Less Is More: A Guide to Minimalist Living

By Gerald Bowen

Adopting a minimalist lifestyle could be the missing piece to assist you to develop more freedom, improve your relationships, excel in your professional life, experience higher fulfillment, and joy throughout all locations in life. But, how do you get started? This guide will provide you with everything you need to get started.

 

In this book, you will discover:

 

– Why the "more equates to happiness" mindset is wrong.

– The common misunderstanding about being a minimalist that probably stops you from adopting this lifestyle.

– How minimalist living can relieve yourself from worry, fear, guilt, & depression.

– Known benefits of being a minimalist.

– How you can shield yourself from any mental health issues with minimalist principles.

– Why being a minimalist will help you understand yourself better.

– 6 simple steps to get started on a minimalist lifestyle today.

– How to excel at work by decluttering your physical & mental workspace.

– How to protect yourself from the stresses at work.

– How to declutter your personal life can lead to improved productivity, health and happiness.

– How to avoid debts & financial disaster with a simple minimalistic financial strategy.

– How to find the right balance to your minimalist lifestyle for its long-term success.

– How to solve the common challenges faced by minimalists.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Walker Publishers
• Release date: Sep 9, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201670948

Book preview

Chapter 1 What is Minimalist Living?

The first thing that you require to comprehend before embracing this new way of life is exactly what is minimalism? And how does it look in practice?

What Does Minimalist Living Look Like?

Before we address this concern, let's just restate the truth that minimalist living is nothing new. It's something that has been around for a very long time. Monks and nuns from centuries ago chose to deal with just the outright basics in their lives so that they could focus on their faith and become more detailed to supreme power. They found that, by shunning everyday luxuries, they could develop a higher understanding of themselves and their beliefs.

Yet, nowadays, things are extremely different. Really few individuals are living this kind of standard and easy way of life. Most of us have fallen into a trap of wanting more than simply the basics. We have fallen prey to the media and online marketers' message that the trick to a delighted life is to own more by having more of whatever; more money, more success, more ownerships, and more innovation.

Yet, those of us who seek to accrue an unlimited stream of ownerships usually come to find out in time that the promise of joy that marketers dangle in front of us could not be more incorrect. The genuine trick to discovering joy and peace is to think in terms of subtraction rather than addition. Less is more when it concerns finding satisfaction in life and assurance.

Basically, at its core, minimalism is everything about living with less. While that can be taken literally as having fewer ownerships, it has more far-reaching ramifications for the way that you live your life. The concept behind minimalist living is learning to recognize the important things which are very important and then focusing down on those things while eradicating whatever else which is considered to be unimportant from your life.

The Misunderstandings About Minimalist Living

As you might think, there are plenty of misconceptions about what minimalist living means. Many individuals believe that it means you can't own a house or have a car and truck. Others believe that you're limited to only having as numerous possessions as you can suit a small knapsack or bag.

None of this holds. Minimalism might best be described as intentionally promoting anything that is most worthwhile eliminating anything which brings no worth into your life. It is a principle that resonates differently with every person. While for some, that might indicate a great degree of elimination, for others, it may be much less extreme but no less helpful.

The concept of minimalist living is to get rid of anything which could be thought of as clutter from your everyday existence. This mess might be physical, in the form of ownerships that you simply do not require, or it may be emotional or mental, for example, in the form of hazardous relationships