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My thoughtful sister sent me a link to this post to help inspire and lift me up after a particularly trying week. A few hours later I had worked my way through nearly all of your videos! Just letting you know you have a kindred spirit with many common traits 5500 miles away in California. We are close in age, of Swedish heritage (though me only 25%), formerly married for nearly the same interval, have single sons (just 1 year apart in age), love simplicity, routine and order, are introverted and unsentimental, go to our happy place when organizing, could eat the same meal every day, prefer not to cook, adore cats, the list goes on and on! I have struggled all of my life to feel comfortable in my own skin, and I am just now coming in to my own so to speak; better late than never I guess. It is comforting to know that there are kind people such as yourself living in all parts of the world. I am grateful to know you are out there, living your best life, and sharing it with folks like me who are doing the same but still wobbling a bit. You dropped into my life when I needed it most. Thank you so very much.
I’m so happy you enjoy my channel!
Isn't being able to do what you love on your own schedule what most of us aspire? Again, congratulations to you, Benita on living your best life on your own terms.
Thank you, it's been an adjustment but a good one!
I would love it if you had a video series on your favorite parts of Stockholm. It would be great to discover your city with you, streets, parks, shops and other places.
I'm sure other viewers would enjoy this too. ☺
I usually share snippets in my DITL videos but I’ll keep it in mind for a more dedicated tour!
Lovely vlog. I retired 3 years ago and realized I needed some sort of routine. The first year was joyous and then when the pandemic hit...well, we all know what happened. So I had to regroup and create projects that kept me indoors (I did continue to run in the park). With a sense of normalcy in the air, I am happen that I disciplined myself and kept busy; it's still serving me. Be well, Benita and thank you.
Routines are great to have in these strange times!
So glad you are able to make a living at your passion. I have followed you since blog days, and feel a jolt of happiness when I see a new video! Keep up the inspiration! ❤
Thanks, I feel very fortunate!
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Your cats are so gorgeous. My cats bring so much joy and fun to my life that I just can’t imagine life without them! 🐈💞
I retired a few months ago and I am reorganizing my routines. Thank you so much for inspiring me with your videos, I love the simplicity of your life.
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Congratulations and enjoy your new life!
Congratulations on your retirement, Ma. Eugenia! Happy new life😍
@@marinapierettilopez95 Thank you so much!!!
@@marinapierettilopez95 Thank you so much Marina. Im enjoying my life!!!!
I was as mesmerized as your cat by you wiping down that counter :-). Great video as always Benita! I have been following you since early blog days and thoroughly enjoy every piece of content you create. Glad to see you thriving! ❤️
So glad you enjoy the videos!
Love your cat too.
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I really enjoy your vlogs; they’re so relaxing to watch. I love your aesthetic and style. I also appreciate how much you clearly adore your cat. I love my cat that much too and smother her with kisses all day long. 😻
I have two and they’re both my sweeties 😊
I have been struggling to establish order into my newly retired life. Such chaos after a strictly regimented schedule of work and home responsibilities. This video has given me encouragement to keep moving toward harmony 🙏
When you walked down the stairs on your walk, I got truly excited about the colors of the leafs. So pretty. Your home oozes calmness, love it.
The fall foliage has been amazing this year!
Oh my goodness! I love your Friday routine! Everything is so purposeful and goes a long way toward you having a lovely, stress free weekend!
Love all your content!!
Love having me weekends completely off nowadays!
What a great way to end the week and head into the weekend. I really like how you make a point of packing your desk away. Mini & Bonus seemed a lovely Friday routine too😻
When I worked outisde my home I used to hide my work bag in the closet over the weekend. That helped with the weekend feeling too!
Great video Benita - it was nice to see your new routine. I'm not retired yet but I plan to in 2 years and I'm already thinking about what my routine will be like when I do, so thank you for the inspiration. I always like when you take us with you on little shopping or walking excursions -makes me feel like I'm there with you. Love your kitties too. Take care
Glad you enjoyed it!
One of my favourite videos you’ve ever done. The atmosphere, the tips. I just loved it x
Watching this on a Friday after a busy week! It’s so relaxing to see someone else’s end of week routine. I hope I can do something like this for myself one day
there is almost nothing more relaxing for me in this world than watching your videos. your channel is like a therapy to me. thank you benita!
I love the act of getting fresh flowers on Friday for the weekend. I’m going to adopt your Friday routines for cleaning & errands. Even though I am retired from a 9 - 5 job & work for myself, I am still doing cleaning, laundry, etc. on the weekends out of habit. Thank you for another great video! Oh and I ordered a few T-shirt’s from Organic Basics & I love them!❤️
Organic Basics make such good stuff!
