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blessings. If you have to start all over again and again the same life then that means you failed over and over again. how many times do you want to fail before you realise that you will never have the victory. Surrender your life to the Lord Jesus and he will not fail for the Lord will have the Victory. God bless your beautiful soul

Hey, Ana. This is my first time ever commenting on a youtube video but I just wanted to let you know I absolutely adore your content 💓 I've been watching your videos for quite a while now, being a minimalist myself, they are very entertaining and helpful. I recently got rid of a couple purses so now I only have 3: my everyday purse, a mini backpack and a "night" option 😊 Hope you're doing well, keep it up :)

Hi Ana, put simply ,you are living a good life. You are experiencing so much. I admire you so much. We all have a different path that seems set and not what we expected. My life in Australia is very different to yours. Safe and settled but full of lifes challenges too. Very different to yours but internally probably the same obstacles. Have you considered Poland. I know you have Polish heritage you mentioned in an older video. Polish people are so friendly. It is my heritage and I was visiting there in January. There were many Russians who had fled the current crisis and I feel they were well recieved. I mention Poland because it is close to your old environment. Pine trees, snow. It is also extremely vegan friendly. I just love it there. I strongly feel that you and Brian would be very welcome and could establish roots. Maybe some if your Polish viewers can back me up. Are you in contact with you dear brother in Siberia? I hope so. And your dear 🐈 cat. Lots of love from Australia❤🦘

Thank you Ana! Always great food for thought. Ps. Siberian nature looks so beautiful. Reminds me of home in Finland

I have a tiny little retractable measuring tape that was my mother’s. It’s the size of your little balm. It’s surprising how often it comes in handy! LOVE your hair cut! It suits you! ❤

A guest-Ana, you always have an incredible way of stating life. I am a believer, and you eloquently described my life here on this earth. In my opinion, there is no better way to express my feelings about being a stranger in a strange land. ☺️

I remember your home in Russia I’ve been following you since before the war I love bed your home it was so cosy ! I know it’s hard being away from your hometown I moved away from mine in 2017 have not been back have not seen my 2 brothers and sister since then , it’s always hard to Leave with so many memories ! Take care dear Ana to you and your husband ! Much love ❤️ from your friend in Canada 🇨🇦 😊

Ana, your message resonated with me. You are amazingly resilient. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you Ana!🙏 Even if I'm not living somewhere else as a foreigner, but I'm living in my own country ("against my own will", as I would describe it), I think that "living my life as a guest" would make it more bearable, at least for now. And it's probably a good advice for everyone wherever they might be to accept their circumstances. That will become my new motto. Take care.♥

I loved the video, some very nice insights! Could you enable the option for us to 'Clip' this video? Then we can create little clips of the quotes we want to remember :)

I just thought of an interesting question for you. You said your father was Jewish. Do you practice his religion or observe any Jewish holidays or traditions or read or speak Hebrew and also do Russian Jews have any practices or traditions that are unique?

thank you for sharing such beautiful thoughts. i was particularly struck by your passage about being a guest. I wish all of the people currently gentrifying my hometown would acknowledge their place as a guest. instead they abuse its resources and see it as a place to use and then leave when it's all used up

Спасибо, что поделились и продолжаете делиться своим опытом. Я слежу за вами уже много лет и всегда нахожусь под глубоким впечатлением от вашей простоты и искренности. Вы вдохновляете, спасибо!

Dear Ana, I am 65 and often find myself dwelling in the past. Thank you for your sweet and kind video. If cones as a reminder to me to live each day to the fullest, doing the best we can. Thank you dear friend.

Thank you, Ana. I'm more than a couple decades older than you, but change never stops. And we never stop needing to be able to find a way to go forward and continue living as well as we can in spite of all the changes. It takes wisdom and courage and an open heart and willing mind to be able to let go of what WAS, and to find new comforts and beauty and pleasure in what IS. Because the only other real options are to waste all of our time fighting change and being unhappy, or to withdraw completely. You are brave and smart and capable and talented and have already dealt with SO many things in your life. So take strength from all that you have already gone through and managed. We each have, inside of us, everything we need. (p.s. the "rav" in "unravelling" rhymes with "have" ❤❤❤)

Thanks!

