Emsy friend! You asked me for the script to this video but it's too long to add to the description! I also tried making a community post but it was too long there too! I can email it to you if you share your email with me (patreon?). ❤

Is everyone going through the same season of life right now? I felt this one, a lot. 2021 brought a lot of good as well as the bad. I think coming into the New Year, I’m just tired. I’m tired from looking ahead and looking backwards. Great things are ahead, but being reminded that it’s ok to just…be… is so needed. Thank you for taking the loneliness out of our lives as well. ❤️

Funny, I'm not sad at all in winter. More like the opposite. Finally, the scorching sun of summer and fall has gone away. Believe it or not, but people who have sun all year round find that depressing. Every day looks and feels the same. And with it comes a feeling of unappreciation. I grew up in the four seasons, and I miss that so much. I love your channel.

This video is art that fed my soul. Thank you for the goodness you add to the world.

I really recommend reading Wintering by Katherine May! It covers many of the same themes as this video and it deeply changed my perspective on winter and rest. The book explores the idea and necessity of "wintering" a term I love and now use all the time. It's part memoir, part self-help, part essays on winter. The idea that rest is not only important but as necessary a part of life as winter is to the seasons has completely changed both how I see winter and rest. The writing is also beautiful!

This felt like sitting by the fire place, being wrapped in a cozy blanket or receiving a very warm hug. Thank you for sharing, i truely appreciate and admire you. Be well 🤍

Morgan, I'm not generally one to comment on videos but I want you to know that watching your videos feels like being wrapped up in a cozy blanket. I hope you know that you have a true gift and I want to thank you for sharing it with others

Your channel and starting therapy are the best things which happened to me in 2022. Calling it now.

I wanted to tell you, that you are not alone. I am going to be 57 this year, and it is still a struggle to stay motivated. I have decided that my word for 2022 will be “gentle”. I will try to apply this to all aspects of my life…work, home and personal time. I truly love your videos here, and think you are a wonderful young woman, an inspiration to others, no matter what their age! P.S. I love your mug! ♥️

Ah, Morgan, I came back to this video today. And I have been feeling much of this at the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023. I am so glad you made this beautiful video last year. It’s exactly what my soul needed to hear today. ❤

your videos consistently resonate deeply with me and provide helpful guidance for whatever i'm going through ~ thank you for your willingness to be vulnerable with us, it truly makes a difference ❤

I sent this video to my husband when it came out. He loved it. He saved it. He rewatched it and sent it back to me to rewatch. It's not just a great video, it's one to be watched multiple times, saved and watched again. Thanks Morgan. :)

I often come back to listen to your words - they are so comforting and give me so much hope, especially in current times. With your help, I've also learnt to be kinder to myself and that I'm worthy of my own time. I tend to forget and more often than not, I'm always available and plan so much into my week that by the end of sunday, I'm so exhausted. I'll make sure to remind myself of the quotes in this video regularly

We are all worried about your silence 😁 I hope you are ok and just taking time for yourself, to rest. We all want you to be back soon, but we also want you to take care of yourself, so take your time 😘

This video is an absolute work of art and very very very much needed and very very very well timed. Thank you so much Mo! We love you all so much

I'm missing your wonderful videos Morgan! I hope you're resting and recharging and finding your way, and I'm looking forward to your next video. Much love 💜💜💜

Thank YOU for taking the loneliness out of our lives too, Morgan 💛 I have a feeling I will be returning to this video many times throughout the course of the winter. It’s nice to be reminded of these things, and to have a bit of much needed warmth and cosiness infused into our lives. ✨

Thank you, Morgan. You are a gift to this world. There is so much value in stillness. Quietness. “Be still and know that I am God” holds so much value and truth. Sending my love your way this winter.❤️ And you are so amazingly talented.

This really spoke to me, thank you. I've dealt with so much guilt in life a lot I put on myself and a lot influenced by others. I never felt like I could rest without justification. I'm finally learning to let go of guilt and let myself rest.

