Hello Everybody,
Let’s try something different today and have a little bit of fun.
This past weekend, Becoming Minimalist reached a significant milestone I wanted to share with you.
We officially surpassed 100,000 email subscribers!
That’s a pretty impressive accomplishment worthy of celebration. It means more and more people are being introduced to the life-giving benefits of owning less. And it means our community and our movement continue to grow in significant ways.
Asking people to subscribe via email to receive updates from Becoming Minimalist has never been a huge priority for me. But recently, I’ve begun to change my thinking about that. For starters, there are many readers who appreciate the convenience of receiving an email whenever we publish new posts. I want to make sure readers know that is an option if that’s what they prefer.
Additionally, and equally important, I have just created a 10-day “getting started with minimalism” email sequence to people who subscribe. The sequence includes a PDF copy of my best-selling book, Simplify, as well as first steps people can take on their minimalism journey. It serves as a helpful touchpoint for people who discover the blog, find themselves interested in minimalism, and are ready to start owning less and living more.
If you would like to join the ever-growing email list to receive the free book and email sequence, click here.
For those who have already joined, all 100,000 of you, thank you for being a part of this encouraging community and providing opportunity for this celebratory post.
I’d like to offer a special thank you to everyone who reads Becoming Minimalist. Every month, we welcome over one million unique readers and our Facebook community has now grown to 800,000. These numbers are a credit to each of you who have so generously shared this blog and its articles with friends and family.
Thank you, thank you for supporting Becoming Minimalist and helping to share the inspiration!
To celebrate, I’m giving away 7 book bundles specifically to this community.
**UPDATE: This contest has concluded and winners have been notified. You can find a list of winners at the bottom of this post.
Each prize bundle contains:
- An autographed, hardcover edition of The More of Less.
- An autographed, paperback edition of Clutterfree with Kids.
- One free registration to our upcoming Uncluttered Course ($89 value) beginning on September 5th.
The prize is open to all readers from around the world—we’ll ship the books anywhere for free.
To register for the drawing, leave a comment below.
In the comment, tell us where you are from and which Becoming Minimalist post you remember reading first (or how you were first introduced to this site).
*I know some of you have been reading for many years and do not recall your first introduction, that’s okay, just do your best.
On Friday morning, we will use an online Random Number Generator to select the winners and begin contacting them via email. I will also announce the winners on this post.
Thanks again for being part of the Becoming Minimalist community and making my work so enjoyable. I am more grateful than you realize and I look forward to the comments below and subsequent interaction.
Here are the seven winners of the prize bundle: Jason R. (Houston, TX); Jen F. (California); Alex (Buffalo, NY); Tara P. (Sunshine Coast, Australia); Dana B. (Unknown); Selina C. (United Kingdom); Christie C. (Black Hills, SD). Each of the winners have been contacted via email to redeem their prize.
On a personal note, I am blown away by the stories that have been left in these comments. I have read as many as possible.
There are stories from readers who have been following this blog from the very beginning and stories of people who just found it last week. There are stories of people finding us through Facebook, through guest posts, through mentions in the media, through conversations with friends, through Netflix, through Google, and countless people who couldn’t remember exactly how they found it. It has been incredibly encouraging to me to read these stories from all over the world.
Thanks for being part of the conversation.
Melissa Thawley says
Hi! I am from Miami, FL! One of my friends on Facebook posted something you wrote about minimalism that caught my eye. If you spend your weekends organizing and cleaning, then you have too much. This was exactly me and I decided to check your page out. I am brand new at this and I am loving it so far. Slowly but surely I will get there. I would love to take your course!
Kimberly Miller says
Hello. My name is Kim. Your approach gives me hope. I enjoy reading your blog. We have started the journey this Summer. Thank you for your courage.
Candace Annette Murray says
I remember my first desire for minimalism in 2013-2014, even though at the time, I did not know the word. Organization never worked for me, things just moved around in the space. I did what anyone would have done, I went online and searched for something, anything that would offer some ‘advice’ or ‘wisdom’, and I found you. I tried to find the very first post I read, I was unable to locate it. When I found you, I wanted to know more, I then took the knowledge and shared it with others, this works, this offers relief, less stress. This ‘Minimalism’ is the something we need, even though we may not be aware of it. Minimalism is an answer. Let us call it a ‘cure’ for it alleviates stress and the feeling of being overwhelmed. – Candace A. Murray
Preeti says
Hi, I am from South Africa. I got introduced to your blog and Facebook page by a work colleague who wanted to challenge me to reduce my stuff by removing 1 item today, 2 items tomorrow, 3 items the day after etc. I ran away from that challenge. Since then I have began reading your post daily and it all makes sense. Slowly implementing your thought process into my life, reduce clutter and clear space. Living in South Africa we definitely do spend an enormous amount of time and energy looking after our stuff. So I look forward to continuing my decluttering.
Laura says
I am not sure how I stumbled upon your site but I think it is something I needed. Struggled with stuff for years. In a transition point in life and am finally ready to work through it and move forward. From Akron Ohio
Sarah M says
Congrats on the milestone! I’ve been reading for years, so I don’t remember my first post, but I have often shared many of them throughout that time. One that I remember is the post about financial freedom. As someone who is more a natural minimalist by way of lower-income and small living quarters (and I just plain hate clutter), the financial freedom/minimalists is what I’m always encouraged by from this site.
Paula Wittke says
Hello,
I find your messages come at the perfect time for me and I have been easily changing my lifestyle with this support. I share and my friends are benifiting as well. I could never thank you enough for how inspiring change in my life for my children and myself.
Ann says
I am Ann and I am from the Chicagoland area. I first read your book – The More of Less and from there discovered your website, emails and Facebook. I love reading them! They have inspired me to purge unnecessary things and accumulate less. Thank you!
T. Shane says
I have had interest in a simple life since reading Duane Elgin’s book Voluntary Simplicity about 12 years ago. I found your blog by reading different articles on minimalism. So glad I did! I am happy to have found a community of like minded people!! It’s so exciting what is happening right now with this movement! Younger generations seem particularly interested and that brings hope for a more sustainable future!
CharlotteSykora says
Perth, Western Australia and I’ve been with you since around early 2009, I sent an email to you about my first attempt at decluttering that you posted online.