A Day in the Life of a Minimalist
Summary
TLDRMatt Davella, a minimalist, shares his daily routine in this engaging video. He wakes up naturally at 6 a.m., avoids unnecessary possessions, and uses multi-functional items. Matt's day includes efficient work as an independent filmmaker, editing, and staying fit with daily gym visits. He emphasizes intentionality in social media use and preparation for the next day to maintain focus and motivation. The video offers a glimpse into the minimalist lifestyle, highlighting efficiency and value in every aspect of life.
Takeaways
- 🕗 Matt wakes up at 6:00 a.m. daily without an alarm clock, emphasizing a disciplined routine.
- 🧘 Matt's minimalist lifestyle is focused on efficiency, optimization, and multi-functionality, avoiding waste.
- 🗑️ He doesn't own a garbage bin, reflecting his commitment to minimalism and not discarding unnecessary items.
- 🥣 His cereal bowl also serves as a coffee cup, showing the multi-functionality of items in his life.
- 🚮 Matt has eliminated items that don't add value to his life, including those that once brought him joy.
- 👕 He wears the same outfit daily—a charcoal t-shirt and black jeans—demonstrating consistency in his personal style.
- ☕ Matt enjoys making pour-over coffee, a detail that plays into the minimalist stereotype.
- 🎥 As an independent filmmaker, Matt spends half his day editing, showing his love for the entire creative process.
- 💪 He has a consistent gym routine, which helps him manage stress and maintain energy levels.
- 🍝 Matt prepares simple lunches and emphasizes the benefits of working from home, including healthier eating habits.
- 📅 Before bed, Matt reviews his calendar and to-do list to prepare for the next day, highlighting the importance of planning in his routine.
- 🌐 Matt promotes his Patreon account as a way to support his ad-free YouTube channel and offers exclusive content for patrons.
Q & A
What time does Matt typically wake up in the morning?
-Matt usually wakes up between 6:00 or 6:30 A.M., depending on how many times he hits the snooze button.
What is Matt's approach to personal belongings and waste management?
-Matt follows a minimalist lifestyle, which is reflected in his lack of a garbage bin and his practice of not keeping items that do not add value to his life.
How does Matt's minimalist lifestyle affect his morning routine?
-Matt's minimalist lifestyle simplifies his morning routine, as he doesn't waste time deciding what to wear and has a streamlined process for making coffee.
What does Matt wear almost every day according to the script?
-Matt wears a charcoal t-shirt and a black pair of jeans almost every day, with a stack of the same t-shirts.
How does Matt's minimalist lifestyle influence his work as an independent filmmaker?
-Matt spends about fifty percent of his time at his desk editing projects, showing his love for tackling every part of the filmmaking process.
What does Matt do to maintain a healthy lifestyle?
-Matt goes to the gym consistently, having built the habit during college, which helps him to manage stress and maintain energy throughout the day.
How does Matt's minimalist lifestyle relate to his approach to food?
-Matt keeps his lunches simple, making enough for multiple days to avoid waste, and he appreciates the benefits of having access to his kitchen while working from home.
What is the role of Matt's Patreon account in supporting his YouTube channel?
-Matt's Patreon account allows him to keep his YouTube channel 100% advertisement-free by providing an alternative source of income through exclusive content.
How does Matt's minimalist lifestyle impact his social media usage?
-Matt is intentional with his social media usage to avoid distractions from his work, which aligns with his minimalist approach to life.
What is Matt's evening routine before going to bed?
-Matt checks his calendar and to-do list to prepare for the following day, which helps him wake up early and stay motivated.
How does Matt's minimalist lifestyle contribute to his overall efficiency and productivity?
-Matt's minimalist lifestyle contributes to his efficiency and productivity by reducing unnecessary distractions and focusing on activities that add value to his life.
