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.
Jane says
Hi, Joshua!
I’m Jane, and I live in Texas. I think I first found your blog back in the summer of 2010. The unfortunate loss of a loved one, coupled with your blog posts on Freedom and Easier Cleaning made me realize how much of my life I’d been wasting on *things.* Since then, my husband and I have de-owned 85% of our possessions. I continue to eliminate the unnecessary items but I am now working on a mental de-cluttering: letting go of past hurts, resentments, and regrets. Which has been more challenging to release than sentimental items! Thank you for inspiring me!
Stephanie says
I’m from Madison, AL. I discovered you via one of my Facebook friends who shared a post right around the time I moved into a new house, and I decided I really wanted this house to be a calm and restful place for my family so I signed up for your uncluttered course.
Briana says
Thank you for helping lead through this movement. I am 45 this week and seeing the errors of my choices in life. I was just “downgraded” at my job, d/t “re-distribution of talent” and this has been a moment to re-focus my values and dreams to not include climbing a “career cage” (previously known as corporate ladder.)
You guys have helped me redirect. Thank you.
Kim Miskulin says
You are shifting my mind. You are teaching me simple tips how to de clutter my home and mind. Living with less is so much more. For years I’ve been accumulating stuff and debt and I just don’t want it anymore. I clicked on a post on FB and liked your page. Thank you!!!
David LeBlanc says
Very cool. Just discovered your site recently via a friend on FB, and liked what I saw. Congrats on the achievement.
Julie Richards says
I’m from perth, Western Australia and first came across Becoming Minimalist through a friend re-posting your articles on fb a couple of years ago. I’ve also heard you talking with Brooke from “Slow your home” podcast in recent times…a new discovery for me. I’ve always decluttered or shuffled stuff around but am finding more purpose and meaning and my why as I read your blog.
Rachel says
Hi! I’m from Miamisburg, Ohio. I can’t remember the first post I saw, but something that stood out to me was something along the lines of “don’t buy more stuff for your stuff.” I had always been a container/basket junkie!
Barbara says
My family thinks I am crazy but turning to Minalism has made my life so much more stress free it is amazing!
Cedar Rapids Iowa
Mandi says
I’m from Indiana and was first introduced to Becoming Minimalist through the Minimalism documentary. Thanks for all you’re doing!
Isabelle says
Isabelle from New Brunswick, Canada. Found your site through a post shared by a friend on facebook recently. Love your posts although I’m still just reading and not actively participating yet….