This was both very poignant and hopeful!

Dear Ana, I moved away from my birth country and lived in 2 different countries after that. I understand the feeling of being a guest. But still, I hope that at one point you'll no longer feel like a guest and you'll find a country where you feel at home, or at least something close to that. In my experience I found that creating a nest, knitting, sewing and crocheting were a way to create home inside my house. Focusing on my family is also very important, knowing that the place where we live might change, but we would stay together. Yes, we change. We keep some of the old, adopt some of the new, and that's essential. It never ends. I hope you'll have loads of good new experiences and ideas, and be happy.

Thank you Ana for reminding me that the past no longer belongs to me. Perhaps I was a visitor there also. I do want to let go of the past and have it only as a memory, not as a living, breathing thing. Because I simply cannot change it. This moment is all that I have. Oh that I could really live in it! You always manage to bring out a piece of my life I'm trying to hide. Thank you for that. Facing our fears, naming them, is so satisfying. Once again Ana you have outdone yourself!

Beautiful video Ana as always. Thanks for sharing your vulnerable side. I believe you are a messenger sent to heal the world with your wisdom and beautiful soul. Your words resonated so much. Be safe and happy darling Ana X

I love your calm energy and can relate to your story as living in a country which had war and also living as nomad and immigrant as neurodivergent creative. And this theme should be talked about more in mature and calm way....midlife "crises"....good video, again:)!

I just can say that I love you, Ana. Thank you for these inspiring videos

You express yourself so beautifully through the words and visuals of your storytelling. So much of what you talk about in this video resonates with me through my very different experiences and has provided me with a great pause for reflection this Monday morning. Thank you ❤

This video really made my day and touched my soul. Your channel is the only one I continue to watch for many years - I really enjoy your life-journey and very frank, not over simplified outgivings. It seems to me that your insights are getting deeper and more insightful year by year. Good luck! Talking about myself... It's still hard for me to leave the past behind even though it's a necessity for me now. Suchlike videos give me a little bit of optimism, thank you for sharing. 🙂🙃

You're wondering 'how' this channel works?? Because of YOU and your beautiful, shining soul that reaches us and conquers our hearts ❤ Speaking about midlife... I recently turned 50th and I'm really scared. Time to reflect deeply about life and death. Thankyou for your thoughts ❤

Oh, Ana, I love this! I'm 52, a disabled pensioner, living between countries where I don't have citizenship (my boyfriend lives in one). I am a constant guest, even staying in hotels. Thank you so much for sharing your perspective and experience! Lots of love to you! ❤

Dearest Ana, thank you for such lovely video and for sharing your insights. You inspire me so much! You have a beautiful soul! 🌸💗

Ana I truly value your thoughts and thank you for sharing them. You’re right about it hard being a foreigner in a different country. I’m of Asian descent and have lived most of my life in the UK, integrated well (I think anyway) and straddled two cultures so that I don’t feel myself lose either aspect which makes me, me. But it’s tough, and navigating it through the lens of midlife, heavily pregnant with my second child and anticipating the rebirth of myself after my daughter arrives…..there’s so much to unpick and restitch together. It’ll be hard but wonderful to be able to experience it all. And interesting to see how our children of mixed heritage navigate their way through the ever-changing world. As always, wishing you and Brian the very best, Sonia x

I'm an American who immigrated to Canada and I experienced what you are talking about! It is hard being an immigrant, exhausting. Thanks for sharing about learning to be a guest. That feels really true. It's helpful to keep that mindset, especially for us loud assertive Americans.

Thank you once again, Ana for your open and honest video, sharing your thoughts and life with us. You indeed have been through a lot of upheaval the last couple of years. Hats off to you for persevering and pushing through and forward time and time again. Thank you for sharing your insights and wisdom gained. It has great value for us across the globe where humanity finds itself in the midst of tumultuous times. You are precious.

