Downsize your life to downsize your stress | Esther Stoel | TEDxBreda 

Really very good speech , inspirational, motivational

@@hariduttkataria4783 thank you very much for your comment, glad you found it inspiring, have a nice day :-)

I think I am in love!

Hi Esther. Nice Please check your facebook messenger dm.

Hear! hear!👍

andthenifellinlove After I gave this TedX talk I had a year full of travelling; because I saved so much money from rent and expensive junk and my mind was free to focus on the work I love and my business started growing. I have been to Japan, Caribean, Spain and I moved to Athens now. I still do what I love and travelling had made me so rich in experiences and friends!

@@VytalityEU Thank you for your reply. That is awesome! I bet you grew from your travels. I hope I can say that in five years too. You proof that it can be done.

@@VytalityEU could you please tell us how do you succeed to befriend strangers? because i've been in a resort every year and now on new year's eve i haven't received at least one text message.

@@globalmuffin2 I'm sorry to hear that.. We are all different people and myself I'm an introvert that is only extravert when surrounded by the right people. So I can't really tell you what to do since I'm not the most social person, but two things: in order for people to care about you, you also have to care about them. So do you reach out yourself to other people the way you want them to reach out to you? It's a two way direction. Second is to surround yourself with people that understand you and care about you, it's not a bad thing to leave people that don't belong in your life, we all take different roads sometimes and we always have to choose what is right for us and who we want in our circles. I have left so many friends and family in the past because we were moving different directions, holding on to people that don't belong in your life is exhausting. So try and figure out what you are searching for in others and find like minded people and invest in your social life. When I feel lonely i tend to hide myself from the world and break contact, while in the back of my head I know I should reach out to people and ask for help and tell them how I feel. You can't sit in a corner and expect people to magically know what's wrong, you have to do something yourself too. I hope you will find what you are looking for, the best wishes for the new year to you.

Heather Walker Thank you so much for your comment! Actually what you are saying I took out of my Tedtalk because when I made that bucketlist I was suicidal and literally thinking “I will kill myself next year after I finish the list” and then so much changed...

That was so bright of you to say that ,it just could work for the need of help in someone

Esther Stoel oo

Hopefully they put years of therapy on the list too...

Swankster mini houses...type!!

Wisepersonsay True! A healthy amount of stress is needed to stay focussed. But there’s a difference between healthy stress and painful stress, spending your days doing things you hate doing is so destructive and people only realize when it’s too late and so hard to repair. People too often think they don’t have other options but truth is that they don’t want to let go of things in order to reach those other things. Security and trying to fit in society is much more comfortable to most, until you let it go and realize that none of it matters 😉

Then you get a cat

sarah whitehead Thank you for your comment, I understand everyone’s situation is different and I myself have been living in a trailer for a while because I couldn’t go anywhere else. If you keep going, you will get there! I know even in the darkest hours it’s hard to see the light, but if you feel like there is nothing left to lose, remember there is only to gain! Thanks for watching my talk ❤️

If you enjoy earning money regardless of circumstances, there is no stress. When I had a hateful job, I focused to make my managers and customers happy. Then, I enjoyed the job - no more stress.

Depends on what you put on your bucketlist, in general the things you focus on most will grow. If you focus on what you don't have that's what becomes a bigger and bigger problem, until you start focusing on what you do have and you will realize that the positives will grow. I have been homeless for a little while and so have some of my friends, by taking baby steps into reaching their goals I and them managed to grow and get out of that situation.

LordOneHoop Thank you, what inspired you the most? :-)

I have no idea how that would be, even though I grew up in a family that went from one hospital to the other and lived on foodstamps, in a 3rd world country different issues would occur. Nobody knows how I would have been in that situation. It doesn't really matter, we don't get to choose in what situations we a born and brought up, we have to just deal with the tools that we have to make it work.

mona elias I'd rather buy a cheap old house and remodel three rooms. It's a cheaper alternative.

Do u pay rent

I didn’t buy mine either Mona, I rent it for €150 a month exc electricity and gas, total €250 a month, very affordable for anyone 😊 I am not going to buy property unless I get too old or tired from travelling. After I gave this Tedx talk I had a year full of traveling and I moved to another country even! The changes I made to my life gave me so much freedom.

Move to central america. Live in a grass hut. Its great

I personally think she has something like ME which is a medical condition. It has nothing to do with a tough life. It can affect anyone at any age

Thomas K not true! It was fascinating.

It's good