I adopted the cottagecore lifestyle and I'm NEVER looking back. 

As a girl who grew up with home-steading parents, I promise it is not anywhere near as glamorous as it is portrayed to be online. Raising animals and bees, and growing your own food is HARD (and sweaty and dirty and often stinky😂). I think your adapted version of this lifestyle seems actually much more pleasant. I would love to adopt some of your habits 😊

One day i will be able to cut ties with gaslighting family and move away to finally slow live in peace. Hate the mindset of "if you've got time to sit and do nothing, you should be working"

I think there's a deep reason why things like "back to the land" and "earthy crunchy" and "cottagecore" seem to cycle through our consciousness as "trends," but really they're all versions of the same truth inherent within us. We come from nature and we are nature, so when we feel lost or frazzled or in despair, it's only natural we would feel called to return to her. I especially appreciate your last point about not waiting around for your life to adhere to some vague "ideal" in order to start welcoming in the activities that put a smile on your face and give you that sense of rooted coziness and comfort. As someone who left a lifetime of city living and now lives on a homestead, I can tell you that even when you're doing things you once only dreamed of, that sense of comparison, or not being sure how certain things fit into your life, never goes away. Even when you live in the woods and have an apple orchard and chickens and forage herbs and are ostensibly living a cottagecore dream life, there are still many moments of stress or anxiety or hard work or things that aren't "aesthetic" or whatever. Perfection is a moving target. But you can welcome contentment and nostalgia into your life now wherever you are. If you read all this, thank you and I hope you're having a wonderful day

In 2021 I moved to a small town on a lake and river , walking trails are readily available, a beach. I just sit on the waters edge and watch people and boats, read, or just rest my eyes. I sold almost everything I had in order to live simple. It’s a simple and freeing lifestyle. I’m retired with most days there are no alarms set. I enjoyed your video.

I love how you said that having nothing planned doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s UP FOR THE TAKING and sometimes those around us fail to realize that, and even feel entitled to decide for us how to spend our unplanned time.

I just love how cottagecore is about being present, close to nature, and having calming and enjoyable hobbies. I started a garden this year and I have to say it was one of the highlights of my year and helped so much with my anxiety! Thank you for sharing this video

I grew up in a small English town and lived and worked in tiny rural villages. I have since moved to Shanghai (the furthest from cottagecore humanly possible), but still miss the feeling of the small villages. I hope I can implement some of this aesthetic in my daily life in a big city

Slow down. Just slow down. For those living in towns/cities. Plan your day, so you never feel rushed. Planning my day so I don't have to deal with the many people driving with road rage.

The suggestion to visit a cemetery for open space may seem depressing or creepy, but it is a good idea. I am in charge of some old Victorian-era cemeteries in our area, and I agree that they are wonderful spaces to recharge, and you are generally welcome there. Check for visiting hours, posted at the entrance, most close at dusk (there is usually no lighting and it gets very dark, very fast!) Wander through the grounds and read the stones, especially if it is an older property. Seeing how short our lives really are can help ground us, and think about how we want our lives to be remembered when we are gone. How will people say we lived while on this earth? There is one family plot in particular that always helps me hit the reset button, where the woman lost all her children before the age of 5, and her husband was killed in an accident, leaving her a widow far younger than I am today. It makes me reconsider what I used to find important. Cemeteries frequently feature flower beds, birds, trees, and some have water features, and are incredibly peaceful. Don't shy away from a visit just because we were raised to think of cemeteries as spooky.

I lived on a 4acre plot and lived the homestead life for 14yrs and I can tell you it's is a very hard way to live! No kidding it's a lot of work. I'm not saying it is without benefit, but being as self sufficient as possible requires ground prep, planting picking , pruning, prepping, preserving and selling is no easy task. Today at 75 I still love gardening and other self provisioning crafts but I do them at an easy pace

Be Here Now is the hippie philosophy I adopted 60 years ago and it guides me every day. Blessings on your path.

I get kind of enamored with tiny house living and self sufficient type vlogs. Instead of just dreaming of one day running off and doing that, I've been working to transform my own home into the simple and peaceful place I imagine those to be. You emphasize that it's more than that though, its about adopting the habits and pace of the lifestyle you want as well without jumping through massive hoops to get there. Good stuff.

I've only recently discovered the concept of cottage core, but I understand the appeal. I've lived in small, rural communities for much of my life and really need the connection to nature, the seasons, and the local wildlife. Slowing down and living intentionally is more challenging in a world that measures your worth in terms of what you produce or earn. A health crisis in 2018 and resulting chronic illness gave me the unexpected opportunity to challenge myself to live according to a new set of rules. I will be forever grateful for having been given the chance to reinvent myself and to embrace a slower pace of living. Good for you for figuring it out sooner!

