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The Concise Guide to Minimalism

Remove the Noise in Your Life, Organize Your Surroundings and Live Happier by Becoming a Minimalist.

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The Concise Guide to Minimalism

By: Josh Parker, Dan Harris
Narrated by: Jay Myers
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Do you ever feel like your closet is plotting against you? Like your garage is quietly breeding cardboard boxes when you’re not looking? Or that your phone has more apps than a Silicon Valley job fair?

Welcome to modern life: cluttered, chaotic, and overwhelming.

But what if happiness didn’t come from adding more—but from letting go?

The Concise Guide to Minimalism is not another book that tells you to throw away all your stuff and live in a sterile white box with a single succulent. This isn’t minimalism-by-dictatorship. This is minimalism-by-choice: a thrilling, inspiring, motivational, and actionable guide to cutting the noise, reclaiming your time, and living lighter.

Inside this witty, practical, and occasionally laugh-out-loud book, you’ll discover:

  • Minimalism without the guilt trip. You don’t need to live like a monk or deny yourself coffee mugs.
  • Decluttering strategies that actually stick. You’ll learn how to organize your space and your brain.
  • A holistic approach. Minimalism isn’t just about your sock drawer—it’s about clearing space in your mind, body, calendar, digital life, and soul.
  • The art of relapse management. Because spoiler alert: you will buy something dumb again. Here’s how to bounce back without shame.
  • How minimalism saves the planet. Less clutter in your home means less waste in landfills—and more room for that endangered rainforest you keep saying you care about.

With insights from Zen Buddhism and Bauhaus design to modern hacks for digital decluttering, this book makes minimalism approachable and fun. It’s about liberation.

Other books lecture—this one entertains. Josh Parker and Dan Harris make you feel like you’re chatting with a wise friend. You’ll laugh, you’ll nod, and you’ll actually want to start decluttering.

If you’re ready to let go of clutter and start living intentionally—this book is your fresh start.

©2021 Josh Parker (P)2025 Josh Parker
Personal Development Sustainable & Green Living Happiness Decluttering Minimalism

Critic Reviews

“A wonderful companion for the modern man or woman looking to live a more meaningful life.” (Sydney Today)

“A superb guide and one we have little hesitations in recommending...” (Modern Living Magazine)

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If you have heard the term and don’t know anything about it, this is a great book. However, if you already know what minimalism is, then the info in this book is redundant. Honestly, nothing in this book that you can’t easily find online for free but it doe summarize it all in one book but if you want something quick, short and easy and don’t know a thing about it.

Great if you have never heard of minimalism

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