USA TODAY BESTSELLER • A popular minimalist blogger and author of The More of Less shows you how to methodically turn your home into a place of peace, contentment, and purposeful living.One of today’s most influential minimalist advocates takes us on a decluttering tour of our own houses and apartments, showing us how to decide what to get rid of and what to keep. He both offers practical … keep. He both offers practical guidelines for simplifying our lifestyle at home and addresses underlying issues that contribute to over-accumulation in the first place. The purpose is not just to create a more inviting living space. It’s also to turn our life’s HQ—our home—into a launching pad for a more fulfilling and productive life in the world.
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This isn’t just a book about decluttering. It’s a book about remembering what the purpose of every room is and making your home feel like the most important place on earth. Less clutter, more heart.
I found Josh Becker’s overall book outline of leading us through this process from easiest to most difficult to be a very helpful way to proceed. I began this book feeling fairly clear about how to clean out and pare down–thinking I did not have a lot to learn from what should be commonsense–but was surprised to find more inspirational thoughts and helpful tips than expected. Josh does not have us photographing and kissing items good-bye, which I find a bit much, but rather encourages us to assess in a practical manner. He validates our emotional attachment to certain items in our life (We don’t have to get rid of everything.) and the fact that sometimes we think we have pared down but can return later to pare down even farther.
It is motivational and practical.
I have always been one that tries not to have too much clutter but I’ve never considered myself a minimalist. Despite trying to minimize clutter in my house, it continues to creep in despite my best efforts. We are in the middle of moving at the moment, and I figured it was the perfect opportunity to read The Minimalist Home and implement the steps needed to start living more simply in our next home.
The Minimalist Home begins by explaining what it means to be a minimalist, getting to know the author and how him and his family acclimated to a new lifestyle, and the blessings this change triggered. The meat of the book breaks down each area of the home and gives great suggestions and guidance. Unlike other books, The Minimalist Home encourages participation from everyone in the household, which I found refreshing, but I do have to say that a lot of the information is rehashed, though everything repeated is a wonderful reminder. That mixed with little tips and stories sprinkled throughout helped keep the book fresh and original.
I have found a lot of the information incredibly helpful throughout the decluttering and packing process. Everything that leaves my house is a tiny burden off my shoulders and what stays will bless me and my family. The Minimalist Home is a wonderful resource that I believe everyone should reference whether you’re a minimalist or not.
*I have reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from the publisher. All opinions are completely honest, and my own.
While many of the concepts in this book were familiar to me, I appreciate that this is a gentle approach to minimalism that’s appropriate for the average family.
The author doesn’t encourage you to give up all of your possessions or anything wild like that. Simply put, his approach is about minimizing what you have so that you can enjoy what you DO care about more.
It’s a nice and easy read and serves as good motivation for decluttering.
The book was very practical and though provoking. It provided real life examples and solutions.
I gave this 4 stars – but I need to preface this with saying – it is a 4 star after page 40. This book seems to have a 40 page introduction that is unnecessary. If you skip through that 1st part, the rest of the book is great. It is very helpful & informative. There are steps and lists – which are very helpful for people like me that are new to cutting back. Joshua Becker is a blogger and author so you may also do a search for some of his other works for help, as well.
*Waterbrook Multnomah Partner
The result of reading and implementing The Minimalist Home together as a family is a household filled with fewer distractions and better conversations. Having fewer barriers between us, our family is now sharing more stories and laughs. We’ve learned that we don’t need more things from the store; we need more of each other in our lives. And this book is the guide that got us there.
Joshua provides great tips on decluttering every room and inspires readers to think deeply about what really makes a house a home.
I must admit that decluttering isn’t new to me. Over the years I have actually purged some of my belongings and then, as with the case of many addictions, I slipped back into my old habits and replaced them with other items. Being on the launch team of The Minimalist Home has once again given me incentive to declutter and refocus my life. Metablogger and international speaker Joshua Becker offers tips to help us make the most of our living space and he even suggests that a minimized home is a better place to come home to and it is also a better place to go out from. Becker explains ‘The Becker Method’, shares tips for decluttering each room of our house and then he gives us a Minimalism Maintenance Guide to help us maintain this new lifestyle!
Sprinkled throughout the book are key concepts and three of them especially resonated with me.
**Never organize what you can discard.#minimalisthome
**Not every possession is a belonging.#minimalisthome
**Be remembered for the life you lived–not the things you bought.#minimalisthome
The concept of minimalist living certainly isn’t new but this book stresses the benefits of a decluttered, refocused life and all of the information is handily contained in one book! I recommend The Minimalist Home as an excellent resource for anyone who desires a simpler life.
I received an advanced copy of this book for review from Waterbrook Multnomah as part of the book’s launch team partnership. These are my honest opinions.
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