Once, Tammy Strobel and her husband were living a normal middle-class lifestyle: driving two cars, commuting long distances, and living well beyond their means. Now they are living the voluntary downsizing; or smart-sizing; dream. In this book Strobel combines research on well-being with numerous real-world examples to offer practical inspiration. Her fresh take on our things, our work, and our relationships spells out micro-actions that anyone can take to step into a life thats more consc...

Dee Williams’s life changed in an instant, with a near-death experience in the aisle of her local grocery store. Diagnosed with a heart condition at age forty-one, she was all too suddenly reminded that life is short, time is precious, and she wanted to be spending hers with the people and things she truly loved. That included the beautiful sprawling house in the Pacific Northwest she had painstakingly restored—but, increasingly, it did not include the mortgage payments, constant repairs, ...

** Discover that having LESS is MORE... Get more freedom, more time, save money and more, by eliminating the excess in your life and focusing on the essentials. ** Would you like to go to sleep at night knowing that your day was spent as you truly wanted to spend it? Would you like to feel sure that you didn’t waste time and energy on meaningless activity? Are you tired of listening to the thundering voice of consumerism instead of the quiet voice withi...

I've introduced this 30 Day Challenge to give you the opportunity to discover what Minimalism means to you. The goal is not just to help you lose the clutter, but to create lifestyle changes that will last. Consider this a 30 day transformation to get you ongoing results months and years down the road.Tackling the 30 Day Challenge should be just that, a challenge. I'm challenging you to experience your day-to-day routine in a different way. Every day provides three tasks for you to...

The Minimal LIST, written by Madison Bradford is a step by step guide to applying the principles of minimalism to every aspect of your life. This book will walk you through the process of streamlining your home, kitchen, attic, wardrobe, workspace and more. As each step is completed you will begin to feel freedom from stress and excess. At the end of each chapter is a checklist that you can use as you go through each set of tasks.Madison Bradford has helped hundreds of people exper...

“Living a better life…with less stuff.” —National PostWhat if everything you ever wanted isn’t what you actually want? Twenty-something, suit-clad, and upwardly mobile, Joshua Fields Millburn thought he had everything anyone could ever want. Until he didn’t anymore.Blindsided by the loss of his mother and his marriage in the same month, Millburn started questioning every aspect of the life he had built for himself. Then, he accidentally discovered a lifestyle known...

The life of a minimalist does not have to be deprived. It is simple living focused on what is truly needed to make you happy. It can be filled with enriching experiences, as demonstrated by Peter's life. Of humble beginnings, Peter is financially independent—not through winning the lottery, inheriting wealth, or joining a start-up. In this book, Peter poses questions, provides facts, and shares his personal experience. His companion book "For the Thinking Sapiens" extends the journey—offer...

The Heart of Simple Living is your road map to a more balanced life—a life centered on self-discovery.Fewer possessions. More time. More friends. More meaning. This book will help you identify objectives for your life and create awareness of your actions and finances, while planning for your future.This inspirational book delivers seven tangible and actionable paths, woven together with real-life stories and humor along the way. You can follow thes...

“Reading this will lead you to a better life.”—Dean Nelson, author of God Hides in Plain SightIn The 100 Thing Challenge Dave Bruno relates how he remade his life and regained his soul by getting rid of almost everything. But The 100 Thing Challenge is more than just the story of how one man started a movement to unhook himself from consumerism by winnowing his life’s possessions down to 100 things in one year. It’s also an inspiring, invigorating guide to how we all can be...

Maybe it's time to motivate yourself to get rid of the stuff you don't want. This book takes you through the practical motivations and methods to get unwanted stuff out of your home, including specific instructions for each room in your home. Considering that our outward surroundings often reflect our inner state of mind, there's also a chapter on getting rid of emotional baggage.Living Simply – Improve Your Life with Less Clutter is a collection of articles dealing with getting ri...

Simple Living - Simplify your lifestyle. Reduce the clutter in your life. Gain control over the way you live.

Minimalism is not about having almost nothing. Rather, it’s about stripping down to the bare necessities in order to clear the mind, get more freedom and save more money. The Japanese are the best examples of a minimalist people. If you want to be as effective as the Japanese, then you better start by copying the principles of minimalism. Begin by reading the three books in this collection.