England (I assume you are in England) is such a beautiful country, it's so green and rainy. I live in southern Spain and these past few years with climate change we have less and less rain and more and more drought. The country is drying up and we hardly ever see anything green anymore, other than palm trees. The rivers and lakes are drying up too, so going for a walk in nature here means mostly walking on bare rock now. The places where there used to be grass now only have dried up plants and burnt up plants (burnt by the sun, not by forest fires, although forest fires are also becoming more common and extensive every year as well). And no one seems to be doing much about it, I don't see any great commitments anywhere yet to reduce emissions and all that. So sad.

i loved this video! i constantly feel the pressure that i’m not doing enough or being as productive as possible. you really framed not doing anything as something beautiful that i hope i can work towards enjoying fully! thank you for sharing

I love this video!! You’ve put what I been feeling into words and it feels good to know I’m not the only one dreaming of a slow life. I will definitely be using ur tips. Thank you for your advice and video ❤️❤️

Very good advice! We lived in our dream cottage...built & planned well, but found we couldn’t control the noise or behavior of others in the vicinity (rebel grandson & domestic violent wife moved in with quiet grandparents-neighbors). It interfered with our peace. We moved into a *regular* neighborhood, planted lots of bushes, trees, created private garden spaces & have "that life!" Bring it into your life! Who knew?

I was on a walk outside and just listened to this video a couple of times. You have a nice voice. Good pronounciation and a bit of calmness in it :)

Great advice that everyone (especially nowadays) should hear.

I love the way you show people that just because you can’t have every aspect of your “ideal life” doesn’t mean you can’t have any of it. This video reminds me that God has a beautiful plan for all of us, and slowing down to enjoy His creation, the quiet forests, peaceful water, and joyful moments, is a lovely thing. I pray that through you many will see that the peace we are missing and longing for is in Jesus. If you are reading this, I hope you have a wonderful day, and that you know that regardless of what happens in life, that God made you just the way you are, He cherishes you, and wants you to know Him! God bless ☺️

This is such a beautiful video! I love seeing other small cottagecore creators🥰

Wow wonderful life ❤️❤️from Uganda east Africa enyoing the slow life living.

The message of mindfully commiting to incorporating elements of the life you wish to live into your current life is valuable advice that could be applied to anything a person wants. It's freeing. It's choosing into joy.

I want this life and I’m working on it everyday.

I loved this video and can really relate to you. I love the traditional home making life and practice that on a daily basis as well as filming my journey too. Thank you for sharing your journey, I have subscribed to your channel. Hannah xx

So beautiful! And those muffins looks so good, will you share the recipe?

A slower more intentional lifestyle is so worth it. Whatever that looks like to you. Mine was moving out the US. Walkable city but calmer. 🌻

Love this video so much. As much as I love the cottagecore lifestyle aesthetic, it always seemed so unrealistic and unobtainable. Thank you for sharing these small, practical ways to incorporate slow living into our lives x

That looks like one of the best lives ever! Absolutely love your home 😊 thanks for sharing, much love from Singapore 💕

good advice. Do what you can with what you have.

So much great advice. Even in my 50s you managed to remind/teach me a few things. Looking forward to seeing more on your channel.

Love being near the water! =)

Love this one! ❤ I like the idea to being elements into where you are right now

This style gives me a growth mindset. It gives me a peaceful Mother Nature feeling.

Dear Cassandra, I’m so happy I found your channel! It’s fantastic to find a kindred spirit who is also sharing her cottagecore lifestyle on a growing RU-vid channel - I instantly subscribed! ❤ I love the advice you are giving in this video, especially leaving some empty space on our calendars as well as adopting the cottagecore elements that fit into our lives, even if we don't own a cabin in the woods. I am actually in this very moment editing the European winter version of this video, showing how we can live cottagecore without actually owning a farm. Thank you so much for your beautiful content - can't wait for more videos! Sending much love and Happy New Year to you!❤

You put into words, experiences that I've longing for so long...

Just found your channel. Love the video ❤️ thanks for sharing!

Love places of quiet contemplation! ❤

Such a wonderful video ❤ love all of your tips and I certainly resonate with finding a water source. There is just something so calming and centering about it!

Basically go out, touch grass, relax…love that 🤍🤍🤍💕☺️

I tuned in to find out what is cottagecore. Never heard it before that I can remember. Neat video.

