I just recently finished the book, Adopting the Minimalist Mindset: How to Live with Less, Downsize, and get More Fulfillment from Life by Brian Night.
I had mixed feelings about this book. The principles behind this book were interesting, and I liked the mindset that he teaches. I am trying to become self reliant, to make as much as I can and to have as little dependence on other people as possible. The book definitely gave ways to downsize, offering advice like remove one thing from your house a day, don't buy anything if you are not going to get rid of that same thing you currently have.
My issues with the book lies in the way he says it. Night tells us that we should have one room in the house that toys can be in, and children are forbidden from taking it out of that room. I am not a parent currently, but if I ever become one, I can tell you with certainty that we will have a little more fluidity in our house. He gave a lot of advice in the book, and a lot of great tips, but I felt that he didn't have the reward side as laid out.
I recently got married, and to tell me that to be minimalist, I need to start getting rid of the things that I was given as gifts, I would need a really good reason.
If you are already planning to transition into living a minimalist lifestyle, then this book offers a lot of action items and steps that you can take to make that a reality.
I had mixed feelings about this book. The principles behind this book were interesting, and I liked the mindset that he teaches. I am trying to become self reliant, to make as much as I can and to have as little dependence on other people as possible. The book definitely gave ways to downsize, offering advice like remove one thing from your house a day, don't buy anything if you are not going to get rid of that same thing you currently have.
My issues with the book lies in the way he says it. Night tells us that we should have one room in the house that toys can be in, and children are forbidden from taking it out of that room. I am not a parent currently, but if I ever become one, I can tell you with certainty that we will have a little more fluidity in our house. He gave a lot of advice in the book, and a lot of great tips, but I felt that he didn't have the reward side as laid out.
I recently got married, and to tell me that to be minimalist, I need to start getting rid of the things that I was given as gifts, I would need a really good reason.
If you are already planning to transition into living a minimalist lifestyle, then this book offers a lot of action items and steps that you can take to make that a reality.