Fumio Sasaki

Goodbye, Things: On Minimalist Living

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The best-selling phenomenon from Japan that shows us a minimalist life is a happy life.

Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert or organizing guru like Marie Kondo—he’s just a regular guy who was stressed out and constantly comparing himself to others, until one day he decided to change his life by saying goodbye to everything he didn’t absolutely need. The effects were remarkable: Sasaki gained true freedom, new focus, and a real sense of gratitude for everything around him. In Goodbye, Things Sasaki modestly shares his personal minimalist experience, offering specific tips on the minimizing process and revealing how the new minimalist movement can not only transform your space but truly enrich your life. The benefits of a minimalist life can be realized by anyone, and Sasaki’s humble vision of true happiness will open your eyes to minimalism’s potential.
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236 printed pages
Original publication
2017
Publication year
2017
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  • Marina Zalashared an impression6 years ago
    👍Worth reading

    But i cant throw away my books collection 😂😂

  • Dmitryshared an impression3 years ago
    👎Give This a Miss
    💤Borrrriiinnng!

    Listened it on the Audible. It really is a book about minimalism in a maximalist way, and many things are taken to the extremes here, which is not right. I myself is more minimalist then maximalist in life, if we talk about things, but the book is really passable.

    It is basically a big list of "good sides" of the minimalism, the book doesn't have any particular structure. Many of the points either described in too many words, some points basically repeat themselves, and many of them are not really important, or completely absurd!

    Really? Leave only one towel in the house? Discard your things, because when you have many of them, they can hurt you if a natural disaster strikes? What a BS reason is that?
    It's fine to live in the 20 sq.m. apartment? Well, this is subjective, but have fun trying to live somewhat comfortably with a partner there.
    Although there were some smart thoughts and reasons, not gonna deny it, but most of the book's information can be shortened tenfold, and the ideas will be the same. Passable!

  • utiutsshared an impression5 years ago

    I learned a thing or two, but this branch of minimalism is even meaner than Marie Kondo. It fills me with a sense of alarm, in a bad way.

Quotes

  • Roman Khlebnikovhas quoted7 years ago
    This is one of the golden rules of minimizing: If you want to buy something, first get rid of something else.
  • Roman Khlebnikovhas quoted7 years ago
    Liquor is not happiness but a temporary respite from unhappiness.
  • Александр Скворцовhas quoted3 years ago
    Watashi no uchi niwa nanimo nai (There’s Nothing in My House), became a big hit. I was one of the many people who had been shocked to see pictures of Mai’s sparse home. She’s been given the nickname Sute-hentai (Weirdo Obsessed with Throwing Things Away).

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