Outlines
😀 Morning Routine and Minimalism
Matt, a minimalist, shares his daily routine beginning with waking up naturally at 6:00 a.m. without an alarm clock. He emphasizes efficiency and multi-functionality in his lifestyle, avoiding waste to the extent that he doesn't even own a garbage bin. Matt's minimalist approach extends to using a cereal bowl as a coffee cup, and he has eliminated items that don't add value to his life, including things that once brought him joy. He also humorously addresses stereotypes about minimalists and their coffee habits, and promotes his Patreon account, which supports his ad-free YouTube channel and offers exclusive content about his creative process and business advice.
🏋️♂️ Work, Fitness, and Personal Life
Matt continues his day with work as an independent filmmaker, spending about half of his day at his desk editing. He enjoys the challenges of editing and storytelling, which he finds fulfilling despite the common perception that not all filmmakers enjoy this aspect of their work. After a simple lunch, Matt heads to the gym, a routine he has maintained for about ten years, finding it a great way to relieve stress and maintain energy. Upon returning home, he might continue work-related tasks such as scheduling podcast guests or filming videos. He also touches on the importance of maintaining a work-life balance, especially with his partner Natalie, and how being intentional with his time helps him focus on what's important. Matt concludes his day by preparing for the next, ensuring he can wake up early and stay motivated.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Minimalist
💡Efficiency
💡Multi-functionality
💡Intentionality
💡Patreon
💡Independent Filmmaker
💡Routine
💡Gym
💡Adaptability
💡Social Media
💡Calendar
Highlights
Matt wakes up at 6:00 a.m. without an alarm clock due to his self-training.
Matt lives a minimalist lifestyle focused on efficiency, optimization, and multi-functionality.
He doesn't own a garbage bin because he doesn't have anything to throw away.
Matt uses a cereal bowl as a coffee cup, emphasizing the multi-functionality of his possessions.
He has eliminated items that do not add value to his life, including things that bring joy.
Matt's day starts between 6:00 and 6:30 A.M., sometimes using a snooze button.
He maintains daily hygiene habits despite his minimalist lifestyle.
Matt wears the same outfit every day, a charcoal t-shirt and black jeans.
He enjoys making pour-over coffee and discusses his Patreon account.
Matt's Patreon supports his ad-free YouTube channel with exclusive content.
As an independent filmmaker, Matt spends half his day editing at his desk.
He finds editing challenging and enjoys the storytelling aspect of it.
Matt prepares simple lunches to save time and money, promoting a healthier diet.
He has been consistently going to the gym for about ten years.
Matt believes working out helps him manage stress and boosts his energy.
After the gym, Matt makes a protein shake and a second cup of coffee before returning to work.
He sometimes calls his family on the East Coast to discuss video ideas.
Matt's minimalist lifestyle involves intentional use of social media to avoid distractions.
He doesn't spend time on activities that aren't important to him.
Matt prepares for the next day by reviewing his calendar and to-do list before bed.
He invites viewers to support his YouTube channel on Patreon for more content.
Transcripts
It's 6:00 a.m.
I've trained myself to wake up at the same time every day, so I have no need for an alarm clock.
My name is Matt, and this is a day in the life of a minimalist.
My life is about efficiency,
optimization,
multi-functionality.
Nothing goes to waste.
You may notice that I don't have a garbage bin,
that's because I don't have anything to throw away.
This may look like just a normal cereal bowl to the non-minimalist,
but to a minimalist, it's also a coffee cup.
If it does not add value to my life I get rid of it
Some have asked me, "what about things that bring you joy?"
I got rid of that as well.
This isn't what my day actually *laughs* looks like. I'm not that much of an asshole~
You guys want to see what an actual day in the life of a minimalist is like?
Well, I'll show you mine.
I usually wake up between 6:00 or 6:30 A.M.
Depending on how many times I hit the snooze button
Apart from what you may have heard about minimalists. I do have a toothbrush and I shower daily.
True to the stereotype, I actually do wear the same thing pretty much every day.