I love your balance between comfort and simplicity 💚 seems more inspirational / achieveable than other minimalists I watch. Grateful! 🙏
I have been watching your channel only for a few days & have managed to binge watch all of your videos, I find the content & how gentle you speak very relaxing, your home & style is so calming & your kitties are so cute! This is just what I am needing at this moment in time due to getting divorced here in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧
I’m happy if my videos help during this time for you!
A most enjoyable video. Thanks. I have been retired for 20+ years but find that a routine is helpful..... wash the towels every Thursday, change and wash the bedding each Friday etc. Some think it is crazy but it works for me.
Routine and consistency is key! We feel the same way in our home.
I’m in the fortunate position of no longer needing to work and I absolutely LOVE my lifestyle now. Being able to do what you want/need to do when you want to do it is so liberating and I no longer feel constantly exhausted. You’re not quite at that stage yet but I’m sure you’ll soon reap the rewards of not having to run to catch up with yourself 😊. Having the weekends off is at least part of the way there for now. 💛💐
I’m in the midst of reorganizing my routines, your videos have been inspiring (and a joy) to watch. Thank you for sharing. 🌻
Best of luck and have fun!
There’s something special about your videos. I could watch a DITL vlog any day, all day!🥰 I love watching mature vloggers and I’m not aware of very many good ones. I look forward to retirement next year. Excellent work!
Great to see how people live on the other side of the world, beautiful place to live
This was so peaceful. I especially love the scenes in which you hug your cats. ❤️
They are my sweeties so whenever I get a chance 😊
Hello Sandra
Love your videos, so calming. It’s great that you can alter your work commitments to fit your lifestyle. You are good at keeping your work time quite disciplined and to know when to turn off the computer.
Personal time is like gold dust. Enjoy your beautiful autumnal days in Stockholm. Keep well.
Thank you so much!
Hello, I am following your channel for a while now . And I can’t help watching your videos again . It’s so inspiring . So first of all : thank you !
I see in this video that you have a organisation with digital tools . I’d say that I might be interested in ways, tools and tricks about organisation and productivity . Bests , Damien .
One month ago, I was fascinated by this vidéo (more movements / subjective eye than in the other ones before). Today, I've almost seen them all. And it's an amazing work, passionned and passionning. And it's quite weird : I think I know you, I appreciate your content so much and even recognize some common points (or obsessions) but you don't know me. You're part of my life now.
I began to declutter and organize my whole appartement because you gave some tricks, inspirations and even motivation to do it. And I'm almost done. So thank you. Very much.
Bests from Paris, France. Damien
Hi Benita, have you considered doing a “work with me” video? I love the calming sound of your voice and music choices, and often have repeats of your videos on in the background while I work. I work alone from home and like the background noise. It would be cool to have a long video of you working with keyboard sounds and music choice, Kitty cameos etc. Love your work. Good luck with going solo. Sophie x
Hi Sophie
What sweet flowers. I love watching your watching your neighbourhood walks
I used to love your blog and was really sad when you stopped it. And a couple of weeks ago, UA-cam suggested one of your videos - I'm so glad I've found you again :) Your content is useful, qualitative, real, beautiful and calming - the perfect blend of function and style, so Scandinavian. I don't even skip your commercial bits because they're so nicely integrated to the rest of your content - I'm a marketer by trade, so I tend to be really cynical about ads haha
I used to go to Stockholm regularly when I lived in Europe, and hearing the tunnelbana voice and seeing the homeware store full of neutral-coloured goodies made me feel so nostalgic! Kram fran Sydney, Australia
Very important to give yourself a routine when working from home, all too easily could slip into lazy mode!
Due to health issues my daily routine has changed somewhat. Its all about adaptiveness, flexibility, awareness of one's abilities to carry out what is necessary to take on our challenges in life.
I have to say in all the time i have been commenting ...i keep omitting to say how lovely, sweet and well behaved your two kitties are. 😻😻
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They are sweeties but can be super annoying at times too 🤣🐯🦁
My challenge with working from home is slipping into "working all the time" mode. I moved my desk out of the living area and into the second bedroom so I could have more separation between living and working. (I am a writer and editor.) I am still working on finding clarity in this.
Good morning, I can´t stop to follow this video, Madame Benita! Whats marwellous environement you live! So clean, clear and beautifull....So calming life you live....I wish it to you, really.
Ohh! That seems like such a lovely Friday routine. I especially love the Friday flowers. Thank you for sharing.
Hola Benita Bonita! I hope you are doing well. I’m doing my cleaning routine, but first, I watch your videos to make sure I am being efficient. Luv ya, dear! 👋🏼☺️✨Regards from New York!
