It's - 24 C outside and this is the first sunrise of the new year. we had a very cold and fresh start on the new year with degrees below -36 C And nothing beats the beauty of really cold days in the middle of winter everything turns into a frosty fairy tale and there is beauty to be find in every direction you look The light The colors and the masterpiece shapes of the ice on the windows but of course these extreme cold temperatures comes with a lot of work to keep our old poorly insulated house warm. it's almost a full-time job to get the wood and keep the fire alive in three fire stoves.
But I really love that as well because when it's so cold that you cannot really do anything else than just taking care of your house and your family. then I feel very relaxed. Let's go home Hello, good morning It is - 25 degrees something So it is another really, really cold day look at that the light!
I am just going to go out and feed the birds cuz we have so many beautiful winter birds here that eat every day I have uh sunflower seeds for them. Look how beautiful it is I almost forgot I have my camera outside Tthere was some northern lights tonight so I put it here so that it could film The Northern Lights You look cold I hope it captured something beautiful I have to warm his paws Whats that? It's one of these plastic bags that you put up on New Years And its landed here on the ice that's definitely one of the reasons I don't want to use these because they look so beautiful when you put them up with the light but then they land somewhere and they can hurt animals cuz there's like wires and stuff I'm going bring this one home look at the sky it is really cold outside I think it's about - 25 right now it is the 4th of January so we are in the beginning of this new year which feels really good so happy New Year everybody uh I hope you have a good start and if not that's okay I kind of have a feeling that January is like a month where 50% are having a really good time because it's like a new fresh start and 50% are having a horrible time so whatever you're feeling it's fine it's going to be okay so we have a whole new year ahead of us and I'm so so happy that you chose to come and watch my very first video of 2024 and I hope you want to join this new year with all the adventures and experiences that will come our way I just felt like going down to the lake and just yeah get out here cuz I feel like I haven't been out in nature for so long I just been inside working for like a month and uh even though it's super cold outside I just want to go out and breathe so I'm standing on the ice right now and I always like to come down here in the winter because I just get a sense of freedom when I have open spaces in front of me like this.
And being all alone alone that's really nice too. Wow its so beautiful Sun is setting and there's like a stream of light coming up from the trees. It's getting really cold and it's going to get dark soon because the sun is setting even though it's January now and it gets brighter every day it's still very dark it's just a short amount of time that we can see the sun every day I really wish Nanook was with me now he would have loved this but uh especially now when it's this cold it's harder for him to be outside and walk so we just take really short walks with him now since he has arthritis I really think the cold makes it worse so Nanook is staying home now and just rest a little bit but I really felt like I needed to go out and yeah just greet the sun now in December we reached 5 million subscribers on this channel and it is so hard to take in because it feels like yesterday that we celebrated 4 million subscribers it's hard to find words like how how I can express I'm just so grateful for each and every one of you who is here and who watch my videos and for everyone who spread so much light and love on this channel like you guys are the one who makes this community so beautiful yeah thank you so much for being here I feel like I have a hard time to speak you know when it's really cold outside your lips kind of get stiff so 2023 is over and uh that was a hell of a year for me personally 2023 was a a really good year I feel very happy with everything that happened in 2023 in my life but it was definitely the most hardworking year in my life and if you have been watching my videos uh throughout 2023 you have seen a little glimpse of why it was so hardworking the first 6 7 months I spent focusing on renovating and building up my art studio and then the end of the year I spent moving a part of our jewelry business to the nearby town Sollefteå, it was just two enormous big projects after each other I feel like I didn't had so much time to do anything else really so if I could describe 2023 in one sentence that would be get [ __ ] done.
and now I am so tired of getting [ __ ] done so I really am going to focus on calming down and I want a really slow start on this new year I'm not going to rush into new projects or anything I'm going to take it really slow and that's why it's so good that it's super cold right now because when it's this cold it's really hard to do anything really cuz so much time just goes into keeping the fires alive and yeah taking care of the house and staying alive and that's so good to just focus on simple things so this week because of the cold, both of us are just working from home we haven't been in Sollefteå, to the workshop now for the two past days and I think I'm just going to spend some time in my art studio tomorrow and I'm going to spend a lot of time just at home taking care of my family making hot chocolate for Johan and just hug Nanook so much cuz he's struggling now in the cold if you guys could just describe 2023 in one sentence what would that be and do you have any words or any sentence that describe your hopes and wishes for 2024 please share in the comments I think it's so interesting and inspiring to see what's going on in in your life and what you dream of oh wow so nice with the sun it's like almost yeah like a pillar of life I would love to share more of what I wish from this year but I feel like I haven't really processed it yet uh I have to let go of this work mode that I've been in throughout the whole year and just uh settle down and breathe so I get a better vision of what I hope for this year apart from peace in the world okay guys I actually see that the display play in the camera is like looks drunk I don't think you can see it but I see it here and that's because of the cold so I'm going to go back inside and help Johan on keeping the fires alive and snuggle up in the sofa see you soon. Tthis is the coziest fire in the house I think it's a really beautiful night it's - 30° outside now and I'm out to place my camera here for the night because it's a really beautiful night sky it's a very clear sky so you can see the stars so clear unfortunately there is no Northern Lights that can be seen right now it doesn't seem like there's been any huge solar