I come back and rewatch some of your videos at different times and I absolutely needed this for the beginning of 2024 to be reminded that I'm not the only one who thinks slowing down is important. Sometimes I'm around people who all they do is achieve the next "big thing" at all costs an I feel like the strange one thinking what is the point when you don't slow down to enjoy it, thank you an this community for being there to reassure me I'm not the only one who feels we should enjoy things not rush through them ❤

Today for me is one of those days. I'm doing nothing... And I know that all of us need these days. We don't have to feel guilty or weird about it. Thank you for this beautiful video Morgan. Happy new year! :)

Thank you for these bursts of sanity grounding. About halfway through i find myself taking a deep shuddering breath and remember to breathe!

You're such a beautiful soul. The words, nature and even the precious candlelight brought tears of joy. Thank you for being the wondrous you. 🤎❄☕

I think the hardest part of the winter for me is how the season doesn't really feel like winter anymore , it's just wet windy and mild , no snow or beautiful blue skies with frost, I don't need to wrap up warm , and enjoy the traditional sense of winter like I previously have done , I would love to live where the seasons are more defined , bloody wet damp UK 🤣

Such a beautiful video... It might sound strange but I have those same feelings, of sadness and isolation... during summer. In the Southern hemisphere (I'm in Argentina) we've just started summer and it feels like it's been months of it already. it's been SO unbearably hot... took me years to realise it: I don't like heat. During summer I hibernate. I stay inside all day under the A/C, I feel really down, unmotivated, physically weak, lack of good sleep makes the whole day a challenge, I can't go out because I'd melt on the street. It's suffocating and I lose my will to live, do things, cook, or just move around. I'm like an amoeba for 3 months and I don't like it. Next week we'll have temperatures over 40°C (that's like 110 in F). Heatwave doesn't even begin to describe it. There's no way to live in this weather. I just wanted to say that I REALLY understand your feelings and that for some people SAD (seasonal affective disorder) works the other way round. Believe or not, I'm the most energized and motivated in cold weather. I was definitely born in the wrong side of the world. Sorry for the rant! Hopefully soon you'll find days are longer and milder. Lots of love.

This video (and all of your videos for that matter!) made my heart so happy. I relate so much to all of these feelings. Your words are so incredibly comforting, and we are all so lucky to have your company, even if it is virtually! This whole video felt like a big hug 😭🤍

Today I’m revisiting this incredible video.

I completely relate to your wishes of rest instead of constant productivity. Taking time off isn’t always easy for me, but I’m trying to rest as much as possible and it’s already making such a positive impact on how I feel 🧡 I hope you take time to rest too, dear Morgan! ✨

Thank you, sweetie. That was absolutely beautiful. Best wishes for 2022. Breathe in beauty, breathe out love. 🙏😊

thank you for sharing your reflections 💙 your words stir my heart. thank you

What a beautiful video! I am so jealous that you have snow - it is without a doubt my favourite type of weather but over here on the south coast of England we so very rarely get it. Maybe one day I shall live somewhere where the snow falls but until then I shall enjoy it vicariously through your video x

Hey Mo. Hope you are well. I was just watching a studio ghibli movie and realized why I actually love your videos so much. They have the same vibe. Miyazaki's movies are really taking their time, appreciating the magic in everyday life. That is why I can't stop whatching your videos over and over again. Thank you for putting magic back in my little but wonderful life. Have a nice day, Greetings from Belgium 😊

You're getting so close to 60K. You've worked so hard to build this life you love. SO PROUD FOR YOU!

I'm a couple days late watching this, and I don't always leave a comment, but this video really touched me. (More so than usual, because I always cry tears watching your videos. It's because of such an honest, vulnerable connection and understanding I feel when watching your videos). This one really summed up how I have been feeling lately. Thank you for always sharing and for helping to normalize what so many of us are going through. Your videos validate me and also inspire me and lift me up. You are a beautiful spirit inside and out. It is very clear what you were put on this earth to do and you are living it every day. 🤗❤️ Take care and be well.

