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Hi my friends and welcome back. The new year is
coming, and so today, I'm going to be sharing
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with you 25 things that I'm not buying or doing
in 2025. I do this every year and I always find it
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very fun to reflect on the things I had on my list
last year, and how maybe some things have changed
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and others have stayed the same. It's also just a
good exercise to be more mindful and intentional
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when it comes to your purchases. So I find this
very helpful to use as a guideline for the year to
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come. Of course, this list is very personal to me
and my situation and my lifestyle. So don't feel
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bad if you do enjoy buying some of these things.
That is absolutely fine, we're all different.
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But my hope here is that you can find some
inspiration to simplify your life, your spending,
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your finances, your home. And just overall
be a bit more mindful when it comes to your
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purchases. Feel free to grab yourself something
nice to drink by the way and join me. It's nice,
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but it's still hot. And today's video is kindly
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about them later. For now, let's dive right in
with number one on the list, which is restocking
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containers. I'm not really on social media myself.
So I know that if a social media trend reaches me,
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then I know it is a really big trend. And I feel
like 2024 was the year of restocking videos.
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People were restocking their fridge, their spice
rack, their bathroom, their guest room, their car.
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Just wherever and whenever, people are using these
little plastic matching containers to organize and
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restock things. Now something to keep in mind when
it comes to social media trends like this, is that
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this is not real life. This is 100% content for
content purposes. You can of course enjoy watching
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these videos, because they're often filmed very
beautifully, and they're very aesthetically
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pleasing and satisfying to watch. So it's okay to
watch them just for entertainment purposes. But
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for real life, this amount of plastic little
matching restocking containers is not necessary
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in my opinion. If you're home doesn't look like
this, then that is okay. In fact, it's more than
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okay. I have a little organizer or drawer divider
here or there, but that's enough. Also, have you
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seen the trend fridge scaping? This is when people
decorate the inside of their fridge to look like
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a forest or like a fall, autumn, pumpkin theme.
Of course, everyone can do what they find fun and
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what makes them happy. I'm not here to make fun
of it. But for me, this is too much. I think it's
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okay if your the inside of your fridge just looks
like the inside of a fridge. Number two for me is
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a tricky one, teacups. As a minimalist, I do find
that there is value in having some things that you
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just find very beautiful, and that elevate
your experience when it comes to things you
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already enjoy. Like for me, tea. For me, buying a
beautiful handmade ceramic tea cup cup from Japan
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for my Japanese green tea is just something that
I really enjoy. And if I find them in the store,
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which is rare, but if I do find them, it's a
little bit hard for me sometimes to find the
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restraint. But I have six of these cups, which is
what you use when you drink sencha the official
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way, in the small cups. And then I also have four
matcha bows. So you know where I'm going with
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this. I am really going to try and do my best not
to purchase any more teacups. Or ask them for my
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birthday or for Christmas or something, which
is how I actually got most of these. No more.
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And that also goes for any kind of dishes, plates,
mugs, bowls, glasses, cups. I love all that stuff,
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but I have enough. Number three is tight clothing
with no stretch. I personally find clothing, it is
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just so important for me that it is comfortable.
I personally don't mind it if it is tight fitting,
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but it needs to have stretch. Or I also don't mind
if it doesn't have stretch, but then it needs to
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be a little bit looser fitting. The thing that
I absolutely hate is wearing clothing that is
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very tight and does not have any stretch, because
I feel so closed in. I feel like I can't breathe.
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Especially in the summertime, when I'm already
feeling like a little bit bloated and sweaty.
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It's just so uncomfortable for me to wear this.
And I tried a few more clothing items this year,
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which is why it's on my list now, that were like
this too. And it really made me realize okay,
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I really don't like it if it is tighter fitting
and it has no stretch. So this is a rule for me,
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basically from here on out. Number four is bedroom
decor, bedding, sheets, anything for my bed or for
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my bedroom. So I actually really really love how
we decorated this apartment. I'm in love with all
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the spaces here. I feel like, you know, I feel
pretty confident about it. But the bedroom is
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still looking a little boring. But I actually
did that on purpose. Because I just find that
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it is nicest when my bedroom is really really low
stimuli. No decor, no artwork, no distractions.
