How I stopped shopping, gave away
my belongings, and discovered life is worth more
than anything you can buy in a store.
It's a common problem in our cozy First World: we have too much.
Too much stuff, too much clutter, too many calories and, too many demands on our time.
There are loads of self-help books out there help us to simplify our lives.
This one was a little different. I was expecting the nuts and bolts of simplifying, hoping to find a few tips and inspiration. What I got was the struggle the author went through to achieve her goals, not how she did them. It showed the strategies she employed to keep herself on track and it explored how she motivated herself to continue even when events in her personal life could easily have derailed her.
This was very helpful. To be shown how the conversations you have with others, how challenges in life, be it professional or personal, have the ability to make your well laid out plans more difficult, was refreshing and familiar. I did like how she tracked her progress on a calendar, it's something I use everyday; seeing the successful days pile up as I cross them off in bold, black Sharpie is satisfying.
I like to think of the book as a personal growth memoir rather than a self-help book. Cait Flanders offered plenty of inspiration but she also gave lots of room to make her experience something I could modify and make my own.
It was a warm and charming book. I was rooting for her the whole time.
Cait Flanders' Website - https://caitflanders.com/
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