Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life

Review I loved the novel Minimalism, Live a Meaningful Life by Joshua Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus. This book opened my eyes to problems I might be facing ten years from now. Maybe I see myself living a minimalistic life down the road. I liked how this novel went into so much depth into how to live a healthier lifestyle. It makes me open up my eyes when I go to the gym and think, what have they gone through, what caused them to become so unhealthy? I liked how the book went into so much detail about dieting solutions and all of the background connections Joshua and Ryan had to all of the different diets, if it was them or someone they knew, and they had positive results. I thought it was cool how they would list different steps to become a minimalist and how to find the things in your live life that you need to illuminate. I believe that I became confused because of how the story was written. The book's story would switch between Ryan’s life and and Joshua’s life and how they grew up living in similar conditions. The novel then describes how they choose different job paths to become better than their parents. Once they became successful they both turned into minimalism, but used different methods to achieve their minimalistic lifestyle. I found this confusing how there were so many little subchapters within the chapters. Within the character change and all of the different subchapters confused me while I was reading. The quality of the writing however was done exceptionally. The authors used large words that made the sentences flow much more exceptionally. I thought it was neat, how Joshua and Ryan went into so much depth into things that could help you life a healthier life. It might be important to reread this book so that it is fully understood. I found this book useful comparing things in my life to things in this book. Joshua and Ryan were never happy until they became minimalists. Maybe I should alter parts of my life to help me live a more meaningful life. I thought it was cool how the authors would add in their writing to go to their website or another website to help promote their work so they can largely influence more people.

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.

If you need to declutter, these are the experts. Their personal stories are just different enough that some of their experiences will probably resonate with you, in a big way. And that's what I keep going back to... their personal moments of self-discovery, and observations about habits so many of us have acquired through generations of holding onto "keepsakes." This isn't a harsh, get-rid-of-everything philosophy, but these minimalists share insights that can help you face your vulnerabilities when it comes to clutter and... well... just owning too much stuff.

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.

Absolutely love this book. I found it a very motivational book. Interesting and knowledgable. However this one was bought as a gift. The recipient was also very pleased. Came in great packaging to prevent damage. Would recommend.

A great book to read when reconsidering what really matters in life. Plenty of food for thought. Definitely worth a re-read.

I absolutely loved this book. It's very inspiring and tells you so many truth things about minimalist, how to live better and find the right way to happiness.

A life changing book and it’s written in a simple way