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Really just focused on finding my rest from
when I feel over stimulated by life. And lately,
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I have just kind of been feeling like oh, maybe
putting down a rug. Or maybe putting down a little
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something, or hanging something on the wall. And
I was like no, I know that would look beautiful,
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but it would kind of defeat the purpose of a
bedroom for me personally. So I made the rule
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for this year, nothing else for my bedroom
or for my bed. Number five is expensive hair
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care products. So I know you can't really see my
hair today. But I have wavy hair, blonde hair,
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that is naturally very coarse and very dry. I have
tried so many products that were recommended to
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me by my hairdressing salon or by someone online,
that were supposed to be amazing for especially my
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hair type. I have tried with silicone, without
silicone. Really expensive, kind of midlevel
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pricing, really cheap. And honestly, with the
exception of the really cheap products, I do find
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a difference there, they really do make it worse,
but if I buy just like mid-range pricing products,
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or really expensive products, I just don't
notice a noticeable difference. And this year,
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I was just kind of fed up with every time I go to
buy a set of shampoo, conditioner and a hair mask,
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paying like between 70 and 80 EUR for that those
three products together. I wash my hair only once
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a week luckily, because it is so dry. So buying a
set like that takes me a while to use up, usually
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like the better part of the year. But still,
it is a lot of money for not really noticing
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any noticeable difference. I feel like my hair
just does what it wants to do. Sometimes I wash
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it and it looks amazing. Sometimes I wash it, I do
exactly the same things, I use the same products,
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and it comes out really looking not amazing. So
I feel like my hair is just going to do whatever
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it wants to anyway. And I'm just going to use
products that I'm comfortable with using. And
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not buy those really fancy expensive ones. Because
yeah like I said, I just don't notice a noticeable
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change. So I want to give those slightly cheaper
ones a fair chance. Number six, a fancy teapot
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with a warmer. I know this is very personal. But
earlier this year, I saw another YouTuber who
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works from home use a very beautiful glass teapot
when she works. And it had one of those little
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candle things thingies underneath to keep the
tea warm. So she could just like keep pouring it
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for herself when she was working. And I saw that
and first thought I had was wow that's amazing,
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I want that too. Because you know, sometimes as a
YouTuber, I work here by myself from home a lot of
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the time. It's a little bit like boring... or well
not boring, I like my job. But it's a little bit
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like isolating. Or something you want to sometimes
do things for yourself to make it extra nice and
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extra cozy. And so I figured like oh a teapot
like that would be nice. But when it comes to
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minimalism, I do already like immediately start
to think: where would I keep this teapot when
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I'm not using it? And I don't really have a space
where I could easily fit, so that was bothering
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me. If I don't know where to put it, I know it's
going to cause clutter. And then I figured, I do
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have a thermos. So what I could do is just brew
a big batch of tea, keep it warm in my thermos,
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and pour myself a little cup throughout the
afternoon or the morning. So that's what I'm
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doing now. I didn't have to buy anything. And it
basically does the exact same thing. So minimalism
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for the win. Number seven is any winter gear. So
that goes for winter jackets, raincoats, a scarf,
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a hat, gloves, and even summer jackets. I have all
of those things enough. I don't have like a ton of
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different options. With some of them, like with
the hat and the scarf and the gloves and stuff,
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I only have one. But that's absolutely fine. I
have a couple different types of jackets for when
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is like really cold, or when it's really rainy.
