Magpie Suggests: The Art of Being Minimalist
Remember last month when I gave Everett Bouge’s The Art of Being Minimalist a kind of lackluster review in this post on *8Things to Minimize?
I changed my mind. (You knew I’d come around, didn’t you Everett?)
It’s sticking with me, this little book, and the ideas presented in it are turning ’round and ’round in my mind. Since reading it Paul and I are seriously considering:
- living without a car when we return stateside.
- extending the lease on our six bedroom house in Seattle in order to experiment with living in small, downtown condo.
- selling 90% of our 1,000 volume library. (150 is our new golden number)
- getting rid of most of our DVD’s.
Anything that makes you re-think that much stuff is worth the $9.95. (Soon to go up to $19.95.) Plus, it’s an ebook – no physical clutter required. And it has a beautiful minimalist design, which I, the migrainuer, appreciates. (No visual clutter!)
Now look, I know a lot of you are doing too much. So don’t buy this if it’s just going to be one more thing sitting on your desk waiting to be read. But if you have 90 minutes to read it this weekend, it might change your life.
Click here to buy The Art of Being Minimalist.
P.s. If you buy the book by clicking on a link in this post, you’ll be buying me a cuppa. For my full disclosure statement about how I love you and only tell you good things, click here.
4 comments
Thanks for the suggestion, Rachelle. I just ordered it through your site and read the first 20 pages or so. I have once again opened up the discussion with my kids about all of us getting rid of STUFF. Hoping this is the inspiration that I need to get it all going.
Sandy
Wow – that is a lot of change to consider. I’ll look forward to seeing how some of these thoughts play out when you do return stateside. I can only imagine what living with 150 books would be like!
We’re doing it baby! Thanks for the recommendation. Both Josh and I have decided that minimalism calls to us and we are working to reduce both our stuff and what we spend. Although his 100 things may be a little too ambitious for me :) Miss you lots!!
The idea of this book intrigues me, but my books…. Never! I love the idea of going car-less. Hopefully our next house will make that possible.
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