The Simple Guide to a Minimalist Life

Unfortunately, the book provides nothing new. Fortunately, it is good to read all the content in such a simple form.

Fortunately it was a minimalist book. Not exactly a book but a collection of upgraded blog entries, I was grateful that the author mentioned it earlier in the intro.. that's bold.. The 'let's say' articles, varied from a general broad framework of minimalism to some to-do list for home, work, food, travel, family minimalist lifestyle. Although it felt as if it was more about making economies on every possible category in your life. Cutting down waste, space, clothes, belongings, some of the FAQ went as far as to ask the author about whether having 6 kids was against the minimalist trend... His answer didn't meet my expectation, simply because of the context, culture and so on... Minimalism as far as I'm concerned, from an ecological point of view, is very welcome, you're winning on every front... but pushing it to the extremes is everything except healthy or even minimal, it's just void... [ awkward silence and cricket sound] I can't decide if I can call myself a minimalist or not, but in any case I never chose it, it's just rational to have lesser things when you're on the go frequently, and can't afford maintenance time... and linking it to spirituality, at its best, is another way of depicting asceticism (and it has a name of its own you see)... I deeply believe that chaos breeds stress, owning a lot of stuff requires more time to put in order and since we all - it seems - are busy and can't afford that time, we live in clutters and that is one huge catalyst for stress and a scattered lifestyle. Accordingly, I think that you still can own more stuff if you have enough time & ressources to organize it, if that makes you happy... and still live in a bliss as a minimalist can be. You may want to read my 'minimalist' review of : "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less"... the same applies for this one too (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)

I was expecting something more. Some parts (travel and finance) are common sense or even worse

Great content, nice and simple. Worth a regular re-read.