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The Joy of Less
- A Minimalist Guide to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Relationships, Parenting & Personal Development, Personal Development
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Summary
"An inspiring read for anyone wanting to downsize, finally park the car in the garage, or just clear out a few closets." (Rachel Jonat, TheMinimalistMom.com)
Having less stuff is the key to happiness: Do you ever feel overwhelmed, instead of overjoyed, by all your possessions? Do you secretly wish a gale force wind would blow the clutter from your home? If so, it's time to simplify your life! The Joy of Less is a fun, lighthearted guide to minimalist living:
- Part one provides an inspirational pep talk on the joys and rewards of paring down.
- Part two presents the Streamline method: 10 easy steps to rid your house of clutter.
- Part three goes room by room, outlining specific ways to tackle each one.
- Part four helps you get your family on board and live more lightly and gracefully on the Earth.
Ready to sweep away the clutter? Just listen to this book, and you'll be on your way to a simpler, more streamlined, and more serene life.
Francine has helped hundreds of thousands of people declutter their homes and simplify their lives with her best-selling book, The Joy of Less.
Her advice has been featured widely in the media, including on CNN, BBC, Today, and in The New York Times, USA Today, The Chicago Tribune, The Guardian, The Financial Times, Forbes, The Huffington Post, Le Parisien, ELLE Espana, House Beautiful, Woman's World, Dr. Oz, The Good Life, and others.
The Joy of Less, a beautiful minimalism book, makes an ideal gift for any loved one on a mission to simplify their life.
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- Milena
- 23-11-18
Good if first
It is not my first read about minimalism and decluttering and maybe this is one of the reasons I found it somehow boring. Even though stated at the beginning that it is different than other books - it is not. This is not area of millions of techniques, minimalism and declutter are very simple ways to live and the only problem is with our attachment to things. I found this book very repetitive. I headed to Miss Minimalist website to find something else but all I found were stories of other people, not related at all to what Miss Minimalist does herself. I recommend this book for people who are only starting and this is their first read on this subject.
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- sparkles
- 07-01-17
There is a nice message here but ...
Plenty of justification on why to declutter and a simple strategy on how to declutter, however i felt somewhat disappointed , perhaps if I was a high consumption consumer or American it may of resonated with me more .
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- Paul Murphy
- 16-06-18
Inportant life concepts for everyone
A great book with important life lessons for everybody , some of which I have come to already. One small critique, written with a female reader in mind, with the odd nod to the guys. Men need to look closely at the issues raised by this book just as much as the ladies.
A great place to start to look at how consumerism is wreaking your life. and how to avoid some of the common mistakes.
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- Lou
- 28-10-19
No new info here for me
And found the narrator’s delivery rather painful too. Couldn’t finish it. Life’s too short to listen to a book about clearing up!
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- Cynthia Chukwu
- 28-06-18
Good .
This is a good book for an introduction to minimalism but is geared more towards people with families who haven't heard of minimalism.
If you have some introduction already, there might not be a lot of new information for you.
but good book overall.
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-07-16
Motivating and inspiring .
A nice place to start for anyone wanting ideas to downsize their stuff. I'm following some of the advice given and already feel inspired to make more of my living space. The last few chapters were a little disappointing and felt slightly contradictory to the rest of the book, but overall very good and well narrated.
4 people found this helpful
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- Susie Wiggins
- 28-05-21
Got me motivated
I have listened to many clutter books including one more famous. This one got me motivated to sort out my things. Albeit she goes a tiny bit too far in places (I would not go that far). It is a very good book.
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- JR
- 30-06-18
Unexpectedly Challenging-In a good way
Good advice re decluttering and simplifying my life but good insight also re becoming a butterfly and not a bull to leave a positive environmental legacy for our children to enjoy.
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- A. J. Morson
- 24-07-22
Irritating narration
Smug narration full of vocal fry
Repetitive and not particularly insightful. Probably useful if you live an Amercian-style, consumer lifestyle.
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- clo
- 30-05-22
Some good messages if a little repetitive
Some good messages if a little repetitive. At times somewhat patronising but if you can focus on the helpful stuff not a bad book. I am going to use the tile to help lighten the load in my house with three teenage daughters and LOADS of stuff .
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- Brenda Murray
- 27-05-18
Joy of Less: Yes, I'm judging you.
