Minimalist Living

Declutter Your Home, Schedule & Digital Life for Simple Living (and Discover Why Less Is More)

De: Aston Sanderson

Narrado por: Corinne Phillips

Save your life from your stuff with minimalist living. Declutter your home. Live simply. Save money.

Learn mental tricks to want what you already have, instead of always craving more.

Minimalism doesn't mean you live in a bare apartment and own three shirts. Minimalism means cutting out the things in your life that waste your time, energy and money, so you can spend time on the things you love and cherish most. It's true: Less is more.

Don't waste another day buried under things. Live a life of beauty, engagement, simplicity, and abundance with minimalism. Listen to this book today to learn how to declutter your home, save time, digitally detox and live a life of true meaning.

©2017 Walnut Publishing (P)2017 Walnut Publishing

Useful even if you don't intend to downsize

There are a lot of books on minimalism out there at the moment, but this is easily one of the better (and less annoying) of those I have seen. First, it’s actually interesting. Although this is a non-fiction book, the author has a storyteller’s gift for engaging the reader and drawing you into the narrative she is creating. As I listened, I really wanted to know what came next. It was like listening to a friend recount a story or personal point of view to me.

Also, the information provided is useful and can actually be applied to everyone—including those of us who do not wish to throw away all of our possessions. I mean face it, in many cases, there is a reason we acquired some of these things to begin with, right? Well, these reasons are often scoffed at among the hard core minimalist crowd. For instance, I bought wood glue not because it “brings me joy” (as Marie Kondo would require), but because I sometimes need to glue wood. According to the tenets of some other minimalist gurus, I would be bound to immediately throw my useful glue away.

Not here. Sanderson acknowledges the necessity of some kinds of possessions in a modern world, while at the same time providing insight into the type of clutter we might do without. She discusses the psychology of consumerism in order to explain why humans fall prey to acquiring too many things in the first place. She makes the point that at times, some of buy things not because we need them, but to fill a void of some sort or to make us happy. Yet, studies have shown that people gain the largest dopamine rush from planning to purchase something rather than actually purchasing it, let alone owning it over the long term. Once we have something, it becomes just another possession we need to manage. After all, item we own was once something new.

I think that even if you don’t want or intend to downsize, you could still benefit from this book, if only to prevent the needless acquisition of more useless belongings. For the modest price and the hour or so of listening time, it is totally worth the investment.

The narration was superb. I wouldn't change a single thing about Ms. Phillips' performance.

I was provided this book for free at my request from the author, publisher or narrator and have voluntarily left this review.

Great Read

Minimalist Living: Devlutter Your Home, Schedule & Digital Life for Simple Living (and Discover Why Less is More) by Aston Sanderson was a great quick read. It is a good guide to purging some things and leading a minimalistic life.

minimal but important

there are so many ways to reduce material burdens and increase happiness and this book teach you how. i just made a trip to the recycling bin. thanks

Brooke

Very brief and to the point. Easy to listen to and easy to remember and put in to action.

It's About More Than Just Clearing Out Your Junk

What did you love best about Minimalist Living?

It's to the point and it has interesting insight that I haven't heard in other books on minimalism.

What about Corinne Phillips’s performance did you like?

She was clear and easy to listen to.

Any additional comments?

This book was very enjoyable and refreshing. It is well worth your time. I have recommended this title to several people already.

*This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.