So I'm all set in that category. I don't need any
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more winter gear or summer jackets. Number eight
is bags. Now, if you have seen more videos for me,
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then you've probably seen me bragging about
being a one bag girly. A one bag woman. And if
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you've seen my recent wardrobe update, declutter
organizing video, I'll link it right here if you
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haven't yet, then you might have seen that I
bought a new purse. So I now have options. I
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have a black purse now. I felt oh... I had to
rush to the door cuz the doorbell rang. Anyway,
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where was I? So after having used just a backpack
for years and years and years, I just felt like
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maybe I wanted a black purse in case I want to
look just a little bit dressier. Just have like
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a few more options. Or yeah, one more option. And
so, I got one. I'm very very happy with it. That
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said, I also really still enjoy not having that
many bags. So it is going to be a no buy for me.
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Number nine is single use period products. And
this is because this year, I made the switch to
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reusable period underwear. And oh my gosh, how I
wish I had done that sooner. It is so much nicer.
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It is so much more comfortable. I never have to
worry about leaking anymore. And it is better for
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the environment, because I'm not using single use
period products anymore. So only wins in this book
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for me. And it really has been a game changer when
it comes to my periods. If you are kind of scared
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of using cups, like me, I've never been a tampon
girl, and so the cups just kind of look scary to
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me, try the period underwear. And even with that
I used to be a little bit scared about. Like how
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it's going to be when you wash them and stuff like
that. But it is so much easier than I thought.
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And yeah like I said, it really has changed
everything for me. I feel so much better now.
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And as I was speaking about my wardrobe, number 10
is clothes. Like in general. And this is not going
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to be a no-buy for me. Because I feel like when
it comes to clothing, a complete no-buy is kind of
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unrealistic. So I'm going to set it at max three
items. I'm actually really happy with the state of
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my wardrobe right now. I did like I said a recent
wardrobe declutter organizing video. I decluttered
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some things that I never wore anymore. And since
that video, I also made a few more additions to
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my wardrobe. And I feel like I have so many
clothing items now. I haven't counted them,
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but I think probably around 50 or something total.
Including shoes. And that number three also has to
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include things like shoes. And then number 11 is
clothing items specific for my body type or for my
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skin tone. So for a little while there, I was kind
of learning about how to dress for your body type,
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and which skin tone, which season are you, and
which colors work on you, and things like that.
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And I do find that information very helpful. I
have learned a lot. And now I've come to a point
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where I'm want to let all of that go. So this
is not me hating on those methods. If they work
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for you, definitely keep doing it. But for me, I
just find them a little bit too complicated now.
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Sometimes they invent things that are supposed
to simplify things, but actually I find having
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all of those rules and having like a color palette
that I need to choose from, and things like that,
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made it more complicated for me, not less. So
I feel like okay, I have that information now.
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But now I actually just kind of want to let it go.
Basically I just want to wear what I like. I want
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to wear colors that I find fun. I want to wear
fits that I find comfortable. And I don't really
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care if that is like officially not right for my
body type, for my skin tone. It's like I decide
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and I just want to wear what I like. And number
12 is a big one, social media. I am still so happy
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living a almost social media free life. Even as
a full-time content creator. I do of course use
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YouTube. And I still love YouTube as a platform,
also as a viewer. So YouTube kind of has some
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social media parts about it as well of course.
But I'm not on Instagram, Tik Tok, Facebook,
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what else is out there? I'm not on it. And I love
my life that way. Mostly just because it makes my
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life so much simpler, calmer, quieter. There's not
all of that noise from all of these other people.
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All of these other opinions. Having to keep
up with what other people are doing or buying
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or having. Comparing myself to others. And just
keeping up with all of the trends. Like I said,
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most of the internet trends just kind of pass me
by, because I'm not on social media. And so, there
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is just so much less noise in my life because
I'm not on social media. I also just kind of
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feel like they can be a big time waster. I would
rather read a book. Or if I'm going to be spending
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time online, I would rather it be something that
actually like puts a big smile on my face. Like
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watching cat videos or something. Or having it be
something that actually provides me real value,
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like learning something new, learning a new skill.
