The Year of Less

The Year of Less resonated with me tremendously, as I've been on a simple living journey for about a year. Through this book, Cait Flanders illustrates that clutter, debt, and weight gain are all symptoms of unresolved emotions and experiences. Through out her tale, she talks about how she spent money and collected items as a way to try to become the person she thought she should be. So much of our dissatisfaction in life comes back to trying to comfort ourselves with stuff. People say this isn't a how to book, but there is no simple way to break the cycle of buying as a way to soothe the soul. Clutter, simple living - there is no quick fix. It's hard work to understand why these things are in our lives. Flanders does an excellent job of demonstrating how hard it is to make the space that you need. I reccomend this book.

If you're looking for a how-to, step by step, I reccomend you read Becoming Minamalist by Joshua Becker, and Slow by Brooke McAlery. Once you're done with those, come back to this book.