A Simple Way to Be Happy | Minimalism & Contentment 

There shouldnt be conditions for us to feel happy, those conditions or expectations will just ruin it! Thank you so much for this dear, absolutely agree with you here! We should be content on what we have but dont settle for something less more than we deserve! ❤

One of your better videos. Very relaxed vibe. I'm glad your mom isn't judging you, and you realize that what she said ages ago were the standards she set for herself, not ones she is expecting of you. When I was in my early twenties I bought my first home. An almost 100 year old brick and clay tile roof home. Charming. Quirky cos NOTHING was a standard size since most all of it was original. You could not find proper angles anywhere in that home. It taught me a lot about letting go of perfection. I learned through necessity to latch onto one thing at a time, since there were WAY more improvements than the budget allowed. And I find a certain exhilaration in 'making do' sometimes. Stretches the creativity muscle. I grew up tent camping on weekends and so there is that positive association with doing much with very little, and the good times that can come from it. Even as an adult when the power goes out I get a bit excited to get out the candles and flashlights, figure out meals and such. (Food spoilage is a real concern). You are so right in your message of being content. It is not settling at all. Content is rooted in gratitude. (I have no idea why your channel inspires me to write books 😂, I really AM capable of a one or two sentence response elsewhere)

the story about your mum is so similar to my mum's situation. sometimes I get angry with her that she will nor pay for smth for her, but shes uograding the house all the time.

Wow this was really helpful right now. I was literally making a list in my head before this for why I wanted to move again even though I just moved at the beginning of this year. And even though there are a lot of great reasons to be where I am now. Fixing those things (like moving near a nicer grocery store and a nicer looking neighborhood) aren’t really necessary or actually important. They aren’t really/actually a part of doing what I want to do to feel happy about things. (edit: and other problems are temporary like my AC isn’t working very well, so I have to have the apartment fix it for me again; I left the windows open to try to cool things down but the gallery across the street used their space to host a party until 02:00AM and then there was a drunk angry guy yelling from 02:30AM - 03:30AM out on the street lol, but it can just be a funny story, not something I have to re-think my living situation about, necessarily).