8 Simple Habits for a More Intentional Life | Minimalist Habits

8 Simple Habits for a More Intentional Life: Minimalist Habits
In this video, I am sharing 8 minimalist habits that can help you live a more intentional life. Once I started incorporating these simple habits into my daily life, it not only helped me live more simply but also adopt more of a minimalist lifestyle and minimalist mindset. While this is by no means an exhaustive list of all of the possible minimalist habits, I hope this video can help you realize that simplifying your life does not require any drastic changes...a minimal life can be achieved gradually and with simple adjustments!

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[MarielaMerino]

Saying "no" has made a huge difference in my life! I learned it's okay to turn down invitations and focus on self care.

[alexandra]

Staying hydrated. Agree 100% that this is so important. I find it sad when I hear people say they don’t like the taste of water. Now I was one of these people for a long time. The reason I think it is so sad is that consuming water is important to staying alive. Speaking of myself, how far out of alignment was I that my body didn’t like the taste of something that was so important for me to stay alive. I slowly worked thru it and now I drink water all day long.

[karensinclair]

I am a starchavore. What turned my life around, other than my eating program, was to limit my eating to potatoes, sweet potatoes and veggies for a year. It woke up my minimalist desire. I eat basic and bland. Thanks for your wonderful videos. I love your style.

[estefaniaibanezreyes]

I love decluttering my room every so often, but now I’m going to change the colors of my room and make it as simplistic as possible.
I’ve also eliminated many of my biggest commitments in life, in order to take care of my health.
P.S~ I love how you talk.

[k.l.]

Coming from someone who got burned out aged 25 from doing only fun but too many things in life & getting not enough rest or sleep - my number one advice to you is to reduce your commitments. I am now 39 and still suffer from a slight but chronic fatigue and deeply regret all the passions of my youth. When I hear about all your commitments my stress levels rise. I hope you take care of yourself & take your own advice more. Having a full time job as a teacher is enough and yet you have two (or more?) side hustles. That is not healthy. That is basically what I did. I thought that just because everything I was doing at the time - full time university studies, three extra side hustled and a rich & buissy social life were fun & interesting it was fine. But I got less & less sleep & rest util I hit a brick wall and spent the following 3 years crying daily & sleeping 12-18 hours a day... Even fun can be detrimental. Please. Take your own advice more seriously and say no to one or two of your side hustles... I really apreeciate your videos, but if giving up youtube is one way to stay healthy then do so... Your helath & future life is more important. Take care <3

[feylights]

I always make time to read. It's a very important part of my life.

[sandraozio]

Loved the new setup, Sarah! I am also trying to bring some plants home (we have two now, which is a huge progress, since I am not a "green" person). After decluttering many aspects of my life, tip #7 is my goal now. Healthier diet, getting rid of toxic cleaning products and toiletries. Minimalism has spread its wings over my entire life! My husband and I have became vegetarians for a few months and it's great! Our plates are sooo colorful now. Also, by deleting social media I have peace of mind, at last! Biggest struggle: exercising...a battle against laziness hahaha.

[jennyhughes]

Hi Sarah, love your plant. I have loved reading forever then along the way I just started picking books up. Collecting instead of reading. As I told you earlier I have gotten rid of many of them. Now I am pulling out the ones I want to read and then they go in to the anti haul box. I gave a very old book to a friend the other day and the joy on her face was amazing. I can't wait to do it again. With more than just my books. And yes, I eat junk food when I am stressed, specifically m and ms !

[alexandra]

This video was well timed for me. I feel I’ve gotten caught up in my daily life and lost a little bit of myself. I’ve been trying to live more intentional and losing this has hurt me. I was thinking I need to get refocused and watching this has helped me recommit to myself. Thank you.

[tanyablais]

As always, your videos are fantastic. It makes me sad that you even have to suggest that people carve out one minute of me time. One minute!? It got me thinking of some of my most busiest times of life. One thing that has helped me feel more relaxed and content is to take some of regular things that I do daily (cook dinner, make coffee, walk my dog) and do them slowly and without multitasking. Being fully present and enjoying the task is a form of me time.

[moldypotatochip]

For a while I was working at a toxic job. Toxic in that it took up a lot if time, I didn't like it, and my manager didn't seem to like me. In order to cope with that I made a few changes at that time which I still think are helping me. I used 1/2 of my lunch hour to take a walk by myself, and I removed the Facebook app from my phone and decided to only use it on my home computer. Since then I find I sometimes use Facebook several times a week and sometimes don't use it at all for a month. I also started listening to audiobooks while doing chores and driving to increase the amount of time I have available for books in my day.

[MarionFiedlerMusic]

I love your inspiration of starting to take at least a minute to be with yourself, with your thoughts. Practicing gratitude, quieting your mind... so essential. Thanks!

[jordanjeppsen]

#2 is great advice, especially because we are renovating our home (downsized from a bigger home). There are many beautiful options, but we made a commitment to still be intentional. So, I put things I like in our online cart or take pics of items I see in the store and then just let it sit there for a few weeks or even several months. It's really helping us to only bring in items to our new home that we really love and will create the peaceful atmosphere we are craving and avoid high pressure marketing and the 'bright lights and glamour' of buying new stuff!

[PenniesNotPerfection]

LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS. I didn't get a lot of these lessons until recently when I went back to work post baby and hit a wall so hard I thought I was going to die. Now I am prioritizing sleep, self-care, and controlling what enters my mind and physical space. It's a huge adjustment but will serve me better for the rest of my life than the frantic DO IT ALL pace I was at.

[KathleenJean]

As a person suddenly struck down by Lyme disease, now chronic, I find all your advice very applicable. Slow down, unplug, hydrate, say no. Some days all I could manage was to declutter a few things into a box. The next day I might get the box into the car, a week later hit the donation spot. There is a lot of pressure to tell people I am feeling better, but that is not the case, and that is part of saying no. As a dedicated minimalist it is important to stay on and explore this path because after all, this is all about finding ways to take really good care of yourself.

[nolannsautodetail]

I love how u take the time to explain step by step or with examples. U are awesome keep up the great work :). Thank u for keeping it real and not fake like an actor

[sssl]

Love the plant and great info, too. Thanks.

[angelaringgenberg]

Awesome! I really enjoyed the inserted clips. I’m sure it takes more time than we realize to set those up and I’m sure editing is more difficult...but I really enjoyed your effort. Great job!

[TanjaHermann]

I really don't understand the American work mindset. In Europe when the workday is over - it's over. Most people manage to go home and not take any work with them. My husband is home by 4 p.m. and unless there is some work emergency or extreme crunch time, we enjoy our late afternoons and evenings as a family. We're only being paid for 35 to 40 hours per week - why voluntarily lower your salary by putting in more hours? Still, productivity is higher in Europe than in the US - I don't get it.

[patdennis]

I’ve eliminated the minimalist short cut of calling/addressing EVERYONE as “guys” in order to realign with my value of being present and actually seeing the people who I’m greeting.