Such a beautiful video and message. I just closed so many tabs on the browser on my phone. Not sure why I thought I’d ever go back to read all that stuff!

You are the definition of true beauty inside and out. New subscriber

This is the first video from you I watched and loved it! 😍

I moved abroad 5 yrs ago and now live along the Scottish sea side for 3x less than living in the states.

I’ve always been drawn to water. One of my earliest memories is of me dashing towards the ocean; carefree. Even now, I incorporate water as a healing source, whether it’s submerging myself in a bath full of water to ease away the stress of the day, frequenting my favorite nearby lake, or traveling to the closest ocean. I love your recommendations, especially the first! Great video!🤍✨

😮 a kindred spirit. I really admire the way you were able to put into words so many things I was trying to achieve but couldn’t exactly communicate. It also inspires me to keep living this kind of life.

My goodness these were all things I’ve known but needed to hear again. Very refreshing reminder! Thank you!

I love the suggestions you gave here, thanks so much. There's a place near my house I used to go with my sisters when I was a little kid, we called it the duck 🦆 pond but it's really a little lake. There's several lakes around where I live.

The tab advice is the most important one for me, (along with the water etc) I literally have 20 tabs open as I watch this :) Thank you!

I love this! I'm also pursuing this lifestyle:)

This beautiful video gained your channel a new subscriber! 🌸 Not to mention, it’s also always fun to “meet” a sister redhead! 😆

Yes it is ok to feel every single thing you feel. Thank you for the healing content.

Thanks…. Enjoyed hearing this today…. Def going to go make some yummy muffins and go for a walk.

I love everything about this video. Thank you for that message 💜

These are fantastic tips and a beautiful video!

This video was so great! I really relate to a lot of this but also needed to hear it. Thank you ❤

This was a normal way of life for most before the internet and smart phones

Great video, I just discovered you and subscribed. I liked the ending especially… the feeling of sitting in your lovely home and nibbling on a fresh cupcake. Thank you!

Good Thursday morning Cassandra and Happy New Year. What can I say? These videos just keep getting better and better - with superlative content and excellent production values. Thanks so much for sharing how you adopted the cottagecore lifestyle, getting back to nature while living and camping in the great outdoors, you marvelous and lovely multi-talented homesteading offgrid woman. 😍😎🌻🌼

Interesting- I hadn’t heard of cottage core but I know this is the sort of life I am striving for. Some lovely insights - thank you

Beautiful video and such great insights! You don't need to live in the countryside to slow down and you illustrated this perfectly 😍

A really enjoyable video. Great ideas and tips, thank you for sharing.

I just subscribed! This looks like a gorgeous video, and I’m excited to dive in- cheers! ✨

Stunning! Beautiful video you deserve more views ✨❤️

Loved this video! Hoping in a small way to add cottagecore and slow living into my home and day to day habits.

Hi, just found your channel. It’s 2am here in U.K. I really need to make more time for me, I’m so bad at saying no! Looking forward to watching your previous videos and your next one. Those cakes look delicious! Would you mind sharing your recipe please? Mo, U.K. X

This is so very much what I desire at this point in my life. 🙏🏼💗

Thank you. Lovely.

Perfectly paced beautiful footage along with a meaningful message, rly well done! ☺️🌱

Brilliant!

Amaaaaazing,just amazing!💓🌞😊🥰

love your tips!

New subscriber from Victoria, thanks for this lovely reminder to embrace our dreams and bring them into our daily life now

You’re very wise for being so young 😊

Great video! Thanks for putting it together

Great video! I will close tabs today!🎉

This was a great video I love it❤

I love this, thank you🤍

Loved this video. Great tips!

I just discovered your channel and I'm truly enjoying watching your videos :) what camera do you use?

This Video is magic

this is an excellent video. thank you for making it ❤

Love this video! ❤ thank you for sharing!!

This video is amazing ✨💞 thank you for sharing it

Beautiful video thank you

Very good ideas.

Very nice beautiful vlog. Thanks you

thank you :) this video was very magical

Beautiful

I wish I lived where you do. It looks idyllic and perfect for my fair skin. Ocean meets the lush green country side. Are you in the UK?

What beautiful hair she has

@Cassandra Evergreen Can I please ask where the sea area is? I gathered it's Australia and it's pretty far from me, that I live in Scandinavia, but it reminds me of other tropical places I've seen, it's very beautiful 🌸

I love the idea of making blueberry muffins every sunday

I love the video :-) Where do you live? Is it Portugal?

Beautiful video.. love it!!!

That's lovely! 😊

Lovely video!💗🧁 🌲 📚

Very good advice. Nice video.

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