This brought me peace of mind, soul and heart. Thank you, Morgan 🤍

I adored this and will probably take some quotes to put on my vision board. Thank you, friend, for you are light.

I have been crying for the 3rd day in a row being away from my family with loads of insecurities about my choices in life and this video just talked to me in a special way. Thank you!

I needed this so much! 🤍✨ thank you 😊 🙏

I just feel so seen, I’m in tears. Thank you

Dear Morgan, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your videos. Please never let anybody persuade you that creating life - celebrating videos isn't valuable. The biggest trues of life are truisms, they may seem obvious, but we forget them so easilly. It's so good to get these gentle reminders about them from you in such comforting, estetically pleasing form. I find consolation in them in hard times and am forever grateful for that.

Thank you for making such an inspirational video 🤗 I couldn't agree more, and am doing my best to listen to my inner clock, while functioning in this strange world. Watching your videos gives me hope, so Thank You ! 💝

Thanks for sharing some of your very own human experiences ❤

I've been doing my job and during the cold times it a little harder because I'm summer lover. I'm inlove with sunny days. It makes me feeling wonderful. Your tipps are very helpful to me

It brings me to tears when you say “you don’t have to be extraordinary to live an extraordinary life” it’s so true! Sometimes I feel the pressure and just by saying this and even listening to you say it really helps and puts things in perspective. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ thank you so much for reminding me of this. I’m so grateful for you and your videos. 🙏❤️

Recién veo, me gustó esa casita y tus palabras..

Morgan, I just want to say how much I love your videos, they always leave me inspired and motivated in the best way possible. It's not about achieving goals, it's about living a wholesome fulfilling life. So, truly thank you so so much for making them! 😌🙏💖

Wise words, wishing you gentle days.

I am a single mother to a disabled child and hence, I had the chance to disconnect from the logic of always pushing for more or connecting my worth to my achievements pretty early in life, simply because I had to - still, sometimes I feel so disconnected from the world and its culture of achieving. This is such a beautiful reminder to appreciate the (sometimes also very, very challenging) nuances of silence and slowness in my life. A beautiful video and so fitting to meet the slow darkness of winter (even though it already get's a little brighter day by day). Having this narrative video as the first of 2022 reflects this idea of rest, taking a step back, and just breathing very, very nicely. Thank you so much for this.

Hi Morgan, you put so much work and love into this and it shows. It's beautiful. Thank you!

those opening shots are beauuuuutiful! the film is full of thoughtful details and messages .... this year will be a good one!

So many hugs - thank you

Morgan, It would be really cool if you made a video about your jumpers because all your clothes are so pretty!

Sending you love, Mo. YOU are more than enough, and you have helped so many others remember that same thing. 🧡🧡🧡

This video is absolutely beautiful 😍 and such nice words, thank you 🖤

Morgan, thank you for this video. As a month January feels simultaneously like this big fresh start and a daunting period that requires us to be our best selves. I've always found January to be overwhelming. All the change that comes with it leads to bigger comparison and self doubt. That quote you shared really put things into perspective. Implementing new habits and bettering ourselves cannot just happen overnight with the changing of the year, it takes time. So, showing up as our authentic selves is all we can do, and just continuing is amazing. This pressure is only made up and I can't think of a single person I'm hoping will change in 2022, so why am I putting this pressure on myself? That's something I'll figure out eventually. Anyway this video made me feel a little less alone, so thank you. :)

I don’t usually comment but I’ve been loving your videos for a year or so now and this one made me cry. You have no idea how much I needed to hear that I deserve to rest whenever I need to, thank you for the peace and reflection your videos provide 🌱 you are so loved by us in your community, may your love that you put out into the universe be reciprocated unto you 💕

0:55 WHAT!!!!!! So cute!!!!!!!

