Let's just take a second and admire her neat haircut 💇‍♀️💕

Every time I feel stressed after work，I like to watch minimalism videos. They help me relax and remind me how little we need to feel happy.

My last impulse purchase was a chocolate croissant at the farmer’s market, but it didn’t survive long enough to get to my house 😅

“I deserve this” said while emotionally eating a bag of chips after a hard day 😆 nail meet head

I have put stuff in my save for later part of my Amazon cart and in a few weeks, I typically have discovered that I no longer want it lol

Me after cancer removal surgery which was a cherry on top of a difficult year of struggling in a new job, bullying in a 2nd job and other health problems: "I want to spoile myself" ( then going on a mini makeover shopping spree: cool pants, cool shirt , cool sunglasses and 2 awesome necklaces. And a pair of shoes).

I take a list and a toddler to the store. This way I have to speed shop before the melt down starts 😂 (Really the toddler does ok most of the time)

My last impulse buy was ice cream bars at Costco. Because our kids and grandkids would need a treat when they came to visit. But really they were for me.

I have a couple of You Tubers I follow that do 'minimalist capsule wardrobe' videos and I can't even get through their videos without thinking I need that item to make my capsule wardrobe complete and start scrolling to buy it. This has inspired me to make myself wait before completing the purchase. I usually end up returning what I bought after that endorphin rush has settled. Makes me feel so guilty because of the huge waste of resources to get that item delivered and returned. I want to be more thoughtful and stop any impulse buying! I don't want to unsubscribe from those You Tubers because they really are inspiring. A waiting period will solve it.

The nerve of KZfaq to put a Shopping ad in the middle of this video 😂

Because of all the videos I've watched on minimalism, I've realized that I was a collector. Like a personal antique store, I collected cute things from the past. When I was young, everything I had was handed down to me, and I still own and use some of those things. But then I started looking for those kinds of things to buy again and again. Tea pots, cream and sugar sets, platters and serving items, old individual salt bowls, glass everything, Fiesta ware, vases, unique kitchen tools, small ceramic or wooden boxes for display, carved jade items, jewelry, the list goes on and on. I didn't even know I was doing that. For years I had the space to display these items so I continued to own them. For 3 years I've lived in the smallest house I've ever owned, and when the clutter became unbearable last Christmas, that's when I knew I had to do something. It's hard to let go of those things, but they have no purpose and no longer give me pleasure. In fact some of these things are now a problem to get rid of. It's been hard in some ways, but they have to go. Thanks for all your videos helping me to choose a new path. I appreciate what you do for all of us.

Identifying personal spending triggers is a tough one. Would love a blog post or a follow up video about that one.

I grew up chaotic, deprived and neglected. I do have a strong scarcity mindset, for good reasons. However, I found playing the ukulele destresses me and that helps me not to impulse buy these days.

I wanna thank you for this video it saved me $3,000 from spending at Samsung on pre orders, I wanted to cancel the orders but I didn't have the will power to do it but something inside of me kept telling me something was wrong then I came around to youtube looking for videos about minimalism then I found you and saw this very video and immediately went to Samsung website and canceled my orders because I realized I was just buying by impulse cause I didn't want to lose the "great deal" Now I feel so much better and happy that I didn't spend my credit on that now I don't have that money but I don't have to pay it either instead Im going to save the money and feel proud of my decision, so thanks a lot, I subscribed to your channel already, you are awesome!

Once I mulled over a bag for 6 months.. deduced it doesn't fit any of my other outfits and I'd have to buy too many new things. Great advice! We truly have to be very mindful of many marketing tricks.

🚪 have been on my own minimalism journey for 3 years currently decluttering the entire house and learning to be intentional with my purchases again

Although I’m at a different time in my life than you, I find myself relating to you so much! My mom is a huge emotional hoarder and it used to effect me quite a bit. Now, I’m on my minimalism journey and am investing in quality prices over quantity. Love your channel and love you new hairstyle! 🚪

🚪I used to impulse buy in the past. When i had bad day (at work ) or a good day. 2 years since i'm on minimalism ,intentional living journey. Whenever I want to get something that cost more I think for a while if I want this and for what reason. For example recently I got shoes from sale. I wanted those for a long time and we use shoes everyday so I saw this as a good reason. Those checkout sweets are in thoughts but I can resist them. I make a list at home what I want and plan my meals at home and for work. Basicaly i try to get only If I need something cuz its unfixable etc. Thanks for this video. Good remider for everyday 😀

Oh gosh, I really needed this. I just bought lots of clothes for my daughter and I and feel pretty guilty! We wear everything so far and love it all, so I guess that's good. Now it's time to settle back into being grateful for what I have and stop accumulating.

