,я не покупала никогда прежде😂. А я не люблю делать покупки,кроме еды. И я понимаю,что виток заворачивается на возвращение в прежнее состояние,необходимого комфортного минимума. Некий рубеж. В текущем году мне будет 39. Подитог к 40 уже должен быть,потому что процесс идет,но не быстро,отслаивание нажитых,но искусственно привитых приоритетов,образа жизни. Стресс,однозначно. И я ищу выход и решение. Жизнь слишком быстро пролетает. Поэтому просмотр этого канала один из способов найти собственные ответы. Вам же я желаю того,чего Вы желаете себе сами.

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Hair dye for me is a no no 😁

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Hi, I like your wallet. Do you mind to share where you bought it if it’s from online. Thank you!

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Supporting shady services is something we do not mention enough. I am really wealthy person who skipped quite a few opportunities because it was insinuated that it might involve bribing. But I am also aware that my wealth is giving me that choice to walk away if my morals and values can be compromised. This is a lot harder for people who live on/ or below poverty line.

Здравствуйте,Вы из России?

Sorry to dissapoint, but humans mostly obey the same laws AI does. It's just more objectified in AI. Tech and env problems require the same creativity source. Other than that, I agree with the usage of AI. Humans should have known better.

Hi Ana. I like your approach to the life on many levels but in my opinion, leather, cotton, wool, generally should by history by now. Why? Just because we should stop abusing animals and planet. I appreciate your video's. Regards.

"I don't want to be rich"...totally agree! My husband and I, in our 70's in Canada, have just enough. We have a comfortable home, small paid for car, money for good healthy food. For fun we walk, visit the library, watch movies at home, visit family...couldn't ask for more. Love your earrings!