I really liked these videos made by Melissa. I think you should make a video on cryptocurrency -from a fellow nerd

I think if Melissa wanted to expand her point of Minimalism leading to clutter/trash created for other people that would be interesting. A somewhat related point could be how when people try being more low waste, they buy these new functional things like how Melissa said environmental minimalism treats things BUT they rarely do what Melissa did and *use what they already have* instead o buying something new and getting rid of their current stuff.

@@JordanThatblondegirl this + an update on what she’s going to keep doing if she saw value in it!

Maximalism?

@@solarnugget5844 Yes!! I understand almost nothing about cryptocurrency and I would very much like AIP to explain it!

I know people who are maximalists for the same reason. They can't throw away any gift they're given or any damaged clothes because it would be wasteful and if they needed to replace it later it would cost too much

Actually poor people will tend to keep spare items, in case something breaks they have a back up

But you’re funny, and that’s priceless.

@@jameslyons6655 if you're priceless, thats funny

Financial Minimalism

Omg yes, I always love looking at them

They're amazing thank you for opening my eyes

making sabrina my enemy 10/10

What's bees knees?

@@cake0214 it's another way to say "the best"

solid first comment. really, the best we could've hoped for. - Sabrina

@@answerinprogress If I'd gotten under the fold, I'd have said the comment section was EMPTY. Thanks for making great stuff!

Yeah, a lot of fads are pretty common sense stuff (eg journaling). But as they say, common sense is the least common of all senses!

My mum also taught me to hoard things and keep hold of things. She's like "are you sure you want to get rid of this?" and I don't think that's very useful either. Naturally you're going to evolve and buy new things for the evolving person you are and the old things don't serve you anymore. Also if you buy less things, for the few new things you do buy, you can perhaps afford more expensive things and EXPERIENCES without breaking the bank. In this very materialistic modern world, I think it is important to reign it back in and to remind people of the simpler ways of life

The problem with doing what your mother told you means you keep the old blanket your great grandmother knitted, you have a second set of plates that only ever get used for guests 5 times a year, you have a ton of old plastic ice cream tubs with too few lids, you have old gray socks that were part of your school uniform which you never wear, you have a TV and a computer monitor both that are both streaming the exact same Netflix account, you buy milk in giant containers that always go sour before its used up and you have your grandmother's sisters husbands son from the first marriage on Facebook, but haven't seen them since 2007. Just get rid of it all. Then buy yourself actually super comfortable expensive shoes you can wear every day for the next 7 years and throw out the ones with the loose sole.

(I have tl;dr version at bottom of desired.) For one thing, not every mother teaches their child those things. I am living with my parents for the time being and my mother gets mad at me for turning a light off that I don't need when she will be in that room later and will want the light on. I try to conserve energy where I can, so I turn off lights in favor of using sunlight, but she and my dad will leave the living room and kitchen lights on all day because they'll use those lights later. Even worse, my boyfriend's entire family just leaves lights on everywhere even if they only use the light once during the day. He was never taught to conserve energy (not be wasteful), so he wastes it all the time. I only do it because I was taught that in school, but not my mother. Another thing is that not everything taught by one's mother sticks. Another anecdote of mine is that my mother used to always get into me for not eating food she bought, especially when I asked her to do so. It wasn't until I got a job and I had to start buying my own groceries that I realized just how wasteful that really was. Plus, as a child, my room was always messy. In attempts to teach me to be cleaner, my mother acted like a drill sergeant when it came to the cleanliness of my room. Now I have a core belief that cleaning is bad because I was grounded until my room was clean, and every single scrap of yarn, grass, and what have you had to be picked up before I was no longer grounded. My brain thinks cleaning = grounded and grounded = no fun whatsoever, so, by some math law I don't remember, cleaning = no fun whatsoever. It took personal experience and new perspectives for me to realize that it's actually really bad to have a messy environment. What me mother taught me, though, actually made me messier. Tl;dr version, I guess: A mother's teachings aren't always well-received, and sometimes a mother won't teach the things in the video or other basics. As such, sometimes a person has to learn something on their own for it to stick or for them to know it in the first place.