For me I have got to point of wanting to create a warm inviting home. I am currently purchasing items for our home that are functional but also fit our theme. I’m wanting to create a home with my personal taste. Two things I want for myself is a reading nook so I have my eye on a ikea chair and footstool and a camera for my creativity.

I buy one "going out" shirt every month for $25 or less and that becomes the one shirt I wear every time I go somewhere for that month lol. Often times it seeps into two months :D

Thanks! Great video! I just went and unsubscribed from notifications from a fb group I now realise I had been impulse buying from!

I just watched a video with people attaching minimalist! I am still in shock! How can some people be so against minimalism? What's wrong with wanting to own less and focus more on other aspects of your life? What's wrong with wanting to see life at a more meaningful and deep level? To have more freedom to do things and more money to spend in other things like holidays or your hobbies! 🤔 Great video dear Marissa!

Hi, I have a question: is it easier to be minimalist in Europe vs USA? Did you notice any difference? I was born and raised in Europe, moved to US and I have to tell that for me living in US I have so many more temptations to buy… maybe it’s just me🤔

Audit what you have before you go to the store-great tip!!!

With minimalism my impulse buys are far more infrequent, but I did give in to strawberry filled croissants as a treat for my family as I waited too long at Costco for a prescription. They were a disappointment, I got the one in the box with no filling. I do think that buying some delicious treats from time to time from the grocery store helps us greatly avoid eating eating out which is quite expensive as a family of 7. I’ve often taken frugality too far in grocery shopping so I’m seeking a balance. Not everything we buy has to be an absolute need. Somehow ultra frugality actually feeds a scarcity mindset for me.

Decluttering like a boss I've been packing stuff up like a crazy woman.

🚪Starting in 2023, watching this at 1:30 am bc thinking about this is keeping me awake. Just found your channel tonight & everything you are saying is speaking directly to my issues. Thank you

I am on a decluttering journey, not quite to minimalism, but counters and surfaces clear, keeping necessities and a few sentimentals. Money journey is new. Slowly working on paying me first!

I'm seeing this at the perfect time in my life! We're in the process of sorting our belongings before purchasing a new home. I have definitely guilty of emotional spending. Big purge ahead!

If it's not food clothing or some regular bill like rent or internet, I don't buy it. One day I decided everything is rubbish and I haven't been wrong yet!

We went to Ikea today. After thinking for days about what we needed. We left with ONLY and just ONLY what we went there to get. I thought of you!

Our impulse buy was a big one. BUT, it was something we had been hunting for for 10 years and planned to purchase if ever we found one. I’m not sure if that qualifies! 😂 It was a 9 foot antique carpenter bench to use as our kitchen counter in our kitchen renovation.

I'm working on getting rid of everything I don't need in order to live a more minimal life. 🚪 thanks for sharing!

By the way - your hair looks amazing 💇🏻‍♀️💁🏻‍♀️ When i‘m stressed out, emotional buying is still a big part. I hope to quit that soon.

🚪I’ve been watching your videos for a while now! So inspiring!

Queen. Yet another brilliant video.

I am working with impulsive buys, each time that I am going outside and see myself in the stores I think twice that I need it now and if not I just passed and keep going. Thank you, YOur videos and others similar are helping me to be mindful before any purchases. Love and Light to you and all your audiences.

Goodness, the nostalgia aspect is very relatable! Thank you for this great video 😊

When you are bored and that makes you spend money, you can always replace it with going outside in nature or watch rather this channel to keep you on the right track.❤

🚪Grrrrrl! My husband and I loved IKEA - it was our happy place when we lived near one. And although we couldn't buy too much, we did buy some major purchases that unfortunately now I somewhat regret. As much as our IKEA furniture served us well, many of the pieces we had broke down because they weren't truly made to last. And yes, when I entered an IKEA, my mind literally went crazy with wanting to buy everything and anything.

