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Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life Kindle Edition

by Joshua Fields Millburn (Author), Ryan Nicodemus (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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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.
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"This is the minimalism book everyone's been waiting for." - Intrepid Radio
"An excellent new book." - Leo Babauta, Zen Habits

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The Minimalists--Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus--are bestselling authors and international speakers who write and speak about living a meaningful life with less stuff. Their books include Essential: Essays by The Minimalists, Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life, As a Decade Fades: A Novel, and Everything That Remains: A Memoir. They have been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, Toronto Star, Globe & Mail, Vancouver Sun,Village Voice, LA Weekly, and many other outlets. Visit the authors online at TheMinimalists.com.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B006I7DDPI
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Asymmetrical Press; 2nd edition (December 8, 2011)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 8, 2011
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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    Joshua Fields Millburn is a New York Times–bestselling author, Emmy-nominated Netflix producer, writing instructor, podcaster, and international speaker. Best known as the frontman of the simple-living collective The Minimalists, Millburn is the author of five books, including a critically acclaimed memoir, "Everything That Remains." He has been featured in Time, The New Yorker, New York Times, New York Magazine, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Atlantic, LA Weekly, and other outlets. Born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1981, he currently lives in Ojai, California.

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    Ryan Nicodemus, better known as one half of The Minimalists, writes about living a meaningful life for more than 2 million readers at TheMinimalists.com.

    Nicodemus left his six-figure corporate career at age 30 and went on to become a well-known author and speaker. He has been featured on CBS This Morning, ABC, NBC, FOX, NPR, CBC Radio, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, Elle Canada,Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Austin American-Statesman, Seattle Times,Toronto Star, Globe & Mail, Vancouver Sun, National Post, LA Weekly, Zen Habits, and various other outlets.

    Born in 1981, Nicodemus lives in Missoula, Montana, by way of Dayton, Ohio.

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D. Ann
5.0 out of 5 stars Short, Sweet and Highly Practical
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2012
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I recently started following their blog TheMinimalists- and have loved the advice/stories on it - so when they posted about their book, I decided to buy it. I wasn't disappointed. Most people will write this book off once they see the title. They'll think it's another book that is trying to shove its doctrine down the reader's throat. Or they will just think that it's not for them: "Oh minimalism... that's not for me." Or, "I could never survive with so little." Or, "I don't have to money to be able to cut things out of my life. I have bills to pay!"

Yes, the book is about minimalism, BUT - and here's the kicker - you most likely won't even notice it. The only time they really bring up minimalism is in the first and last chapters. The remaining chapters focus on five different elements that can help you live a meaningful life: health, relationships, passion, growth, and contribution. Each section opens with a scenario to help you understand why that section is an important component to having a meaningful life. Although they use the same scenario each time and it can get repetitive, they explain their reasoning for doing so in the last chapter.

