After reading Marie Kondo's The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, I was curious what wisdom and insights Joshua Becker might have to offer in the More of Less.
Becker defines minimalism as the intentional promotion of things we most value and the removal of anything that distracts us from them. Minimalism doesn't mean owning nothing and giving up everything. He argues that when we let possessions own us, we don't enjoy what we value most in life.
Kondo shares a lot of her personal life stories about what sparked and didn't spark joy, Becker shares a lot of other people's stories and stories from the Bible. Becker offers a list of familiar questions to help you zero in on your passions and reevaluate if your lifestyle matches your values. He gives you homework like Declaring Your Why, Write Down Your Goals to guide you. Becker reminds us of how easy it is to buy mindlessly, or for the wrong reasons. How we've been conditioned to always want bigger, better, more, and how liberating it is to live more mindfully.
Perhaps the most interesting part of this book, for me, was learning about how others have defined minimalism their way, and letting that set my imagination afire.
I received this book from Blogging for Books in exchange for my honest review.
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