Minimalist Habits: Practical Strategies and Tactics to Simplify Your Life and Get Rid of Excess Baggage: Minimalist Living, #1

By David Wright

Live More by Choosing Less 

Our lives are full of stuff. Our world encourages both buying and holding onto things. We seem to have this obsession with possessing things. And, sadly, we are reluctant to let go of what we already own. This leads to clutter, hoarding, and the unhealthy thinking that goes with it.

Thanks to clever advertising and eager sellers we've become accustomed to wanting more, bigger, improved faster, more efficient products. We can't get enough. There's always more out there tantalizing us. When we physically minimize our possessions, there is a shift in thinking about what is important not only in our setting but also in our beliefs. We look at problems and solutions differently. We value things, thoughts, idea, and concepts differently. I believe that, by getting rid of the physical and mental clutter, we become better able to problem solve. We become more adept at making informed decisions. We become better able to assess and use our resources.

In this book, David Wright inspires you to take a fresh look at your life and yourself and to make a move toward acquiring minimalist habits that will alter the way you think, the way you live, the way you interact with colleagues, friends, and loved ones.

Here's a preview of what you'll learn:

- The Importance of Minimalist Habits
- Taking Stock of Your Stuff
- Streamlining Everyday Decisions
- Taking the Mystery out of Daily Routines
- Assessing Your Environment
- Minimizing Financial Stress
- Getting Technology on Your Side
- Rethinking Social Relationships
- Getting Fit Mentally and Physically
- Customizing Minimalism Based on Your Needs

• Language: English
• Publisher: David Wright
• Release date: Jul 2, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386397762

Book preview

Minimalist Habits

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PRACTICAL STRATEGIES AND TACTICS TO SIMPLIFY YOUR LIFE AND GET RID OF EXCESS BAGGAGE

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DAVID WRIGHT

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter One: How Can Minimalist Habits Help?

Chapter Two: First Steps- Taking Stock

Chapter Three: Streamline Everyday Decisions

Chapter Four: Take the Mystery out of Daily Routines

Chapter Five:  Assess Your Environment

Chapter Six:  Consolidate Financial Stress

Chapter Seven: Make Technology Work for You

Chapter Eight: Rethink Social Relationships

Chapter Nine: Get Fit Mentally and Physically

Chapter Ten: Tailoring Minimalism

Conclusion

Helpful Resources

It’s often said that cleaning your house is like polishing yourself. I think that this is a golden rule. It isn’t just dust and dirt that accumulate in our homes. It’s also the shadows of our past selves that let that dust and dirt continue to build. Cleaning the grime is certainly unpleasant, but more than that, it’s the need to face our own past deeds that makes it so tough. But when we have fewer material possessions and cleaning becomes an easy habit, the shadows we now face will be of our daily accomplishments.

― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

People cannot change their habits without first changing their way of thinking.

― Marie Kondo, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

Introduction: What are Minimalist Habits?

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