It's funny, but my mom is the one at the table who looks at her phone. It's easy to cherry-pick some parts of your experience and say "oh this other thing is nothing new"---I don't need to lecture Medlife Crisis of all people on cognitive biases ;) But also minimalism is an extremely vague word that can encompass everything from reducing social media use to "zero-waste" lifestyles (scare quotes only because I haven't looked into it).

I swear that part felt like a personal attack

Can’t I can’t I CANTTT

too real

Yes

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How do you recharge though?

@@cuckoobrain7999 I sit outside when the weather is nice and read with my pug.

​@@cuckoobrain7999 Sometimes i just sit outside and breath, sometimes with a book, other times i just relax.

@@cuckoobrain7999 People have suggested reading, you could also do crafts, listen to podcasts and audiobooks, write, etc.

Glad I don’t use social media, (well besides KZfaq 😅) but then again i use it mostly for entertainment. So yeah

Or those minimalist room tours then they say "this is my dorm, all my stuff is back home" or "not including the stuff in my storage room" like I clicked to see everything they own not just a tiny part of their space that is clutter free 💀

Part of my maximalism is recognizing that physical things are important to me, and they make me happy. However, if I keep things to enjoy them, I need to keep the things I enjoy and find ways of making them practical to enjoy. For example, I have special sentimental items from my relatives. If I keep them because they are meaningful to me and bring me joy, I need to make them accessible for that purpose. So, I made shadow box displays of them. My husband had kept his favorite magazine cover art pieces, so we framed them and put them up. We organized the things that make us happy. 🤩

​@@bladeofSteele That's a very nice share of experience.

Well then your in luck. Minimalism doesn't have an end all be all, some may like a clear space but if you don't then your minimalism can be sleek and artsy. The key to minimalism is that it is minimal enough for the individual.

Here's the thing, "[having] beautiful art that reflects who you are can bring you joy" is a practical purpose, it's a form of mental self care. The key within that is not having so much that it no longer fulfills that purpose.

I've heard minimalism best described as only keeping things that are either useful or beautiful. There's definitely room for art in there 😊

For me the idea of minimalism doesn't mean taking everything away, it means taking away things that are unnecessary or distracting. In this case it would mean that an art piece that really resonates or is important to you will have the space to, I guess spread its wings. I think it's easier to take in the impact of something if it's surrounded by less, otherwise it gets lost in the noise of everything else and doesn't have space to breathe. So in essence it's less about removing things from a space, and more about being deliberate about what you add.

Minimalism is stopping meaningless consumption and becoming mindful about purchases that aren't basic necessities, so having beautiful art around you is minimalism if you like the art and it doesn't overwhelm you 👍

I read your comment, but when the beep came, the exact same thing still happened to me.. I feel really dumb now :p

That’s sounds a lot like ✨anxiety✨ to me

My dog jumped.

I thought my sister's pizza was done! There wasn't even a pizza in the oven 🤣

I somehow thought it was my kettle

Yes, that's where the environmental minimalism kicks in. Consuming less which supports the aesthetic minimalism.

@@FizXify yes, i was trying to answer her confusion on the end she said she didn’t understand aesthetic minimalism