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with the video. Number 13 is cable or TV streaming
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services. And also just really being careful with
streaming services in general. So we cancelled
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our cable years ago. And we switched over to a TV
streaming service, which was a lot cheaper. And we
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cancelled that this year as well. Like last week,
we canceled it. We just realized that we weren't
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really watching a lot of TV. Not enough to justify
the € 10 a month anyway. We're also very careful
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with things like Netflix and Disney plus and
everything. The only thing we currently have is
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HBO. When it comes to streaming services, I feel
like if you're getting value from them, then that
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is absolutely fine. But if you have a bunch of
them, it really adds up. And you're paying a lot
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of money each month. So I always do try to kind
of like do the math in my own head. How many hours
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a month do I use them? And does that justify the
cost for me, yes or no? Number 14 are those really
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thick cozy comfy house socks. You know the ones
that are lined with like the little fuzzy stuff,
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and they keep your feet nice and warm. I'm a sock
girly. My feet are always cold. I wear socks night
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and day. Literally. I have bed socks that I wear
in bed. But like regular socks. And with these
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house socks, at first I tried them, because
I felt like oh yeah I'm home alone by myself
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a lot of the time. And so I want to keep nice and
cozy. And I figured that would be nice for me. But
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the thing with those socks, I find anyway, is that
they break. Like they tear or they come apart so
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quickly. After two months, I feel like I can't
wear them anymore. And I just find that such a
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waste of resources. It's a waste of money. If they
were a lot more durable, I would probably still
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use them. But since they're not, I'm going
to try and find another alternative. Maybe
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like really durable house slippers or something.
That just last a bit longer. Next is stocking up
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on personal care items. And for that, I mean
things like perfume, mascara, body lotion. I
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just want to have the rule for myself, I've been
doing that for a couple of years now and I really
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enjoy it, to use up what I have first and then buy
something new. And sometimes I feel like okay, I
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only have one3 of it left or something, but it is
now on sale. So then I might buy two, cuz they're
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on sale, and that saves money in the future. So
that's okay. But I'm not going to be buying three
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different types of mascara. Or if I still have
body lotion left, and there's like a different
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kind of body lotion, with a different scent, or
different brand or something, I'm not going to be
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purchasing that one, if I still have body lotion
left. And if you always use up what you have
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first, before you go out buying something new,
that's a great hack for simplify your life, your
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home and your finances. So I always read all of
the books that I still have, that I haven't read
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yet. And then I will buy a couple more books. And
I'll read all of those. Same with video games. I
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just find it such a waste to have books and video
games that you have never read, or never played,
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and then go out buy something else. That doesn't
make a lot of sense to me. So I always want to use
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up everything, get my inventory back to zero,
tea, so many things, and then buy new one.
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Number 16, things that look cute, but have no
clear purpose for me. And especially I find that
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sometimes hard to resist with stationery, cute
stickers, notebooks. Like this. I bought this,
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it is a memo pad. It is handmade wooden box with
these washi paper memo pads. And yes, it looks so
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cute and I just couldn't resist. So I bought this
a couple months ago. But I almost never use paper.
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And I have this much. So I feel like this memo pad
can last me literally my entire life. So I want to
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avoid more purchases like this. On the papers,
he's actually running. It's really cute look.
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But this is going on my no-buy list for next year.
Number 17 is so-called mus have seasonal trends.
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This is easy for me, because I'm not on social
media. So most of the seasonal trends I don't even
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know about. And I don't, honestly I really don't
care about trends. When it comes to clothing,
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fashion, anything, hair care. I don't care
about trends anymore. It's one of the best
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things about minimalism, because it frees up
so much mental space. Apparently this fall,
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everyone was wearing burgundy bags. You
know, if I happen to have a burgundy bag,
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I might like pull it out or something. But I'm
not going to be buying something, just because
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it's like the color of the season. Or because
it's trendy. Again, if you enjoy doing that,
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that is absolutely fine. Everyone does it
differently. But for me, I love my trendy free
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life. I love just using and buying classic things
that I know I'm going to be liking for years and
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years. And I don't have to worry about whether
this color is in or out right now. Number 18 is
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sodas and sugary drinks. For me personally, this
is one of those things that is really easy for me
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to not buy, not drink. And do for my my health.
