Joshua Fields Millburn

Ryan Nicodemus

Minimalism is the thing that gets us past the things so we can make room for life's most important things—which actually aren't things at all. At age 30, best friends Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus walked away from their six-figure corporate careers, jettisoned most of their material possessions, and started focusing on what's truly important. In their debut book, Joshua & Ryan, authors of the popular website The Minimalists, explore their troubled pasts and descent into depression. Though they had achieved the American Dream, they worked ridiculous hours, wastefully spent money, and lived paycheck to paycheck. Instead of discovering their passions, they pacified themselves with ephemeral indulgences—which only led to more debt, depression, and discontent. After a pair of life-changing events, Joshua & Ryan discovered minimalism, allowing them to eliminate their excess material things so they could focus on life's most important "things": health, relationships, passion, growth, and contribution.

Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life

'The Minimalists show you how to disconnect from our conditioned material state and reconnect to our true essence: love people and use things. This is not a book about how to live with less, but about how to live more deeply and more fully.' Jay Shetty, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Like a Monk 'Joshua and Ryan have penned an urgent manifesto for the growing movement away from the material and towards the meaningful. An important book for our current moment.' Cal Newport, New York Times bestselling author of A World Without Email and Digital Minimalism AS SEEN ON THE NETFLIX DOCUMENTARIES MINIMALISM & LESS IS NOW How might your life be better with less? Imagine a life with less: less stuff, less clutter, less stress and debt and discontent - a life with fewer distractions. Now, imagine a life with more: more time, more meaningful relationships, more growth and contribution and contentment - a life of passion, unencumbered by the trappings of the chaotic world around you. What you're imagining is an intentional life. And to get there, you'll have to let go of some clutter that's in the way. In Love People, Use Things, Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus move past simple decluttering to show how minimalism makes room to reevaluate and heal the seven essential relationships in our lives: stuff, truth, self, money, values, creativity and people. They use their own experiences?and those of the people they have met along the minimalist journey?to provide a template for how to live a fuller, more meaningful life. Because once you have less, you can make room for the right kind of more.

Because the Opposite Never Works

Love People, Use Things

What if everything you ever wanted isn’t what you actually want? Twenty-something, suit-clad, and upwardly mobile, Joshua Fields Millburn thought he had everything anyone could ever want. Until he didn’t anymore. Blindsided by the loss of his mother and his marriage in the same month, Millburn started questioning every aspect of the life he had built for himself. Then, he accidentally discovered a lifestyle known as minimalism…and everything started to change. That was four years ago. Since, Millburn, now 32, has embraced simplicity. In the pursuit of looking for something more substantial than compulsory consumption and the broken American Dream, he jettisoned most of his material possessions, paid off loads of crippling debt, and walked away from his six-figure career. So, when everything was gone, what was left? Not a how-to book but a why-to book, Everything That Remains is the touching, surprising story of what happened when one young man decided to let go of everything and begin living more deliberately. Heartrending, uplifting, and deeply personal, this engrossing memoir is peppered with insightful (and often hilarious) interruptions by Ryan Nicodemus, Millburn’s best friend of twenty years.

A Memoir by The Minimalists

Everything That Remains

The best of The Minimalists. This book by Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus collects the most relevant essays—some short, some long—from their popular website, TheMinimalists.com. This collection has been edited and organized to create an experience that's considerably different from reading individual selections online. From simple living, decluttering, and finances, to passion, health, and relationships, Essential is for anyone who desires a more intentional life.

Essential: Essays by The Minimalists

"Minimalism is the thing that gets us past the things so we can make room for life's most important things--which actually aren't things at all. At age 30, best friends Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus walked away from their six-figure corporate careers, jettisoned most of their material possessions, and started focusing on what's truly important. In their debut book, Joshua & Ryan, authors of the popular website TheMinimalists.com, explore their troubled pasts and descent into depression. Though they had achieved the American Dream, they worked ridiculous hours, wastefully spent money, and lived paycheck to paycheck. Instead of discovering their passions, they pacified themselves with ephemeral indulgences--which only led to more debt, depression, and discontent. After a pair of life-changing events, Joshua & Ryan discovered minimalism, allowing them to eliminate their excess material things so they could focus on life's most important "things": health, relationships, passion, growth, and contribution." --Provided by publisher.

Live a Meaningful Life

Minimalism

Anlamlı Bir Yaşam

Minimalizm

Stellen wir uns ein Leben mit »weniger« vor: weniger Sachen, weniger Stress, weniger Ablenkung, weniger Unzufriedenheit. Und jetzt mit einem »Mehr« an: Zeit, sinnstiftenden Beziehungen, innerem Wachstum, Zufriedenheit.

Minimalisten wie Joshua Fields Millburn und Ryan Nicodemus konzentrieren sich darauf, Raum für mehr zu schaffen – um sieben grundlegende Beziehungen in unserem Leben neu bewerten und heilen zu können: die zur Wahrheit, zu Dingen, zum Selbst, zu Geld, Werten, Kreativität und vor allem zu anderen Menschen. Sie veranschaulichen das mit Geschichten, anregenden Fragen und Übungen. So verstehen wir, wie wir schädliche Verhaltensmuster beseitigen und Beziehungen besser pflegen können.