A charcoal t-shirt, and a black pair of jeans
I have a stack of the same t-shirt.
You know what they say about minimalist and pour over coffee,
"they're really annoying and they don't stop talking about it."
Now as I make this hipster cup of coffee, I'd love to talk for just a moment about my Patreon account.
I've been making some pretty cool videos there, that I don't release anywhere else
Like videos about how I make my videos.
Including a breakdown of the one you're watching right now.
I talk about my process,
how I come up with ideas,
tips for growing an audience, and advice on how to build a successful business.
My Patreon account is one of the ways that I'm able to keep this YouTube channel 100% advertisement free.
You can check it out at patreon.com/mattdavella. . . There's a link in the description
Oh look at that, coffee's done~
I usually get in about an hour of work before Natalie starts stirring in bed, at which point I'll take a little break
You want to talk?
Natalie: Noooope! [Narration] And chat for a little bit before she gets ready for work
Then I get back to work.
As an independent filmmaker. I spent about fifty percent of my time right here at this desk
editing
projects. When I first started out I worked with only clients so clients would pay me to make
weddings, Bar Mitzvahs,
eventually, I
graduated to working with startups and tech companies but to
To this day, even now that I'm working only on original projects like my podcast YouTube videos and your films
Much of my time is spent
editing now
I know not every filmmaker loves editing and that's why there's people that exclusively just edit and there's people who exclusively
Just direct but I love something about tackling every part of the process and to me editing poses so many challenges...
To tell a story through editing requires a certain kind of mindset and a certain kind of
independence that I really enjoy so I'll usually put in about two to three hours of editing in the morning and
At which point around eleven o'clock
I'll get some food which
Actually that's right now
I like to keep my lunches pretty simple
I'll typically make two or three times as much as I need and save the rest for the next couple days
One of the biggest benefits of working from home is the access to my kitchen
I find I spend less money eating out and I eat much healthier than when I had an office space
After lunch, I'll get changed and make my way to the gym
So I've been going to the gym pretty consistently for probably the past
Ten years now
I started really
building the habit of working out and going to the gym everyday at least five days a week during college and
There have been times when
my routine falls off and I get sick or I'm traveling and I don't have time to fit in a workout but
I've always been able to pick it back up. It's just been one of those things that
helps to ground me, especially
being a freelancer and
running my own business; It can be very stressful and I find that it's a really
great way to just blow off some steam but also to feel better. So I have more energy throughout the day.
When I get home from the gym, I'll make a protein shake [is it weird to shake it like this?]
make a second cup of coffee and
Then I'm back to work. If I'm not editing
I might be scheduling future podcast guests recording episodes or filming videos since most of my family is on the East Coast
Sometimes I'll make a call home. Right now
I'm explaining a video idea to my mom and she doesn't get it. "No just hustle in general"
"No, that's that's you're thinking of Hustler"
When Nat comes home from work, I usually shut down my work for the day as well, if it wasn't for Natatile I'd probably keep working
Nat, can you give me your best Italian accent?
Ah, this weekend we went down to Olive Garden, and they had a fantastic dish called the "Carbonara á Natatile" And I was like EH!
Umm, I don't know. *laughs*
That was really good.
I don't know if my day looks very different from someone who isn't a minimalist
if anything it comes down to the things I don't do.
I don't waste a lot of time thinking about what I'm gonna wear in the morning. I'm intentional with how I use social media,
so I don't get easily distracted from my work.
It takes a lot of intention upfront as well as the ability to adapt as my life changes
But I don't spend any unnecessary time chasing things that aren't important to me
Before bed I'll take a look at my calendar, to-do list, and prepare for the following day
It helps me to wake up early and motivate it to get to work
Then it's lights off
Thank you so much for watching this video. I hope you enjoyed it
You can support this ad for YouTube channel on Patreon go to patreon.com/Mattdavella
To get more videos on lifestyle design business, film-making, and creativity. Thanks so much for watching
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