I really enjoyed the book because they not only give practical guides on how to reflect on each of the five areas as they relate to your life, but also how to implement change in easy steps. From creating a list of all your relationships (friends, family, coworkers, etc.) and listing whether they are positive, neutral, or negative influences in your life to helping you uncover the anchors that are keeping you from discovering your passion, this book has tips for everyone. And that is why I'm giving the book 5 out of 5.
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Nathaly G
4.0 out of 5 stars SUPER INSPIRING!
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2017
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I recently got assigned to read a book about a subculture over the summer, minimalism being one of one of the options to later build an ethnographic study from what we learned. Perhaps one of my best reading choices yet. Minimalism is a tool in which can help you simply relieve yourself from any restraints, find that sort of freedom. Hence the book title, in which covers all components for living a minimalistic life. Authors, Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, elaborate piece by piece on how their lives are shaped today due to the discovery of minimalism, and why they are finally living more meaningfully.
Although the book at first may seem that you can finish it all in one day, I believe that it is formatted in a way to really provide the reader with a different mission at the end of each chapter. Missions in which you could most likely not finish all in one day. At first that was my ideal, finishing the book as soon as possible to get it over with. However, if you're going to have the same mindset as I for reading this book, I advise you to look elsewhere. Each chapter focused on a certain topic that happen to be different elements in which make up your life. Health, relationships, passions, growth, and contribution.
Other than the remarkable concept of this book, the quality of writing was just as satisfying. Considering I'm only a high school student and prefer more casual of compositions rather than super advanced literature in novels, Minimalism was just that perfect match. It felt as if you were simply having a conversation with the author! It contained strong figurative language such as metaphors, repetition, parallelism, oxymorons, and informal speech just to name a few. Also, instead of being formatted as were used to seeing any chapter book, story format, each paragraph was labeled a with a creative title at the top in bold. This allowed the reader to thoroughly develop a consensus on what they're about to read, and unleash a rush of eagerness to continue reading.
As you can see, it's appears to be that I am living for this book in its entirety, yet it didn't receive my full 5-star rating...and here's why. I was very pleased with the idea of the book, learning about a new subculture I never thought could be considered one in the first place. However, in some parts it seemed as if I was reading a diet magazine from your local grocery store. I did indeed enjoy reading about the crazy diets and plans they took upon themselves, but it had all seemed too familiar to be reading about. I would've preferred to see their perspective as to what being a subculture really meant to them. If it's just another ordinary word in their dialogue, or something with broad significance.
Overall, Minimalism is an excellent novel full of self-empowerment, motivation, inspiration, and most importantly, meaning. It has a purpose in which any person could utilize in their daily life. It beautifully covered all of what was expected and more. Nothing too challenging or vague, you will leave replenished.
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Roxanne Monteith
5.0 out of 5 stars Life Changing
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2017
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I originally got this book for my study on a certain subculture. I chose minimalism because I was interested in the lifestyle prior to reading. As soon as I started the book, I knew that I wouldn't be able to put it down. I spent hours just reading and highlighting. I highlighted parts that were meaningful to me and made me reflect on my own life... so I basically highlighted the whole book. For me, this will not be a one time read. This is definitely one to revisit every so often to see how your outlook on life has changed and what you can work on. The first time reading it was a real wake up call. It slapped me in the face with accountability and realization. "Have I really been worrying about this my whole life? It isn't even important". Joshua and Ryan educated me on every day "needs" that we have. It turns out that we don't need them at all. We often worry about money and material things. When I reflected on just how much of anxiety is caused by money, for the first time I had asked myself "why?". This is an example of how the book changed my perspective. There's not one rational reason for me to worry. They really emphasize societal norms and how we all seem to be brainwashed to think that we need money and jobs to live life. Many other instances like this happened during my reading session. I would 100 percent recommend this to every human on earth. Whether we admit it or not, we all have fears, we all have our own "anchors" in like that hold us back. Joshua and Ryan truly inspired me to do what they did and work on cutting my anchors loose in order to focus on what really matters; health, relationships, passion, growth, and contribution. Truly life changing.
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Sangeeta Chakraborty
5.0 out of 5 stars Practical and Minimalist
Reviewed in India on September 26, 2023
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Everything single word in this book rings true . Minimalism is the key to happiness. In this world that is driven by consumerism, minimalism can be a saviour of mankind.
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Bruna Franco
5.0 out of 5 stars Pra quem se interessar por minimalismo, esse é o melhor livro que você vai ler sobre o assunto
Reviewed in Brazil on February 24, 2019
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Conheci os dois autores através do YouTube e resolvi comprar o livro. Que benção. Tenho me interessado cada vez mais pelo minimalismo e esse livro foi um divisor de águas. Com uma linguagem simples e direta (como tudo o que eles pregam), eles explicam sem rodeios o que os levou a adotar o minimalismo como estilo de vida, como eles ganham dinheiro e, principalmente, os princípios minimalistas que regem o dia a dia dos dois. Durante a leitura fica muito evidente que o minimalismo é muito melhor quando extrapola a mera organização dos cômodos da casa e é adotado também em todos os outros aspectos da vida, como trabalho e relacionamentos, por exemplo.
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PABLO CÉSPEDES CALDERÓN
5.0 out of 5 stars Muy Interesante si te atrae el Mindfulness o el minimalismo, que vienen a ser parecido
Reviewed in Spain on September 15, 2020
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Lo estoy leyendo y es verdad que se lee muy fácil.
Yo ya seguía a estos tipos en Instagram, y el Minimalismo ya era un concepto en el que quedé atrapado, así que es un tema que mejor te interese previamente.
Cuando termine seguiré con el resto de estos dos autores.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I love it
Reviewed in Mexico on March 3, 2018
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It is really powerful, I already started to experiment with minimalism in my life, I thin we all deserve a meaningful life.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Très bon livre ...
Reviewed in France on September 21, 2019
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Je commente en Français ;-) en gros ce livre est certainement un des meilleurs si vous vous cherchez et que vous ne vous sentez pas heureux. Si vous sentez qu'ils vous manquent quelque chose. En fait c'est un peu un livre de développement personnel. Mais qui te fait prendre conscience de petits trucs en plus comme par exemple le fait que on veut toujours plus de choses inutiles ... C'est du dev perso en mode minimalisme (en mieux) qui va à l'essentiel.
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