Because if you only drink water, tea, coffee,
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with no sugar, then it is just a really easy way
to not get so much sugar into your body. And so,
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even though I do kind of like a sugary drink every
now and then. It is very rare, sometimes I will
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order one when I go out or something. but I never
never never never drink sodas. Just never. Number
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19 is nail polishes that are not non-toxic. So
like the standard nail polishes. Unfortunately,
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with the nail polishes too, they can contain
harmful ingredients. And that sucks. Because
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you know, it's a tough realization to think that
the companies just don't care if they're poisoning
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people, as long as they're making money. But
yeah. I don't want to scare anyone who likes
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to use nail polish. I've used nail polish almost
my entire life. The nail polish industry is really
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not transparent. They can have chemicals in them
that that they are not disclosing. Or it's not
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like super regulated. So I just feel a lot better
buying from a brand that makes them with natural
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ingredients, not toxic, they have the made safe
certification. They're vegan, cruelty-free,
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sustainability efforts, all that stuff is there. I
would just especially recommend staying away from
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nail polishes, or basically anything that goes
on your skin, or on your body, or in your hair,
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from unregulated retailers. Like Shein and Temu,
and AliExpress and Amazon and stuff. Because you
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really don't have any idea what they really put
in their products. Which brings me to number 20,
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which is anything from Shein, Temu, AliExpress,
Wish. What else is out there? This is not me
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judging anyone who does buy from these companies.
It's just for me personally, I don't want to
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support them. They are pretty awful for basically
anyone and anything. And they are also very bad
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quality, so it's not going to last. I personally
know many people who do shop from them. Maybe it's
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also a bit of the Dutchiness, that people enjoy
buying things that don't cost a lot. People enjoy
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buying things that are very cheap here. But there
is a reason that these products are so cheap. And
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those reasons are not very fun. So I have chosen
to stay away from them, as much as I can, or at
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all, next year too. Another one of those things
that I will not be using in 2025 is generative
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AI. Now where to start with AI? We're all using AI
in our life without realizing it. You know, Google
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Maps is based on AI I think. And so like okay,
we're not going to stop. I'm not going to stop
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AI by not using it. I know that. But generative AI
freaks me out to know end. I wholeheartedly agree
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with the famous quote from Hayao Miyazaki, who's
a filmmaker for Studio Ghibli, when he said that
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he feels deeply that AI is a deep insult to life
itself. And I couldn't agree more. There are many
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good videos on YouTube about how AI is ruining
the internet. One that I really enjoyed was from
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Drew Gooden. So you can check it out if you want
to, no pressure. But I just find it so scary also.
00:24:21
And I've seen videos AI videos that are copying my
videos, and many other creators out there. I have
00:24:28
seen a picture of someone completely different
from me, using my voice to say things, because
00:24:34
of AI. It's so scary. And it is not going to make
the world any better, I truly believe that. So as
00:24:41
much as I know that it is easy to make a little
artwork with AI, or to ask AI to come up with a
00:24:48
recipe. Or I know many creators use it for video
scripts or video ideas. There are so many things
00:24:54
to use it for. I stay away from all of it, as
much as I can. Because I don't want any part of
00:25:00
it. Again this is personal, I'm not judging anyone
using AI. But for me, I want to stay away from it,
00:25:07
as far away from it, as I can in today's world.
Sticking to tech, number 22 is a new phone,
00:25:16
or basically any tech products. This phone is
about 4 years old. It's getting a little bit slow,
00:25:22
but other than that, it still really works. And I
always try to use my phones for at least 5 years.
