{"id":19273,"date":"2018-11-12T01:29:53","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T08:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.becomingminimalist.com\/?p=19273"},"modified":"2019-10-30T15:36:40","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T22:36:40","slug":"the-minimalist-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.becomingminimalist.com\/the-minimalist-home\/","title":{"rendered":"The Minimalist Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/p>\n

I wrote another book.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s called The Minimalist Home<\/em><\/a>, and it\u2019s my step-by-step guide to decluttering each and every room of your home.<\/p>\n

Why, you might ask, did I write this book? Certainly there are many other books about decluttering, minimizing, and de-owning. You\u2019ve probably heard of them. Maybe you\u2019ve even read a few.<\/p>\n

But I wanted to write you a book to share MY practical method for becoming joyfully minimalist. The method I used in my own home and have taught thousands of others to use in their home as well.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s the method I created by accident 10 years ago, when my neighbor saw all the stuff I\u2019d just dragged out of the garage into the driveway and pointed out that maybe, just maybe, my family didn\u2019t need all of it.<\/p>\n

I started de-owning that day, and quickly started clearing space in my home and life.\u00a0It was an exciting, motivating process to decide what to keep and what to let go.<\/p>\n

It was also confusing, exhausting, and at times incredibly frustrating.<\/p>\n

I wish I\u2019d had this book to guide me back then<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Because, even though you\u2019ll always find people who say things like, \u201cMinimalism is easy\u2014just toss out everything you don\u2019t need!\u201d…<\/p>\n

The fact is that it\u2019s NOT easy to part with our possessions, especially when we get past the surface clutter and start facing down the things we consider part of our identities.<\/p>\n

Things like that pasta maker your husband got you for Christmas four years ago that never gets used.\u00a0But you WANT to be a person who makes homemade pasta\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Or that hiking gear you bought for a family trip that hasn\u2019t been touched since.\u00a0But your family might go hiking again someday!<\/em><\/p>\n

And what about that antique scroll-top writing desk you inherited, which has always felt out of place in your living room?\u00a0It wouldn\u2019t be right to get rid of it. It was Grandma\u2019s, and you miss her\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

It can be simple to remove the things from our homes that are immediately, obviously useless: outdated magazines, old packs of birthday candles, broken appliances.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a lot harder to confront the things we feel we should keep. And yet, at the same time, we know that our possessions have become a burden and are keeping us from living the life we want.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s an emotional letting-go process that runs parallel to the \u201csimple\u201d removal of stuff.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But the journey is still clarifying and rewarding.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why I wrote The Minimalist Home<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I know that no matter who you are, where you live, or whom you live with, mindfully choosing what surrounds you in your home (the most important place in your life) will make a noticeable difference in your daily happiness and peace of mind.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve seen this transformation happen over and over again. I know it\u2019s possible for you.<\/p>\n

The Minimalist Home<\/em><\/a>\u00a0is currently available everywhere books are sold.<\/strong><\/p>\n