This video is so inspirational and provides me so much comfort.
A video idea for you: show us how you organize your digital life such as calendar, emails, apps, etc.
Thanks for always creating inspirational content!
Thanks for the suggestion!
I love routines and yours are simply perfect 🤩😍🇳🇴
Thank you! Glad you appreciate them!
That’s a cool cat you have…so calm and relaxed..🐈⬛
I love when you take us along for your walks, errands and outings! Your cats are so cute.
Hi Mary
Oh, how I envy your calm atmosphere. Will I ever have anything like that ? 🙂💟
OMG the way you kicked the doormat back in place 😂🤣🙈 I do that too lol. 👍🏻
Right?!
I need urgently to do the same but when you're not self employed it's hard. Thanks for sharing, it's inspiring and hopefully I'll try not to be at work when iam not at work😤😅
I really, really enjoyed this video. I'm so curious as to how people live their lives in other countries, and watching you go about your business is so interesting. I love the city views and shops. Maybe one day I can travel to Sweden.
Thank you for this video. Your life is so similar to my own. It’s time for a wardrobe update, especially with the season change, please do one. Enjoy and stay well. ☺️
Not very many changes so not a whole lot to report 😊
Your videos are so calm and comforting, always happy when you upload a new one. I love your style and personality and of course your kitty cats. Thank you for being here!
Thank you so much for following along!
I love how you move in the world.
Thank you so much!😊
You have two beautiful cats. They're cute!
Thank you, I do love my 🦁&🐯
I always apologize to my cats as well if I accidentally bump into them. I enjoyed your video!
I enjoy your videos. My cat also sleeps on my pile of white bath towels - in our hall closet. She also hates the noise of the vacuum cleaner ! Hi from Australia 🇦🇺
Wine, snacks - yep, that's my Friday, too. Your city looks BEAUTIFUL!!! Thanks!
Hi Benita, haven’t had the chance to see your vids lately. So today I’ve gone to your channel to catch up - your playing quietly in the background as I tidy my space. Letting the ads play out to save you a few pennies. Have a lovely Christmas and I look forward to your content in 2022. You have been a very positive influence for me and just want to say a big thank you!!
Such a relaxing routine… inspire me to keep my Friday’s simple and wind down, ready for the weekend. Thank you Benita 💜 x
It’s so great to to have weekends off!
I am really inspired by your way of living! and also your style, so I am trying to see if I can simplify my closet :D Just love your videos and the calmness in them
I could (and often do) watch all your videos over and over again. You are such a good reminder to slow down and be purposeful with how we spend our energy.
Thank you so much!
Hi Madeline
Super proud of you for switching over to the content creator lifestyle fulltime-it takes a lot of courage to pursue such a demanding task as new strategic communication major with a focus in social media management seeing stories like this inspire me to keep pushing towards my goal of a degree to help content creators continue to thrive! Keep going :)
Thank you, it's been an adjustment but a good one!
Vilken mysig fredagsrutin och vilka söta katter 😻
Lovely to see you. Do you have a hobby? What do you do when you don’t have any tidying or decluttering to do? Read, is so, what? Knit?, sew? Jigsaw puzzles? Fin
I meet up with friends, go to museums and other cultural events!
Love the growth on the host as, especially those varigated ones🌻
I so love the back-to-back shots of the various types of ground you’re walking on. It’s pretty special that beauty can be found in everyday things like the ground we walk on and yet most of us fail to take notice of such things.
How absolutely wonderful you get to arrange your schedule as you see fit. I often think to myself: we’re supposedly free, but are we really free when our next move has to revolve around lunch breaks? Are we really free if we must be somewhere at a certain time and day…cubicle/8-5/M-F? I’m glad you’ve been able to successfully break away from that. I don’t think a happy and healthy life was meant to be lived under such rigidity. I’m enthusiastically applauding you and hoping to create such a life of peace and freedom for myself one day - with just the right amount of discipline, and this amount is different for everyone, of course.
Anyway, thank you for another lovely video!
I totally agree with you! It took me until now to dare the plunge but it feels so good to be on my own schedule!🙌🏻
Thank you for taking us around Stockholm 🙏
Hola mi nombre es Ana ,hace poco que te sigo pero me gustan mucho tus videos y tu estilo de vida minimalista.
Siento no hablar inglés disculpame , pero es genial que pueda ver tus videos subtitulados, mil gracias!!!
Un saludo 😊😊
Thanks for sharing your life. It gives some guidelines on how to become more relaxing weekend to ponder.
Your home looks so serene and cozy. Your kitties are beautiful 😻
I love seeing Stockholm!! You lucky girl you !! My dream location
is so calm, admired your life style and attitude.
