Are you curious about the minimalist lifestyle? Getting into the idea of minimalism more and more? Want to learn more about it and hear from people living it? Here are my 5 favorite minimalism books *:
Goodbye, Things:
The New Japanese Minimalism
In Goodbye, Things, Sasaki shares his personal minimalist experience and also offers specific tips on the minimizing process. The benefits of a minimalist life can be realized by anyone, and Sasaki’s humble vision of true happiness will open your eyes to minimalism’s potential.
Simple Matters:
A Scandinavian’s Approach to Work, Home, and Style
In a beautiful collection of essays, Simple Matters challenges readers to simplify their life by prioritizing emotional and physical health, curating a personal style, and pursuing one’s dreams. Mustard provides the inspiration to curate one’s everyday life into something simple, realistic, and utterly enjoyable.
Essentialism:
The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
You won’t find the word “minimalism” in McKeown’s Essentialism, but I think the idea expressed in it is the same. The book is a systematic discipline for discerning what is absolutely essential, then eliminating everything that is not, so we can make the highest possible contribution toward the things that really matter. It’s about doing less, but better, in every area of our lives.
The Art Of Discarding:
How to Get Rid of Clutter and Find Joy
Not coined a “minimalism” book either, but I’m including Tatsumi’s The Art of Discarding here as it’s all about minimizing physical items and it was the book that inspired Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic Of Tidying Up. Tatsumi offers hands-on advice and easy-to-follow guidelines to help readers learn how to finally let go of stuff that is holding them back — as well as sage advice on acquiring less in the first place.
Minimalism:
Live a Meaningful Life
The Minimalists (aka Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus) explore their troubled pasts and descent into depression in Minimalism. Discovering minimalism allows them to eliminate their excess material things so they could focus on life’s most important “things”: health, relationships, passion, growth, and contribution.
Which one would you pick to read first? Or do you have a favorite minimalism book of your own? Share below!
(Lisa Tselebidis is a professional organizer and KonMari certified consultant offering in-home services in the NYC, New York-area as well as virtual services worldwide. Get in touch with her here.)
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