for anyone looking for a fresh start, let's reset our lives together (ep. 1)

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Published 2023-11-20
IG: instagram.com/rowenatsai | If you've been feeling stuck, lost, or stagnant as I have been, and you're ready for change, here's how we can reset our lives together :-) Starting with a long overdue deep cleaning and decluttering sesh. What better way to kick off a brand new season of our lives (because change is upon us 🤭), and get a head start on the new year than with a clean space for infinite inspiration, intentional productivity, and optimal mental clarity? ✨

🗓️ 30-day Potato Reset Challenge
→ Week 1: Putting our home in order (this video)
→ Week 2: Getting our finances together    • the definitive guide to get your fina...  
→ Week 3: Dreaming about our career (coming soon)
→ Week 4: Setting systems for our mental wellness (coming soon)

🔍 Casa de Potate Notion template with rooms & progress bars: www.notion.so/potatofam/Week-1-Home-Reset-55e5a0bb…

In the video, I said having no game plan is the plan, but it's actually helpful to have a solid but loosely held idea of what you're going to do 🙂 I created the Notion template a week or so before I started filming, and have been mulling over all the things I want to get done around the house for ages that I can basically recite it, so I generally knew what I wanted to do. Please let me know if there's any way I can improve the template for you, when I put it together I didn't intend to share it so the formatting is a bit wonky. Hope it helps nonetheless ♡

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✨ If you’re at all curious:
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• My friend Chris over at China Uncensored made an incredibly informative video on what Falun Dafa is and why it's being persecuted in China (YT video): bit.ly/2CR9yZQ

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All Comments (21)
  • @feihong6477
    Hi rowena thanks for sharing this video, I've been watching your videos over the years, you go girl! At 29 I was lost, not enough pay my wife left me for a another dude, I took time to reinvent myself and work harder & smarter. Currently leading a good life, six figure + income, I have a gf that loves me. I travel the world and I will be 33 next month. You can pull through too. I love the honesty in your story hang in there
  • I am also INFJ and I find so much comfort in these videos. There's got to be something to that!
  • @dj_samgyeopsal
    Omg I can't even describe how this video came at the RIGHT TIME! Thank you Rowena, you're an angel ❤
  • @agusmr91
    Rowena, I've been following your account for about five years now and even tho we don't know each other I have to tell you how genuinely happy and proud I am of you. You are a huge inspiration, and just watching your journey of growing and evolving into this amazing and beautiful human you have always been is a pleasure and beyond inspiring. The timing of this video couldn't have been more perfect, I can't wait to start. Wishing you all the best and sending a big warm hug your way 🌱💖
  • @loisehamann4376
    I am not kidding when I say that I almost cried when I saw that you posted this video, it comes at the most perfect time, thank you, thank you, thank you! you have such a positive impact on the life of so many people, wishing you all the best!
  • "The more you value achievement the more you come to dread failure. Instead of aiming for unique accomplishments, the intense desire to succeed leads us to strive for guaranteed success. Once people pass an intermediate level in the need to achieve, there is evidence that they actually become less creative. - Adam Grant, Originals. 6:58 I truly needed to hear that quote. I've been so hyper-focused on achieving my goals and what I want for my future, that I am completely just not here, in the present moment. There will be a time when I'll miss these days, here, so I want to enjoy them to my fullest ability. Thank you for inspiring and helping me. I needed to hear that.
  • Mondays with rowena ❤ always inspired by how you always try to be a better human & have such an aesthetic space
  • @emilyr6439
    Currently watching this sitting in my messy as work room that got away from me in December. I have a full time job which has taken over my creative passions and was looking for something to motivate me to start. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I am usually a silent follower but your videos seem to find me in the right place at the right time.. like a postcard from a long lost friend on the other side of the world.
  • @candacecopio2765
    I've been a potato for many moons now and I am ready for this type of change! My fiancé and I are moving to our first place today and it only feels right that I start the morning with green tea and this video. Thank you for always showing us that change is beautiful. <3
  • @Wisdomin444
    I have been following you for years now as a sweet potato and this video is such a testimony of your growth, Rowena! You’re authentically blooming and it definitely shows through the wisdom you keep sharing with us 🫶🏼 Deeply grateful to be here following your journey! Keep up the sweetness & love! 🫶🏼💜✨
  • @02Venus
    This came at the right time☺ Literally started cleaning up yesterday, kinda as my final attempt to get my life together. Had no real solid plan just knew I needed to do something. I like that this is broken down into weeks. I will be following along, thanks for sharing!
  • @racheltran6191
    As many others have said, this has come at a perfect time. I've recently moved from Eastern Canada to West Coast USA so I am right there with you. There is so much to develop as this new season kicks off but I hope we develop tons of joy along with it!
  • @ashleeraz09
    That’s amazing you did that in a week & i love how you slowly built up confidence and tasks and ended up getting it all done positively
  • You are God’s gift to everyone. Thank you for inspiring me to live purposely and positively everyday Rowena 🩵
  • Thank you for this post. I lost a lot in 2023. I lost the joy of romanticizing my life, I just felt like a robot. The low point was when I did not even enjoyed my promotion at work, I hit a wall. What the hell was I doing? I followed my plans, I hit my goals but then I lost this person this year and I felt like meh. But I will try again for 2024. I am trying to be inspired again.
  • @taty87
    Was so excited to see this!! Was just thinking “I really like the new content she’s been doing but I hope she still resets for the new year with us 😅” Been so thankful for this series over the last 3-4 years
  • @meh5476
    I love putting your videos on in the background and let your motivation motivate me to clean and sort my life out
  • @anitam1943
    Rowena, I’ve never related to anyone on the internet more than I do when I’m watching you! We’re both INFJs and specifically abundance and curiosity have been on the forefront of my mind for the past couple years!! Wishing you and your corner of the universe all good things 🫶🏽
  • @andreapinedo2608
    I knew we'd have a video before the end of the year!! Thank you!! Love your new place and I'm glad you feel better enough to share with us ❤ gracias