The trick is to do one pig purge, assign everything left a specific spot, and forever more stick to the one item into a spot, one item removed rule, which amounts to replace (and upgrade) instead of add. If you are like me, and you create a budget and shopping list and also buy basically everything on the debit card, then you have three overlapping lists of basically everything coming in already compiled for you (itemised transaction bank statements on your banking app) - for everything non-perishable/consumable/comestible on the list, one thing should go to Craigslist, charity or the bin. If you arent comfortable getting rid of something immediately, put all your "maybe get rid of, unsure" stuff in a plastic container in the garage next to the bin, with the date on, and if you don't find a legitimate reason to remove the item from the container for six weeks - three months, you probably won't need it again in six months to a year, and if you do need it again in six months, it's financially worth it to borrow or rent the item for the one or two days instead of keeping it unused for another year. The second rule is ignore, beg, borrow, rent, recycle and replace first, then add. Maybe make a list of things you use most frequently and how often you are physically in contact with that item and prioritise upgrading that as high as your budget allows, first: Statistically you are in contact with your face, hair, teeth, hands and body, bed's mattress, cushions, bed, cover, your underwear, socks, shoes, couch, chair, car-chair, computer mouse, keyboard, cellphone, glasses, piercings, wallet, keys, eating utensils, bathroom fittings, other clothes most often, so any upgrade there will probably have the largest quality of life improvements on a minor annoyance you have to deal with per hour basis. Similarly, your cellphone and pc desktop, email inbox, browser homepage, the top of your feed on your social media account of choice get seen most often, so any tweak which removes junk from here saves you probably at least 200 clicks/taps a day. And for every ten pieces of disposable junk you don't buy, you have to empty your bin one time less. But remember, it's only an upgrade if all of a similar item you own/use is of the same highest quality of any of them, so get rid of the old spares you are only going to use in - honestly - never.

Right. Separating wants and actual needs.

And cook.

And sometimes commit fraud

@@francescobasile8933 ??

@@MNeathway i think that was a reference to the oil video?

@@francescobasile8933 ohhhhh thanks!

Exactly, minimalism is halting our meaningless consumption and becoming mindful about purchases that aren't basic necessities.

To be honest, I really do not have the mental energy to be intentional about everything that I do. That sounds exhausting, I'd just overthink everything even more than I already do. However, I can kinda see how if I physically decluttered my space, that could remove some of the background noise sitting in the back my mind (like "when am I gonna clean my room" or "I'm running out of space on my phone").

@@Orynae Oh definitely, meticulously controlling every second of life is emotionally and mentally exhausting. That sounds like hell. I see being intentional more as acknowledging a flaw, starting small, and working up to a lifestyle that makes you feel more fulfilled. It’s not an all-or-nothing approach to life. It’s about the small decisions you make over time that adds up. Cgp Grey has a video about New Years resolutions/building better habits that talks about this. (The title is ‘your theme’) If you have time, I think it’s very much worth watching :)

@@Orynae The funny thing about minimalism is that it's not supposed to be a huge, constant, daily grind. It's supposed to be easy, unconscious habit. Just get a box, in the garage, anything that annoys you, is inconvenient, in your way, ugly, uncomfortable or irritating in your normal day-to-day gets thrown in the box - out of sight, out of mind. Then in a few months, if you haven't needed to take something out of the box in all that time, just get rid of it permanently. Just compulsively throw everything away, as you go. If you need something again then you can deliberately remove it from the bin. No need to get decision fatigue, one size fits all - throw away. Everything left in the bin after a while is automatically junk in your life, no need to sort, deliberate and weigh options. It's automatic. Make a folder on your desktop, if some app or file gets in your way, drag and drop it in there. The recycling bin works. Then you can delete it in a few months without even opening it to sort it - you didn't need it for how long? You probably never will. Delete. For photos it works the opposite way - if you open it, look at it, etc, often - put it in a special folder. In six months you select all - delete everything that's not in that special folder, no sorting neccessary.

@@Orynae It can be exhausting, but I'm OCD and sorta forced my way into it.

I need merch!

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In one sense yes. In another, it is actually highly productive, as it declutters your most important space - the one between your ears. As a result of having a "cleaner headspace", you'll be more efficient and less distracted for the rest of the day.

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I'm trying to organize and downsize a folder with over 10,000 images of cars that I saved online, and it's taking forever.

lmao well she did say she was just gonna try it, not do and finish it successfully in a day lol. ironic, but, im not sure you already get the idea, in the end decluttering your digital files, not just deleting the unimportant ones, would help reduce your screentime by helping you access your files efficiently, and directly help you avoid getting distracted by other things while you were searching for it.