That is so smart, to make it hard to get at your computer. I have NO trouble staying away from work on the weekend! Also, I love the kitty love - that's Mini, yes? The little head bobs!
What pretty paper wrapping up your flowers!
I love so much to follow your vlogs, Madame Benita! All of them are so inspirative but this one is exceptionally calming and refreshing! Your cat let me remeber the our one, called Beauty, we missed her about two years ago...Thanks a lot for yours videos and have a beautyfull autumn!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
You inspire me to clean and to minimize stuff 🙏🏻 love your home and style 🥰
So visually beautiful and comforting to watch! Loved watching your Friday routine Benita 🌻
I find your voice so relaxing, thank you for your videos
I am absolutely in love with your cat!
Your way of life is an inspiration to me. I love your style, your way of living... I have adopted many concepts that I saw here in my lifestyle here in southern Europe. I'm your fan... An excellent weekend!.
Love your videos Benita.your voice is very calming and soothing.its good to listen to.
The sleeping cat is really cute ! (Not the theme of the video, but it was worthy to mention it ^^)
Wow, you’ve got beautiful flower markets in Stockholm. The city is so clean. Glad Friday is your free day. I used to work Monday thru Thursday and loved it. Do the Organic Basics sweats shrink? I’m tall so don’t want to end up with high water pants.
I don't feel like they shrink if you wash at a cool temperature. The legs are actually quite long on this style!
Would love to see more videos of your cat! Love seeing it
Love the painting above your bed.
Thanks! My uncle painted it back in the 60's but I switched out the frame www.benitalarsson.com/blog/floating-frame-diy
I enjoy your clean and beautiful simplicity living. If only I could.
Hi Peggy
I really enjoy your video very much it's very common and very sweet I enjoyed I'm so so much I love watching you keep up the good work have a beautiful weekend
Thank you so much!
Hej, Jag heter Yeonjin. och jag bodde i Gotebore. :D
I'm Yeonjin from South Korea. I lived in Gothenburg for 4 years. I've been here since 2019.
I really miss Sweden because i have many memories. Oh, I'm so glad to watch your video. Tack sa mycket.
Hej! Hope you can revisit at some one point!
Such a good inspiration now that I am struggling with changing my life and job, thank you for your videos!
Love all the cat snuggles! I only have outdoor cats and they frequently interrupt my gardening for snuggles and a brushing. Cats rule!
Lovely as always , love minnies face . If I stay here I will get dusted too 🐱
My Friday routine looks so similar ☺️
What a lovely, considered way to end your week. I love how you cuddle with your cats😻😍😻😍, I'm a crazy cat lady as well 😁.
Crazy cat ladies unite!🙌🏻
@@BenitaLarsson 🤣🤣🤣
Your cat is so precious! 🥰
A minimalistic healthy happy life.
I like that cat litter!
love the behind the scenes on your new routine - I work from home part time and it's been a struggle to manage the 'time space' if you know what I mean, so I appreciated the insight. and I loved seeing out and about in Stockholm. I think I spend too much time indoors so must go for a brisk walk more often. Can you share which app you use for your projects / task management?
I use Google for everything. Google calendar, Gmail and Tasks!
Hi Sarah
Thank you for another lovely and inspiring video. We sometimes also accidentally kick our cat and feel so bad when it happens. I call it "magnetic legs" as our cat just can't help herself and must run in our path!
Mini is constantly under me 😅
I love your video always brings myself in a peaceful moments no matter we always need this thank you
It's so wonderful how the kitties help you out by sitting on the towels etc whilst you are cleaning. You adore them that is clear to see. Thanks for showing them. Have a great weekend.
Looooovve watching your video. It really makes me happy and peaceful after a day of work. Thank you and wishing you the best of health from Vancouver B.C. Canada 🌈🌈
Thank you so much for watching!
Love this peaceful view of your like. Thank you for sharing.
Friday Flowers a new must have! So visually pleasing, thank you👍
Yes, a total necessity. Either picked or bought!
Lovely Stockholm ❤️
I do love it here!
Hello Benita - I love the canal you take your walk through - and especially the rain (I love rain) :) I really like your outdoor patio with all of your plants - very beautiful place to sit and relax or read. I always find your videos so relaxing and uplifting. That is nice that you "shut down" your office space for the weekend, I haven't mastered the work/home life separation - but a work in progress (I am trying to go easy on myself and to think positively). Organicbasics looks very comfortable - I live in comfy clothes - especially in the colder months. Candles - I do burn them every night (rather than have lights on) - it always looks calm. Thank you for sharing your video - I look forward to the next one. 😀
It's a prefect length of walk and such nice surroundings.
Hello Tracey