storms on the Sun for the past day so I don't think we're going to get any northern lights tonight maybe a little if we're lucky but I would just love to capture the beautiful stars so I have my poor camera standing here it's one of my old camera so it's not like the best one in case something happens in the cold I don't think it's that good for the camera equipment to spend a night outside in -30° but if I was a camera I would have enjoyed it I wish I could film the stars it's so beautiful but I've taken a photo for you so you can see this is what it looks like. and the longer you stay outside the more stars you see I know there's so many people out there who has never seen the night sky far away from light pollution and every time someone comes here that has never seen that before they are like in a shock they suddenly see the night sky in a whole other way I just love this cold weather I love the magic that it brings even though it's a struggle you know what I'm going to do now I'm going to do something really nice something that actually it feels like a lifesaver in the winters here I'm going to take a hot bath our bathroom is my favorite room in the whole house it's always warm in there because we have a heater on for the past weeks I've been taking a bath I mean every second day or something because I've been been so cold I've been freezing in my bones I haven't really felt you know that good so taking a bath has been like the only way to really calm down and feel warm in my body again and I'm so grateful for that bathtub and now when it's -30 it feels even more nice to take a hot bath the contrasts in life that's what I love the most being out here in - 30° and then go in and have a nice hot bath water is the best thing I love water every time I take a hot bath I think of my ancestors who lived here 400 years ago and even 300 and 200 years ago all of them before me they didn't have a hot tub they didn't have hot water inside so when they lived here hundreds of years ago when it was -30° they didn't have jackets like this or yeah everything that we have we are very lucky to live in this time I think a lot on them when times are hard when Nature is hard because I can't imagine really how they did it.
They were really strong. And I'm very grateful to them that they did all the hard work so that I could live here and enjoy it in this way. so now when I take this hot bath I'm going to think of them and hope they can somehow enjoy it through me all right let's go home good night camera have a nice night now don't do anything I wouldn't do - 35.
9° Good morning Good morning Yeah we're making fires in every room now Did you have a good sleep? Yeah He's very tired now when it's so cold outside it's good that you're sleeping Nanook Good morning! it's been the coldest night so far, -36 ° we had this morning so I'm going to go for a little walk in the sunlight while the sun is up and I'm also going to go and pick up my little camera that I left outside during the night so beautiful oh wow the sunlight oh my gosh I think this is the first day that I really see the sun so clearly like this and it's getting higher up above the trees I've spotted my camera It looks good!
How you doing? What did you see tonight? It's so beautiful!
And I'm so glad I have this jacket Do you see, it has my name on it. It says Jonna Jinton here I got this jacket when I was on a polar Expedition 2013 I was going 300 kilmeters over the tundra way way up in the north and that was quite an experience it was one of the hardest challenges I've ever done in my life I got a bit sick I think, I couldn't eat couldn't sleep it was so hard but it was so magical as well it's one of these experiences that I will never forget I realize now that I haven't really told you about that expedition but I should uh have a little storytelling someday to share about the experience I had on the Polar Expeditions with my beautiful sled dogs it was amazing but I got a lot of good equipment from the journey I think this one is the best thing that I got it's a real Expedition Parka so it's almost like a tent you just pull it over like there's no opening here it's just you know yeah you pull it over and it keeps you really warm so this is the jacket that I use when it's the most extreme cold and when I know I'm going to be out for some time to yeah film or whatever just going to soak in some sunlight, it's setting any minute. Now I'm here at my beautiful art studio I'm just going to check on it a little bit and turn on the heat some more because I'm going to be here tonight and work and the whole weekend cuz I guess it's a little bit cold in here now it's so beautiful up here I love this space I love this space so much oh it was actually quite nice in here the heating system in this house is amazing this house is so much warmer than our home because the house is newer it's better insulated and it's smaller and of course we have a a nice heating system here with the stove so even if I'm not here it's uh keeping the house warm it means so much to me that it's warm in this house that's also something I've been missing like for the whole time I've been living up here because it's always been cold wherever I lived and wherever I worked it's been so cold every winter and this house is not cold so when I come here I feel more relaxed than when I do when I'm at home because yeah you don't have to fight so much here it is a little bit messy in here right now so I'm going to clean up later cuz uh now finally is the time for me to be here a lot for the next months coming up I'm going to spend a lot of time here it's so strange because this house is my work this is my art studio when I come here I'm supposed to work on something but there's like no other place on Earth that makes me feel so relaxed like there's no pressure when I come here I get the feeling from this house that I'm good enough just the way I am I don't need to achieve anything more in this life I can just be here and that feeling is like the key to create things from within your heart like there's no pressure there's no thoughts about the result it's just pure inspiration and love yeah it's hard to put into words I just really really love to be here and uh yeah.
I'm so glad a year ago I was starting this insane project with renovating this house I'm so glad that it's done I mean I had so much fun with doing this project but I also felt like I had to put aside so much during 2023 that I wanted to do to get this done but that's what you have to do sometimes you have to prioritize so yeah I think I'm going to end the video here so that I can start editing tonight and uh I'm so happy that you watched the video and that you are here on my channel I hope that you have a good start on the year remember to be kind to yourself especially now it's not easy being human on this earth right now take care of yourself and take care of your loved ones and I'll be back here soon again I love you so much see you soon Bye bye!