For the items that I tend to impulse-buy I made a list where I notate every thing I buy (for me that's fabric which I don't want to skip completely because now and then, I just _need_ new clothes) with date and price. I set myself a fixed budget for each month and that helped a lot to consider if I really want to buy this fabric or not. Sometimes I'll go over the budget for example when I buy really good quality wool for a new coat, but then I buy less or nothing in another month :) Unsubscribing from newsletters is SO helpful! I unsubscribed from those that made me buy stuff I liked but did not really need and now I'll go and unsubscribe from the ones that I usually delete without even reading them :D

It's so hard for me because I love shopping. It's all my friends and I do. I always end up buying stuff I don't need.

I DEFINITELY needed this! Also, I love the haircut :)

Great haircut. Since I started budgeting , my spending habits improved. But sometimes I still have these impulses to buy things that are my interests right now, crafting. So to control that I limit my spending to a certain amount. Then it is budgeted and I don’t have to feel guilty about it but I do have to stick to my spending budget.

I really love the way you explain... my english is very poor and your spelling makes it very very very easy to understand. Thank you!!!

Thank you so much for this. I tried a no buy year but failed miserably. And I think I suffer more psychologically because of that than the actual purchases. I actually use all I bought and I've declutered a lot of other things. But I need to stop cold turquey 🤦🏻‍♀️. 🚪🚪🚪Still on the journey. Take care

Watching this while eating the French fries I ordered, because I had a bad day… and I deserved them 🧐 I am a total emotional eater/shopper.

I do quite good with impulse buying… big exception are craft supplies: if there is a deal in my favorite store I often can not resist even though I do have so much stuff already. So at least I know my weak point. Have to work on that! 🚪

I absolutely have a scarcity mindset and I’m desperately trying to stop impulse buying.

Was just at Ikea and the staging is so true!! I’m glad we came out with literally 3 things! lol. I think this is such an important topic and these tips are so helpful. I’m starting to realize that mindset is really at the root of the problem because once you declutter it all, it’s keeping it going that’s hardest for me. Making sure I am asking the right questions when buying, being intentional about purchases, that’s where the real work is!!

🚪I have got rid of alot of things ,saving money now and not having to clean as much. I lov it

Last Spring, I went on a shopping spree for Summer clothes for me & our son. I blame the pandemic! Shopping was one of the first things it felt safe to get out & do. Plus, I was excited to buy new outfits for the big “return to normal.” I haven’t worn half the stuff I bought. I already donated items that didn’t work out after I had cut the tags off. My son outgrew some items quicker than I thought. Ahhh, big regrets! I will be more mindful going forward. Your tips will help!

🚪Thank you so much for making these videos. I recently discovered your channel, and have been binge watching since last Saturday! So much really good information and support for those of us wandering along this path!!! Your time, expertise and support is GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!

🚪 I am just starting my minimalist journey and really enjoying your videos.

🚪 my daughter and I finished decluttering and organizing her room yesterday, finally! It was a project for sure. The problem is that now when we’ve finished I have some new ideas for organizing that I’m preeetty sure she doesn’t want to hear about right now 😂 I’ll wait a week and then bring it up…

From i found u yeaterday i have sorted and cleamed and dumped stuff all day yesterday...tidied up outside and sorted car today ...

Limited time things are my weakness and plushies. Thank you for your videos. They are really helpful 💖

🙋‍♀️guilty of several of those impulse triggers for sure! Great tips which are all things I already knew but still impulse buy anyway. Hopefully I will hear your voice from this video playing in my head anytime I’m about to swipe on another online purchase ha ha!

1. I order groceries online. This has helped me avoid stores and when I shop online, I usually stick to my list. 2. I add stuff to my wish list and I don't look at it for 30 days. Most of the time, I go "what was I thinking?!" and don't buy it. 3. I'm working on myself and practicing gratitude for what I have. But I am seriously a shopping addict. It has a lot to do with my feelings, loneliness, boredom, scarcity mindset. I have a bad relationship with food too, for the same reasons. I'll reach my goal weight and sabotage myself. It's a work in progress.

Thank you for your video's! It's really helps me to stay on a board and not give up! At the moment, i and my 2 sons and husband moved into our new apartment, and i thought it wkul be empty... but i'm sitting in the room between piles, bags and boxes. and i feel stress, anxtions and disappointed with myself, no sparkle of Joy in this stuffs. I have to go through this items again and again, like i did it already, and i hope, that one day, i will love seeing nothing to declutter anymore) 🚪

I get sudden ideas of need and that triggers me to either by now or list it - then buy (this includes fantasy) - you are talking to my soul. Have we met, you know me (ha ha) Lesley Love from England x

Thank you Marissa!!! It really helps what you do.

