Hi friends, Fall has sprung here in Ohio. I'm not usually the type to attribute the change of seasons to anything more than a shift in the Earth's axial tilt, but this year hasn't really been an ordinary year for me. This year has been a year of firsts for me, some I wanted to make, and some that were forced upon me. This is the year I started my YouTube Channel, the year I started an exercise regimen... and promptly lost it. This is the year that I also lost my mom. This is no ordinary year....
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
As I discussed on my YouTube channel in August, I’ve been re-embracing minimalism. It’s been a bit of a bumpy road as I’ve gone through the process of analyzing and decluttering my unnecessary possessions. I’ve been consuming a lot of content surrounding minimalism, and it is disheartening to see that so many people still subscribe to the most extreme versions of minimalism as the de facto standard. Let me put it bluntly – Minimalism isn’t asceticism. You are allowed to own stuff, and not...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
For the past couple of weeks, home has been on my mind—what makes home, well, home? While I typically consider a home to be the place where your family is, I also believe that it's important for your home to feel the way you want it to. That's something I've struggled with in my current apartment over the last year and two months. It hasn't felt like home. When Grace and I first moved in here, we were ecstatic about having more space (For context, Grace is not a minimalist and a crafter, so...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
For the last 11 years or so of my life, I’ve battled both depression and anxiety. I’m fortunate enough that my depression isn’t severe, but every so often I do fall into pretty intense depressive epsiodes. It’s like a flip switches – I don’t want to create, I don’t want to spend time with friends or family, I just want to lay in bed and scroll something hoping for a kick of dopamine. Simply put, it kinda sucks. I recently went through an episode where I felt all of my will & drive to do...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Hey friend, Recently, the topic of downsizing has been on my mind. With my recent re-embracing of minimalism and a looming move to a new city in 2025, thoughts about what is and isn't important to me are, well, pretty constant. It's a little overwhelming, but it has helped me get a clearer picture of what I want out of life, how I want to use my money, and how I want to spend my time going forward. For context, I'm 26 years old. I live with my partner, Grace, and our two cats – Kimchi and...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Hey friend, It's hard to believe that tomorrow is my 26th birthday. I’m not usually one to stir up chatter or fanfare about my birthday, instead preferring to be a bit of recluse about it. However, this year hasn’t been an ordinary year so what the hell? This year has been inexplicably challenging. With the passing of my mother in January, I’ve been forced to come face to face with my life’s trajectory and my own mortality in ways that I never thought I would. And what I’ve learned over these...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Hey there, Pulling out an old musing on pour over coffee today. I wrote this just around 4 years again during the Pandemic. It's fun to go back and look at how my creativity has evolved over time, and to see if my feelings about coffee have changed at all (they haven't). Any way, I hope you enjoy this little throwback edition of my newsletter. 🙂 A quick housekeeping item: Moving forward my videos will be posted on a bi-weekly schedule. I know y'all look forward to weekly videos, but with a...
3 months ago • 4 min read
My journey with minimalism started at the beginning of 2018. This is conflicting time in my life – one where I had what I would call oodles of fun. But it was also a time in my life where I don’t think I was a particular great person. I was young and still trying to find my footing in the world. After a few events that forced me to come face to face with my own problems, I quickly realized that I was being the person I believed I could be. And so it began. At the time, I was interested in...
3 months ago • 1 min read
A couple weeks ago, I shared a video on my YouTube channel called, I tried minimalism and failed. In that video, I shared some of the things I’ve struggled with since adopting a minimalist lifestyle. I talk about my continued struggle with shopping and acquiring new things. Today, I thought it’d be fun to dive in and talk about some of the things that I deeply regret purchasing, so without further adiue, let’s chat. 1. Asket sweatshirt The first thing I regret purchasing was a sweatshirt from...
3 months ago • 2 min read