Very well said. Thank you

This video is really inspiring and comforting 💗🙏😎

Made me think about those people that move to new locations. I hope you finding some friends helps with your home sickness. Hugs~

I really hope ypur channel grows so you can have a stronger safety net✨

Thank you for sharing this, the timing is perfect❤ I left my native town in Russia last year to be with my non-Russian husband in his country. I had very few savings when i left and had to quit my main job. Now I have to rely on my husband financially till i get back on track work-wise. It's the first time in my adult life that i am financially dependent on someone. Also there's a new world to adapt to. And I miss the snow. It's like learning to live almost from scratch. So, live like a guest and enjoy it while it lasts🫶

Although I have never had to relocate to another country and my life journey has been easier than yours, your reflections resonated with me. I am a couple of decades ahead of you and into the final years of my life. I have experienced several periods when I have had to start over and move away from the ideas I had about myself and my life's path and purpose. One of those was when I had my children and stopped work for a while to raise them. It was a period of struggle when we had huge financial worries and big responsibilities. Later, I had a mid-life crisis and breakdown when I was forced to change the way that I was living and working. It was a terrible, dark time but I am very grateful for it as it lead to fundamental and lasting positive changes. Now, my husband and I are in the midst of another big change. We have sold our home and most of our belongings so that we can move closer to our daughter and her young family to be of more help to them. We are having trouble finding a new home and are leaving a home we love and a life we enjoyed. Like you, the best way is to let go of the need to control and to focus on doing the things that you can do in order to move in the right direction. I am letting go and opening up to change so that I can embrace new experiences and opportunities. In the midst of all this we both lost our dear mothers who bit by bit surrendered the things of this life and peacefully passed to the next. These experiences are making us realise what is important and helping us to experience the freedom and lightness that comes from letting go which will be inevitable in the end.

Ana, in your video I noticed what looked like you were selling your art. Is this true? It would be a great way to satisfy two important things with one effort; Benefiting yourself through a creative activity AND making money. This has been a satisfying way of life for me. John in Bethel, Missouri. USA

I have not watched one of your videos for a while Ana. This was so nice. It is good to see you and hear your story. I know that everything is going to work out and be alright. Take care. God bless you.

Your kindness, gentleness & wisdom always overwhelm me. You are a beautiful person & wish you the best of everything always. Much love from Texas.

I am happy to find your channel again. I was one of your earlier viewers when you were living in an apartment in Siberia. I feel that you were more tune in with yourself at that time. I hope that you can regain that feeling of peace and contentment in your new home. It seems that you have been through a lot since the war started. Viewer from Alaska.

I'm deeply touched by your description of missing Siberia. I've never been there but I sense that it is a place where life is lived deeply. And you've managed to carry that depth into your life in new places, and your heartfelt videos. Best wishes for the future to you and Bryan.❤

I am pleased to see how well you have weathered the ups and downs of being displaced from your home. Change is not always easy, and it almost always has some challenges that help us grow and understand ourselves a bit better. I have found that relaxing into change (as much as I can) is a pragmatic way to move through life. Learning to be more comfortable with myself and with change is allowing me to live a life that isn't as stressful as it once was. All the best to you and Brian. Peace.

Interesting that the picture fell when it did. I feel you’ve found strength on your journey. With age comes calm because you know yourself better. Hugs❤

May prosperity come to you and your spouse in the near future.

"I miss the past that no longer belongs to me." This resonates so deeply with me. At 43, I think I, too, am experiencing my own midlife unraveling. Thank you for sharing your thoughts along with the article.❤ -Sandy

This was very touching and it made me happy and sad to see the parts of your life in Siberia that you shared with us. I'm one of the many who have been with you since before you left your home country. This may sound silly but there is a song from the cartoon Adventure Time that goes: "Time is an illusion that helps things make sense So we are always living in the present tense It seems unforgiving when a good thing ends But you and I will always be back then. You and I will always be back then. Will happen Happening Happened There we are again and again Cause you and I will always be back then." ❤

Ana, you’re amazing, thank you for sharing about your life and thoughts with us ❤️

My heart goes out to you Anna!❤ My husband and I had to make decision not to travel back to our country of birth again as it is so costly to do and it is not a safe place anymore. We have been in our adopted country for 27 years now and still feel like visitors. And we feel só sad about it all.

Thank you, Ana, for sharing your experiences and the wisdom you have gained in your journey. ❤

Right on schedule, the old picture falls -- making room for a beautiful new one in its place. Thank you for the lovely video. ❤