Goodbye, Things: On Minimalist Living by Fumio SasakiMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Oh, the irony. A book on minimalism is a book with quite a few unnecessary pages. Though Sasaki's ideas are often quite profound with some before and after shots of minimalists and their homes to spice things up, he could have easily done with half or less of this books. But I guess minimalists got too eat too (though perhaps fewer calories than most of us?) so more pages mean a higher price means more dough (money, not food). Joking aside, this book is a great start for those feeling overwhelmed by the stupendous amount of shit that they own. Apparently, we all have way too much of it. Is it broken? Toss it. Anything double? Get rid of it. Anything you haven't used for months and, being honest with yourself, probably won't anytime soon? In the bin with that thing. In the end, you will feel lighter, not because you'll have fewer clothes to wear, but also mentally. Aside from the basic gains that are less shit, quicker cleaning and not standing in front of your closet every morning, not knowing what to wear, it also asks of you to redefine yourself. Are my things who I am? Or am I something more than that? Once you can answer that question, truthfully, then you might be a minimalist. Just get rid of that 4th bag of hackey sacks first.
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