You could go back Year by Year? That's what I do with my backlog of digital photos.

Wanna know what I did? (Trick question. I'll tell you anyway.) I put all my photos on an external hard drive and said I'll sort them later. Later didn't happen so far. So that's my sixth way of minimalism: Procrastinalism.

@@lonestarr1490 archiving to a hard drive still clears out your phone though, so there is still a sizable and immediate benefit.

@@emilymartin5418 That was the idea ;)

@@lonestarr1490 for me, it's "dump all my photos and files into a folder on my desktop -- preferably something super ambiguously named like 'stuff' -- every time I get the urge to clean, until I'm up to 'stuff 12', 'stuff 13', etc., then dump all stuff folders into another folder called something like 'stuffs'..." Speaking of which, I probably need a new stuffses folder soon. 😅

Here's an idea: Don't throw it away, throw it in a box, if you need to reuse it, take it from the box again. Write a date on the box three/six months in the future. Throw away everything left in the box at that date. If you reused it - great. If you didn't in that time period, actually throwing it away is probably no loss, as you aren't going to reuse it.

@@blumoogle2901 give to op shop and patch it up

I try doing that too, but uh... I'm too dumb and lazy for that...

what makes you happy & functional is what it's all about. minimalism is one way to go for those of us (me) who are visually overwhelmed by clutter. but I'm also "out of sight, out of mind," so important things need to be where i can see them. and I'm lazy. consequently my room is a horror show. i would love to be surrounded by art, if i have to be surrounded by anything.

@@kimjones600 I do try to practice some minimalism but in general I do better with a lot of stimuli, maybe its because I'm adhd idk but this is just me I hope everyone is able to find balance that works for them because moderation in all areas of life is key, but this scale differs for everyone :) and I should be clear my art studio is a hot mess lol

Maximalism for the win 💖

Me neither!

She's the lofi person of the group it seems. Total chill.

Wait... that’s animation? Wow. I thought that was an advanced editing software!

She's Melissa, part of the "& Friends" in "Sabrina & Friends". She's part of Answer in Progress along with Sabrina and Taha!

@@INNERLMNT these videos seem really interresting, i have no idea how I havent caught on this sooner lmao

I believe she is one of the "& Friends" of "Sabrina & Friends"....but I'm not sure if she's the "friends" or the "&"

@@joedavidson7893 I stumbled upon them about a week ago. Binged her whole channel since then. Didn't encounter a single boring video.

Have you watched Shelbizleee on youtube? A channel all about how to be an eco minimalist!

Yes! Minimalism is becoming mindful about purchases that aren't basic necessities.

I believe in you! - Sabrina

Yes 👍

You could also make non-countable things into units like instead of water, "five cups of water"

A way that I like to remember it by is that "less" is used with singular words and "fewer" is used with plural words. It aligns with the countable/uncountable rule and also fits in edge cases of countable items that people tend to use "less" with, like "that's one less thing to worry about"

"Five water"...

@@dj-murlock Is something unclear?

my superwholock days? i do not wish to remember 👁👄👁 - Sabrina

@@answerinprogress a wise ghost lion once said "remember who you are". You can take Sabrina out of tumblr but you can't take tumblr out of Sabrina. I remember how you defended your ships and made that one short film on another channel when you were a teen before abandoning the channel. What a time!

@@answerinprogress you were into superwholock? I am not surprised but also, that's rad

@@AntonWongVideo you have a cruel memory Cheers

i almost put a bagel in there, just to make the reference extremely obvious. - Sabrina

@@answerinprogress We just needed an Asian wife and fancy coffee

@@ThePrimevalVoid, well, we’ve got a “brow” girl and properly chosen wine. :D

So sorry to hear about that! Since a decent portion of your life revolves around screens, there are still ways to declutter your life and be more mindful about the time you spend on the web.