... weil das Gegenteil nicht funktioniert

Was und vor allem wieviel braucht es, um ein erfülltes Leben zu führen? Ein Haus, ein Auto, ein Boot? Joshua Fields Millburn und Ryan Nicodemus hatten all das, dafür mussten sie aber auch auf vieles verzichten: freie Zeit für Freunde und sich selbst, Aufmerksamkeit für die eigene Gesundheit, Freiraum für vernachlässigte Leidenschaften. Nach und nach haben sie ihr Leben umgestellt und durften erfahren, dass es nicht viel für ein glückliches Leben braucht. Anhand von fünf Säulen – Gesundheit, Beziehungen, Leidenschaften, inneres Wachstum und die Bereitschaft, zeigen sie ihren Weg zu einem bedeutungsvolleren, erfüllten Leben und wie man tatsächlich mit weniger mehr vom Leben haben kann. Dabei geben sie keine klassischen Tipps zum Entrümpeln – die gibt es schon viel zu oft – sondern zeigen, wie man sich sanft einem minimalistischen, reduzierten Lebensstil annähern kann, um Raum für die wirklich wichtigen Dinge zu schaffen.

Der neue Leicht-Sinn

Minimalismus

Cünkü Tersi Asla Ise Yaramaz

Minimalizm Insanlari Sev Esyalari Kullan

A los treinta años, Joshua Fields Millburn y Ryan Nicodemus, amigos íntimos, dejaron atrás sus carreras profesionales con sueldos estratosféricos, se deshicieron de la mayor parte de sus posesiones materiales y comenzaron a centrarse en lo que verdaderamente importa. El minimalismo es exactamente eso: ir más allá de las cosas superfluas y dar cabida a lo realmente importante de la vida. En Minimalismo, Joshua y Ryan indagan en su pasado, nublado por el "sueño americano", saturado de incontables horas de trabajo y una vida a golpe de talonario que los llevó a la depresión. En lugar de intentar descubrir sus pasiones, se anestesiaban con caprichos efímeros, lo que solo portaba más deudas, estrés y descontento. Tras una serie de sucesos que cambiaron sus vidas, Joshua y Ryan descubrieron el minimalismo, gracias al cual eliminaron los excesos materiales de su vida y pudieron centrarse en las "cosas" verdaderamente importantes: la salud, las relaciones personales, las pasiones, el crecimiento personal y la mejora de la sociedad.

Para una vida con sentido

Minimalismo

Imagínate una vida con menos: menos cosas, menos desorden, menos estrés, menos deudas y menos descontento; una vida con menos distracciones. Ahora, imagínate una vida con más: más tiempo, relaciones más significativas, más crecimiento personal, más pensar en los demás, más alegría; una vida con pasión, libre de las trampas del mundo caótico. Lo que imaginas es una vida intencional. Para alcanzarla, es necesario apartar del camino los obstáculos que nos impiden el paso. En Ama a las personas, utiliza las cosas, los famosos "minimalistas" no solo nos enseñan a poner orden y mesura, sino que nos muestran cómo el minimalismo permite abrir espacios para restablecer las siete relaciones esenciales en nuestra vida: con las cosas, la verdad, nuestro yo, el dinero, los valores, la creatividad y las personas. Los autores se sirven de sus experiencias y las de otras personas que han conocido a lo largo de su viaje minimalista para brindarnos un modelo de vida más plena y con sentido.

... porque al revés jamás funciona

Ama a las personas, utiliza las cosas...

Weniger ist mehr Stellen wir uns ein Leben mit "weniger" vor: weniger Sachen, weniger Stress, weniger Ablenkung, weniger Unzufriedenheit. Und jetzt mit einem "Mehr" an: Zeit, sinnstiftenden Beziehungen, innerem Wachstum, Zufriedenheit. Minimalisten wie Joshua Fields Millburn und Ryan Nicodemus konzentrieren sich darauf, Raum für mehr zu schaffen – um sieben grundlegende Beziehungen in unserem Leben neu bewerten und heilen zu können: die zur Wahrheit, zu Dingen, zum Selbst, zu Geld, Werten, Kreativität und anderen Menschen. Sie veranschaulichen das mit vielen Geschichten, Beispielen, anregenden Fragen und Übungen. So wird deutlich, wie wir schädliche Verhaltensmuster beseitigen und Beziehungen besser pflegen können.

The Minimalists

Love People, Use Things, ... weil das Gegenteil nicht funktioniert

Simplicity: Essays is The Minimalists’ fifth book and second essay collection, a follow-up to their bestselling book Essential Essays. In the two years since the authors quit their six-figure corporate jobs and embraced simpler lives, they have written more than 200 essays on the subject of simple living. Simplicity: Essays serves as a “best of” collection for their most important collaborative writings. This 152-page book contains 46 edited and revised essays about living a meaningful life with less stuff, including “Getting Rid of Gifts,” “Asking Friends & Family to Embrace Change,” and “I Am Not the Center of the Universe.” It also includes a special forward by The Minimalists and two unpublished essays that can’t be found anywhere else: “Simplicity” and “The Worst Christmas Ever.” The order of the essays in this collection is deliberate; they are meant to be read in sequence from beginning to end. Doing so will result in an experience that is different from reading these essays individually throughout the web, connecting various concepts that may otherwise seem unconnected. These essays were written to encourage readers to think critically about the excess in their lives and, ultimately, to take action towards living more intentionally. This collection is short enough to be read in a few sittings, or it can be digested slowly, reading one essay a day for six weeks, applying its principals each day to your own life.

Ryan Nicodemus

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