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Best Minimalism and Decluttering Books
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items Books that have guided me on my decluttering, downsizing, minimalism, and simplification journey as I have given up my house, packed up items, sold or given away most, and am deciding on what lifestyle I want moving forward.
Sections
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Minimalism
Death Cleaning
Decluttering
Hoarding
Minimalism
Small book with lots of good info
Messy Minimalism: Strategies for Everyone
Practical minimalism
The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism
Follow up to his previous book “Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism”
Hello, Habits: A Minimalist's Guide
Great tale of a young collector who goes minimalist
Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism
Easy way to take it step-by-step according to room
The Minimalist Home: A Room-by-Room Guide
Modern and practical minimalism for the long term
New Minimalism: Decluttering & Design
Easy on the eyes guide to downsize
The Minimalist Home (Large Print)
Finding the balance between preserving memories while letting go of that which is holding you back.
Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff
Applying the concepts of Japanese minimalism in your own lifestyle.
Japanese Minimalism 101: Tips & Hacks
How Japanese minimalism can shift your life designed to help you find your own balance.
What You Can Learn From Japanese Minimalism
I like the focus on living a better life with less and making room for more of what you want.
The More of Less: Finding Your Life Under Stuff
A great story about what can lead a person to embark upon a more minimalist lifestyle and the internal changes that spark external results. I love the emphasis on what is truly meaningful in life.
Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life
Death Cleaning
One older woman's guide on how to not leave a mess for your family to clean up
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
Inspired by the Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, a more Americanized version of the concept.
Nobody Wants Your Sh*t: Decluttering Art
A guide to Swedish Death Cleaning made for Americans to grasp and understand
Swedish Death Cleaning Made Simple for US
Decluttering
Great for those who need a more active way to tackle the decluttering process rather than just reading about it.
Home Declutter Workbook: Organize Your Space
This one offers a great focus on the concept of letting go, releasing, and also living intentionally in a slower lifestyle as you're decluttering.
Letting Go & Living Slow: Book 1
Sometimes the best way to determine if something is right for you is to simply try it for a period of time. That's what this author did. I like that she discusses numerous ways of downsizing both possessions and lifestyle, including not only getting ...
The Year of Less: A Journey to Minimalism
One of the best ways to minimize is to simply throw away items. I always love when I find something that is simply trash or that I have no need for that can easily go. I like this author's motto: "If you want to grow, you gotta let go." They help you...
Throw Out Fifty Things: Clear the Clutter
We can't have a list of minimalism and decluttering books without including the well-known Marie Kondo. This book inspired the series. She applies Japanese minimalism techniques in a way that Americans can understand. Her big motto is to determine wh...
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
I found this to be a great concept exploring how our personality might determine our tendencies towards a particular lifestyle. I think it's definitely something worth looking into. As someone into personality types, astrology, and human design, I do...
The Clutter Connection: Organizing by Type
This is a great book for those who feel simply overwhelmed with stuff, which is too easy to happen. We can feel overwhelmed with all we have, but too overwhelmed to undertake getting rid of it. This book will help you sort through all of that and dev...
It's All Too Much: Easy Plan for Less Stuff
Hoarding
Dive deep into why we feel the need to hold onto possessions and how it can even lead to excessive hoarding. Anything hoarding-related is always a great motivator for me to get rid of things in a hurry, ha.
Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things
A gentle interactive guide to lead you down the path towards decluttering and away from hoarding, while ensuring your comfort. Motivational quotes are a plus.
The Art of Not Hoarding: Intentional Decluttering
A combination of real-life stories and strategies, along with self-care as you're accomplishing what can prove to be a stressful journey. Written by a mental health professional, so that's an added plus.
Reclaim Your Life from Hoarding: Strategies
So much of why we hoard has to do with our mindset and beliefs around possessions-- we keep them because we feel they're valuable, whether that's accurate or not. Chronic hoarders even see the value in what others consider trash. This book covers the...
Buried in Treasures: Help for Hoarding