There are some good tips for reigning in the clutter in you life. However, if you're not a minimalist yet and you imagine them as judgy and self-important, this book will only confirm that. While I did take away some good tips on reducing what I own and consuming less, the author came across as both condescending and ridiculous at times. For example, if your hobby is woodworking, that requires a lot of stuff. So give up that hobby and write poetry instead, so you can get rid of your woodworking equipment. She also seems to think every woman is a label whore who runs to the mall every time a new shade of lipstick comes out. One thing I dislike about minimalist books and blogs is that they seem to push the idea that interiors must be white, modern, and stark to minimalistic. This book definitly adheres to that aesthetic. Also, I hate the word module now. In short, good tips yet vaguely annoying and judgy.
128 people found this helpful
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- jwithherspoons
- 19-07-16
Definitely worth a read!
Great narrator. I really liked this book. Sometimes the writer got a bit preachy, and while I wholly agree with most of her points sometimes it got a bit redundant and I wished she would just move on and get off the soap box. I will firstly admit that it could be because I am far along in my minimalist/zero waste/zero impact journey, I have heard a lot of her points before, which could explain why I got more frustrated when she wouldn't move on than someone else might have been. To someone who is new to it all it is very informative and worth a read/listen. Very life changing and a new way to think about our lives today that is so meaningful.
51 people found this helpful
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- Lefie
- 05-05-17
Top 3 Minimalism Books
I've read many many books on simplifying, minimalism, and conscious living. The Joy of Less is definitely one of the more impactful reads, as it supplies reasoning and logic to back up your decision-making when embarking on a less cluttered lifestyle. Whether your aim is to become an extreme minimalist, find ways to be more environmentally friendly, or simply pare down your possessions and organize, I highly recommend this book!
49 people found this helpful
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- K. Russell
- 28-05-16
Good to listen to when you're decluttering or moving
Lots of good thoughts and reminders about living with less. Makes a person really want to toss and donate things.
35 people found this helpful
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- Ramon Sanchez
- 25-08-17
A hardcore How to, Not a story
This is a How to book. It's pretty hardcore on how to minimize your possessions. It's flexible and shows you what an ideal minimalist life is like. The reader doesn't need to go to the extreme but should know what it looks like. there are a lot of great ideas and tips to get started. I was expecting a story but this was just as useful non the less.
16 people found this helpful
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- Brenda
- 04-06-17
Rich content and soothing narration
Loads of content that goes beyond minimizing material belongings and into the underlying motivations of our lives. Yet it weaves it all seamlessly and doesn't feel overstuffed. Even better than Kondo's books, IMHO (which were also good a read), but the two can go well together. I have gone back to several chapters multiple times and taken what's most relevant for me at any given stage.
12 people found this helpful
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- Beach Grandma
- 06-01-17
Some good ideas
Although some technique and advice are impractical the essence of the book are both good and motivational. The most helpful chapters are in the last third of the book.
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- Bigger Rock
- 20-09-16
Changed my mindset
Changed my mindset. This book will motivate you to declutter, for all the right reasons.
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- Rebecca Myer
- 25-02-17
Less is more
Great inspiration! I re-read after moving to a new house, it is helping me set up a comfortable living space. Bonus of listening, my husband is getting excited about minimizing his space a well.
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- Abigail Inman
- 31-10-18
disappointing and misleading
I am deeply disappointed in this book. The author can't seem to get past the whole "situational guilt"thing, and it seems to have gone wrong. being a minimalist in a developed country does absolutely nothing for poverty anywhere else. the idea that you have somehow done something virtuous for the poor by cleaning out your closet, or better organizing your kitchen is silly. It also seems too very much be geared toward people who have more money than they know how to manage. the majority of people are not continuously spending money to get more and more and more designer clothes, they are not buying a 2nd 3rd 5th or 12th car, they are not buying closets full of art. I was honestly looking for a book with smart, cost effective, and creative ways to organize and store the things I do have in The Limited space I have to work with, which are by and large things that I need to keep because I either use them on a regular basis or will not be able to replace them when the rare occasion comes up that I do need them. all in all the message of the book is not to act so affluent, which doesn't really help anybody who has a lower income and already has less than the average American. I listen to more than an hour of this book, and I really tried to give it a chance. I just can't, in good conscience, waste anymore of my time. It's even more precious than space.
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