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Everything That Remains: A Memoir by The Minimalists

af Joshua Fields Millburn

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What if everything you ever wanted isn't what you actually want? Twenty-something, suit-clad, and upwardly mobile, Joshua Fields Millburn thought he had everything anyone could ever want. Until he didn't anymore. Blindsided by the loss of his mother and his marriage in the same month, Millburn started questioning every aspect of the life he had built for himself. Then, he accidentally discovered a lifestyle known as minimalism ... and everything started to change. In the pursuit of looking for something more substantial than compulsory consumption and the broken American Dream, he jettisoned most of his material possessions, paid off loads of crippling debt, and walked away from his six-figure career. So, when everything was gone, what was left? Not a how-to book but a why-to book, Everything That Remains is the touching, surprising story of what happened when one young man decided to let go of everything and begin living more deliberately. Heartrending, uplifting, and deeply personal, this engrossing memoir is peppered with insightful (and often hilarious) interruptions by Ryan Nicodemus, Millburn's best friend of twenty years.… (mere)

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Good message, contrived interactions, over use of thesaurus

The message is powerful and strikes a chord with me. The vehicle to present the message (conversations with Ryan) often came across contrived, and there seemed to be much too great a reliance on the thesaurus to use "big words" for no good reason. (

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knersus | Jan 23, 2024 |

This book is a must-read for anyone even remotely interested in no longer being owned by your stuff. JFM uses a highly enjoyable writing style throughout this book while sharing his personal story and transformation. I will be reflecting on this book for a long time, as well as passing it on to inspire others. The goal isn't to declutter, it's to destuff. (

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Tohno | Feb 9, 2022 |

Okay, I didn't so much read this as begin to read it, get frustrated by the self indulgent way the main author relegates his coauthors ideas to end notes (and for the love of all things, can we banish endnotes in favor of footnotes? Don't make me work so hard.) I got more out of two sections of the endnotes than I did out of the main book.

Just watch the documentary for less frustration and the same outcome. (

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strangelibrarian | Jan 16, 2020 |

I loved reading 'Everything That Remains', although between various essays and surfing The Minimalist's site, at times I felt like I was hearing some things for the second or third time.

I did, however, find myself highlighting away at certain passages, and will probably find myself picking it up for some page flipping from time to time. I also feel that this is a great book to gift someone who is looking for a lifestyle change, or anyone finding themselves overwhelmed.

Their message is a great one, and even if minimalism isn't your thing, or if their brand of minimalism isn't either, Millburn and Nicodemus have very familiar and real stories to share with people, and they tell those stories well. One needn't agree with them to be charmed by their warmth, whether that's on the page or in person.

I was fortunate enough to attend their book reading in St. Louis last month, and would definitely go to hear them again if the chance presents itself. (

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christina.h | Mar 2, 2018 |

This is a memoir, which the authors acknowledge as being bizarre for 30-somethings to write. The story is about how they became saturated with too much in their lives on various levels, and came to the point of letting go of almost everything except what was important to them. This isn't a book that will tell you how to become minimalist, unless you incorporate the authors' personal steps into your own life. For how-to information, go to their website to learn how to let go of the superfluous and keep only what brings value to your life. One chapter near the end of the book is written from the perspective of a drunken Milburn who disdains everything he sees in the bar of the small Montana town he has chosen to make his home. I'm not sure why it was in the book, except maybe to show he hit bottom in his self-respect. He is quite harsh about the women, the environment he's in, and what's going on around him. It felt self-absorbed, petty, whiney, and boring. I'm glad he snapped out of it - although he owes an apology to some over made-up women with tight clothes and lusty intentions. (

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What if everything you ever wanted isn't what you actually want? Twenty-something, suit-clad, and upwardly mobile, Joshua Fields Millburn thought he had everything anyone could ever want. Until he didn't anymore. Blindsided by the loss of his mother and his marriage in the same month, Millburn started questioning every aspect of the life he had built for himself. Then, he accidentally discovered a lifestyle known as minimalism ... and everything started to change. In the pursuit of looking for something more substantial than compulsory consumption and the broken American Dream, he jettisoned most of his material possessions, paid off loads of crippling debt, and walked away from his six-figure career. So, when everything was gone, what was left? Not a how-to book but a why-to book, Everything That Remains is the touching, surprising story of what happened when one young man decided to let go of everything and begin living more deliberately. Heartrending, uplifting, and deeply personal, this engrossing memoir is peppered with insightful (and often hilarious) interruptions by Ryan Nicodemus, Millburn's best friend of twenty years.

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