I'm so guilty of impulse buying on my phone. My hack to minimize those is to unsubscribe from newsletters and to delete shopping Apps from my phone. It helped me so much that it's not as simple as it was just to go on the app, scroll through, and order right away. Instead I have to go on the website, log in and kind of actively put so much efford in ordering online that I got to think during the process that it might be better not to order whatever I was about to buy without even thinking about it. Just setting little boundaries got me a long way so far. 😊

Thank you!!!!! 😊 100% spot on. I like to wait for a time frame before I buy anything. 1 month on average. If only I can get my partner to stop buying so much food thinking will never be able to get it due to covid.

Marissa can you pls consider running an online budgeting school for chaotic budgeters and procrastinators. I need help and support xxx

I can impulse buy something for a friend and not feel guilt. But I’ll impulse buy something for myself and feel so so guilty even if the item cost $2 😅

🚪!!! I have been on my journey for a year now. I’m almost 18 years old now, and I find it very difficult as a teenager sometimes. Especially because the teens around you are most of the time REALLY NOT a minimalist and sometimes think like what is this lol. I think my impulse buys are a lot from advertising. So again social media.

I impulse purchased a Friend's T-shirt

I just love you so much. Thank you for being real. So greatful. Thanks for making the world lighter&brighter☮️🐝with U Fam

Grandioses Video danke, das werde ich wiederholt anhören

Marissa!!! You’re new HAIR 😱😱😱IT LOOKS SO GOOD!!!

I recently found your channel and love love it and have been binge watching! The other day I put myself on a craft supplies spending freeze for an undetermined amount of time as I have so many I haven’t used.

🚪Best friend moved in with her fiance, and I now have the apartment on my own. I want to make it cozy and comfy for just me. I'm decluttering, and trying to save to get out of credit card and student debt.

I work in retail so I've gotten better at saying nope.

I do really well until I go browse for no reason. My house stays purged on a very regular basis, I don’t online shop, I ignore or stop myself from seeing sales, I keep a want list and items can stay on that list for several months before I buy, etc, but my Mom and sister like to go shop for the sake of shopping (and I like spending time with them) and when I browse, I can easily convince myself that I need something that was never on my list before. I never even thought about that item before, but because I saw it, I now want it. And when my mom and sister are freely buying things and often encouraging purchases, I end up buying it then instead of putting it on my list. It doesn’t happen too frequently, but I’m annoyed that I fall into that trap.

Did I need this video! I’m doing better though. By the way, your hair is so lovely short!

🚪 minimalism journey!!!

🚪Thank you. I have just started this journey, have done a lot of decluttering and still lots to do but I am getting there. This is so helpful. By the way your hair is beautiful.

I love your video editing!!

This was me just like a year ago. All of this. Thank you for the helpful video. And yes, just like everyone else said, your hair is SHARP I LOVE IT.

Thank you for this great Video! I love your content, Tips and thoughs about topics, I have trouble with, but never thought about! I realy appreciate your new ways and advise. Thank you so so much for it! ☺♥️

Very helpful to me

🚪Always great tips and inspiration to define needs vs wants. Thank you!

Great video and I love how well spoken you are...I think you mentioned once, you are a speech therapist?!

🚪yes i starting with my wardrode first thats where i have the most!!! I did it once but got carried away that i got back to my shopping habbits know im re starting but slower!!!

New sub. Great video. I did a no-buy year in 2019. Unsubscribing store emails ready helped. And not physically going into stores. I don’t do online shopping so that wasn’t an issue for me.

Just found your videos, Marissa 💖very helpful 🚪

Everything in life is about a choice I have always been a person of minimum items in the home . I never really buy anything unless I really need to buy it and it's required within the home no impulse buying with me at all I am very selective

Covid lockdowns shutting up stores will do the trick 😂😭

Oh ty for free pdf 😀😍

Very useful video

Excellent advice.

Marissa, I am curious if you and Mr. Zen prefer an Eastern floor bed to the British Empire "raised bed" many Americans still use? I understand numerous health benefits come from utilizing floor beds. We are considering the switch and I hope you can give your opinion, as well as where we can purchase them. 🚪 Thank you 😊

Very wise tips

Great video! Thanks for the tips!

🚪 I absolutely love your videos!

Fabric for a project. Kind of needed the item I was making but could have waited a while.

Thank you for sharing your tips GOD BLESS YOU N YOUR FAMILY 💓

🚪 stationery is my nemesis