00:25:28
So I really want to try and stretch it at least
another year before I replace it. Now I can't
00:25:33
make any promises. If it starts to break, or if
it starts to like really get so slow that I can't
00:25:39
work with it anymore, or it starts getting unsafe
in terms of updates and things like that, I might
00:25:45
replace it this year. But I really really hope not
to. And that also goes for my laptop, any kind of
00:25:51
tech product. I think I'm settled. They all still
are working fine and yeah, I want to try and buy
00:25:58
no tech products next year. Number 23 is maybe a
strange one, scotch. So I haven't been drinking
00:26:06
much alcohol for ever? I think. Well, when I was
in high school, I used to drink a bit. Like party
00:26:13
and stuff. But after that I was like okay,
I've been there, I've done that. I don't like
00:26:18
getting drunk anymore. Or I don't like feeling
hangover the next day and stuff. So I haven't
00:26:23
been drinking a lot for a really long time. But
right now, I'm drinking even less than that.
00:26:29
So maybe I'm drinking one drink every 3 months?
Something like that. If I am drinking something,
00:26:36
it's usually either scotch or beer. And there was
a while when we were purchasing scotch for when
00:26:43
a friend came over, or if we want to celebrate
something among ourselves. I would always just
00:26:48
have one drink, but still. And we still have
I think like maybe 3/4 of a bottle in the
00:26:56
thing. And with how little we drink now, that's
going to last us a long time. So I'm kind of,
00:27:02
I'm kind of over it. Alcohol is just not something
that I want in my life and in my body. Maybe next
00:27:08
year I'll buy a beer or two every once in a while.
But no scotch, or yeah, hardly any alcohol even.
00:27:17
And kind of in the same category, although
for me with this it is an absolute no-buy,
00:27:23
is lottery tickets, things that have to do with
online gambling, or with video games, loot boxes,
00:27:30
which is basically also gambling, but then for
content. Again I'm not being here like judgy,
00:27:35
everyone can do whatever feels right for them.
For me personally, this feels wrong. It feels
00:27:41
like these companies are purposefully
trying to use our psychology against us,
00:27:47
to make a lot of money. And get people into debt
and into trouble. And I don't want to support that
00:27:53
with even one cent of my money. I always have to
laugh in that episode of Modern Family, I don't
00:27:58
if you've seen it. But Andy says something
really funny. Where they're gambling in Las
00:28:02
Vegas or something, and he says: Oh how fun,
you give your hard earn money to a stranger,
00:28:07
and pray it comes back. Like that's how I feel
when it comes to gambling, lottery tickets. Like
00:28:12
the chances that you win something with a lottery
ticket are astronomically small. And number 25
00:28:19
is items that will only be good for one year.
And I'm specifically thinking of holiday decor,
00:28:25
just because like the season of the year that we
are in now. So when I go to the grocery store now,
00:28:30
there's always so like a decor section with these
little like stuffed Santa Clauses. And they have
00:28:37
a little tiny Christmas tree tacked onto a piece
of wood for example. And yes, it looks cute. But
00:28:43
the little Christmas tree is going to die and
then people throw them away. And they buy new
00:28:49
new things next year. And I just think that is a
really big waste of resources, of money, of yeah,
00:28:56
waste literally. And so, if I'm going to buy
holiday decor, which I don't think I will,
00:29:01
but I don't know, maybe. I I don't currently have
any. So maybe I might buy something this year,
00:29:08
next year, the year after that. But it has
to be something that I can keep using for
00:29:13
years and years and years afterwards. And
preferably something that isn't just cheap
00:29:20
crap. I'm thirsty from talking so much. And of
course, now that we are nearing the end of the
00:29:27
video, I would love to know from you, if you have
a list of things that you won't be buying. Or you
00:29:33
only want to buy a certain amount, maximum
of the things. So I'd love to see yours in
00:29:38
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