Hey, it’s been a minute. Rumors of my dissappearance have been greatly exaggerated (not sure if anyone has actually questioned it, but I have been since I stopped posting). I posted my last video at the end of January, and a LOT has happened since then, and that has kept me busy, and exhausted. So where have I been? What have I been doing? Well, let’s start with the first part. I work a full time job from 8am-5pm Monday through Friday. I create my videos in my spare time, or when I take my...
25 days ago • 3 min read
Hi friend, It’s been a minute! The last time I wrote to you here was __, and since then, it feels like so much has changed. The beginning of the year always leads me to be very introspective. My thoughts consist of: What did I accomplish last year? What do I want to accomplish this year? What are some areas where I struggled, and where can I improve in ? What do I want to change this year? During this period of introspection, I find myself learning a lot about my own thoughts, personality,...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Hey friend, I know it’s been a while since my last newsletter. The holidays, with all the time spent with friends and family, combined with my full-time job, kept me pretty busy these past couple of months. But I’m officially back to creating content! Lately, I’ve been feeling a bit existential, as I often do during the winter. One thing that’s been on my mind is this recurring cycle of passion and dispassion in my life. What do I mean? Let’s use my creative work as an example. I’ve been...
5 months ago • 1 min read
Hi friend, Lately, I’ve been trying to step away from my screens whenever possible. I often find this to be the case around the holidays. I yearn to spend less time on my devices, and more specifically, away from my desk. Engaging in analog activities has been a great way for me to connect with myself and my partner on a deeper level. Not only that, but when a screen isn’t hijacking your attention span, you can have a better sense of presence of what is going on around you, and what’s going...
7 months ago • 2 min read
Hi friend! Hope you’re having an excellent Sunday! It’s been a busy couple of weeks over here in my world, so there will be no new video this week. Though I can assure you I am hard at work on my next one. It’s going to be about secondhand shopping, and I’m expecting to finish it up this week! I’m going to be experimenting more with the format of this newsletter going forward. Today’s newsletter will not be its final form, but I’m just putting my fingers to the keyboard and seeing what my...
8 months ago • 4 min read
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....
9 months 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...
9 months 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...
9 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...
10 months ago • 3 min read