The most beautiful video I’ve ever seen …. What a poetry you are ❤

This was a lovely video, Morgan! 💚

Morgan thank you for sharing such a beautiful video at start of the year! Your videos each week, the Patreon book club and videos and your Instagram bring me so much joy. Thank you for being you ☺️

I really needed to hear... all of this 🥺 thank you so much for this reminder to slow down and allow yourself to exist outside of the constant strive to "produce" ... to "accomplish." we don't have to beat ourselves up for resting. it doesn't make us lazy. also side note I love that floating bookshelf and that deer (?) is making my heart explode!

I havent been able to watch youtube so much lately. And Im loving catching up on all your videos. You are always creating such lovely videos. Thank you for all that you do.

Thank you so much for this wonderful video. It was exactly the warm hug that I needed after a rough week at work last week. Your videos and the perspectives of the world that you share are truly a gift.

Oh my word girl, this had to have been hours and hours of editing. It is so incredibly stunning. Well done! Your effort is noticed and SO appreciated.

“The casual magic of our everyday lives” ❤️

I have bought the book you were reading. Thank you for this insightful vlog Morgan. xxx

This video was very much needed. Thank you for the beautiful words 💞🙏

Beautiful video and commentary! Subscribed just now.

Thank you for this warm and big hug that you gave us in a form of a video! thank you for existing 💞💞💞💞💞

Oh Mo! where do I begin ✨✨ This was uploaded at 4am so made me feel happy to think I could watch this on a Saturday winter morning ✨ The drone footage in this video thoughh!🔥 Little Women vibes maybeee Your videos and work are so appreciated, Mo I feel on this video I really saw your journey from the beginning to where you are now!✨ such a valuable one! You're such a good narrator ❤️ The deersss 🙊 I've been particularly sad and just off too these past weeks due to a close friend passing of Covid and he's well known so I don't know if that makes it better or worse seeing it everywhere 😭so thank you very much for providing comfort and not overwhelming New Year stuff✨😅It's exactly enough to just do your best and enjoy and 'live' in the little moments ✨I really hope you're internalising this too Mo! Sending so much love ✨and I'm here if you need it✨ the connections you have made through your work are so valuable and I'm so glad I found you too ✨

Thank you Morgan! Thank you for making this video and thank you for letting me think about the future in a different way. I tend to make a big plans, super high standards but not include my wellbeing in them. This video was really special for me and I want to rewatch it again.

the snow is so beautiful! I hope one day I can see it in real life and touch it ❄️❤️

Love the message and love that you only did voice-over, such a calm and quiet video!

Thank you❤ awful day today, I just want you to know how much your words means to me. I know I've never meet you but still you feel like my very close friend. Your love reaches all the way to Sweden❤

Thank you for this. You just described how I've lived most of my life. God bless you. 💗

That video is so relaxing and the music is wonderful💕🎶.

This is what I want to do with my time as well. I just feel like reading and being cozy. Thank you, friend! Xo

Thank you so much for this video. I’ve been a subscriber for a long time and it amazes me how each video helps me in a different way. They help me to be self reflective and make me want to live my life as freely and joyfully as I can! This one in particular really helped change my perspective on free time and achievements. There are so many things I want to achieve in my life but I found a quote by RM from BTS in which he said “Happiness is not something you have to achieve. You can still feel happy through the process of achieving something.” and that really helped change my perspective on success. Because it made me realize my biggest dream is to be truly happy, and you don’t need something grand to achieve that. So thank you for always being a steady reminder of that. I truly love your channel so so much 💕

Beautiful LUV ty

Thank you Morgan for your wonderful videos! Your advice and recommendations are always appreciated and you are so kind. This video is exceptionally beautiful and the music magical. Sending you love and light. Take care.

yourevideos are always so comforting and magical, and full if whimsy. I cant' express how much i appreciate them and you!

