The
minimalist movement is nothing new but a way of life that has been
forgotten. With today’s commercialism and
consumer marketing strategies we have lost our way. The author takes time in the beginning of the
book to really explain why and how we are driven to want and think we need more
materialistic things. Once we understand
why we think we need these things then we can change that way of thinking. This helps to simply our lives, saves money
and we now have time to do the things we always wanted to do. While the practical application of this is simple
enough each person is different. Most of
us will find we will need to do it in stages by eliminating a room at a time, a
set of items like books or even as simple as the junk drawer. Each goal will help to reach your goal of not
being driven by materialistic wants and needs.
Many of the suggestions I have done in the past and they do work but find
a method that works for you. This is not
a race to get rid of everything as quickly as possible. The book also takes on a religious theme that
helps to relate what you trying to do to faith based teachings. The quote that sums up this book about minimalism,
materialism and faith is a quote from Jesus “Where your treasure is, there your
heart will also be.” As the book points
out notice the order of his phrasing: our heart follows our treasure, not the
other way around. Is your treasure the
house, car or jewelry? Or is it the
people you love, the mission to help others or your faith. These treasure you cannot see but they are
far more valuable.
I received a free copy of this book from WaterBrook Multnomah in exchange for my honest review of the book.
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