Thank you . This was the most beautiful I have seen in a really long time. I felt every single word❤️

Pure art

❤️Good luck and success God bless you, God willing

Happy New Year Joy spreader! Your time & effort is so comforting to me! Going through a tough time and I find sweet joy in knowing someone else out there is trying as hard as they can to stay hopeful & thankful🌻🤍😊

And this is why you are one of my favourite comfort content creators. You seem to always hit the nail on the head when it comes to topics like this. I think I’ve been struggling with this feeling for a while (and not just through winter) since I have had bad energy levels because of my health. I’ve always had this but I feel in the past year it’s become more prominent than ever. Sometimes I can’t do anything other than sleep during the afternoon since I have no energy to do so and I used to feel so bad about it, and I still sometimes do a little bit even now, but I’m starting to learn to accept it more and more. It’s a slow thing to learn but I’m learning. I don’t have M.E by the way, it’s a complicated thing to do with my health that even doctors and researchers can’t understand 😅 which doesn’t help but like I said I’m trying to learn to accept it. That quote did really touch me when you said it. I am a person who loves goal setting and knowing what I’m doing in life and I’m wanting to try and disengage from that slowly. Even though I have goals and resolutions this year I think my main theme this year is to be open to things. Open minded towards people and new experiences. This means there’s not too much pressure in achieving anything per say. I can hopefully live in the moment more and say yes to things that sound exciting to do or rest when I need to. It’s not going to be easy to do but I think I need to work on it this year. Thanks for the great content Morgan! And I hope you get some great rest in this season :)

Beautiful images, calming music, and a message that I needed to hear right now - so thank you!

I get so much value from your videos. I use them as meditations and affirmations when I can. Thank you. ❤❤

So heart warming, sometimes us little beings forget that we're a culmination of billions of years and star explosions creating elements that flow in our veins and how incredible our existence is :) Happy New Year Mo, Lan and Roo :)

What a beautiful video 💗❄️. Praying you find joy and rest in this winter season! I love winter, it’s so magical and peaceful in the snow. More animals seem to come out, everything looks fresh and clean. Everything is cozy. And you’re right, all I want to do is curl up by the fire. 💗 Being a new mom there is not a lot of time for rest, but I’m trying to learn to rest in the small moments.

Wow…just wow. Such a great video. Well done, Morgan, well done! 👏👏👏👏

Oh thank you for this. It was like a meditation and validation 💐

Thank you for your videos!! I love them. I put this one off until I had some uninterrupted me time. I like the "quietness" of your surroundings and you voice is so calming. I too have been struggling with self-worth for a long time now. I'm trying to find my intrinsic worth and not have it tied to my work, but it's very hard. Thanks for sharing the quote and the thoughts!

Morgan, the Winter is something I never looked forward to, but now realize we can still find the joy and beauty in it. Thanks for this contemplative and calming video.

Beautiful. Thank you ❄️❄️

Oh boy this hit home SO much! Morgan when you said you felt "overworked and emotionally exhausted, not sure if you want to try again"- girl I so feel you. Being a creative is amazing but people don't realize it can be so draining! This video was full of so much wisdom- thank you for creating it and reminding us that sometimes pausing is SO much more important than just pushing forward.

Thank you for this video and reminding that I'm enough as I am and I don't need to be extraordinery to have a extraordinery life. Thank you for bringing Joy and comfy. Thank you for making these videos. ✨

Such a beautiful video 💕

Wow! Just what I needed for this new year, this new chapter of my life ! Like always you find the right words… they go straight to my heart ! Quel beau talent, félicitations 😇❤️

Thanks Morgan, I enjoyed this so much at the end of a work week! I fully intend to have a slow weekend and completely agree with you that sometimes doing nothing and seeing the magic in the everyday, is what we truly need. I love the atmosphere you create in your videos, so much so I almost feel I'm there with you! Portland s soooo pretty in the snow and your deer are adorable, some of my favourite clips are those of the nature around you 😊 x