Love People, Use Things: Because the Opposite Never Works

by Ryan Nicodemus and Joshua Fields Millburn

Book Overview

**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**

"The Minimalists show you how to disconnect from our conditioned material state and reconnect to our true essence: love people and use things. This is not a book about how to live with less, but about how to live more deeply and more fully."
--Jay Shetty, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Like a Monk

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How might your life be better with less?

Imagine a life with less: less stuff, less clutter, less stress and debt and discontent--a life with fewer distractions. Now, imagine a life with more: more time, more meaningful relationships, more growth and contribution and contentment--a life of passion, unencumbered by the trappings of the chaotic world around you. What you're imagining is an intentional life. And to get there, you'll have to let go of some clutter that's in the way.

In Love People, Use Things, Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus move past simple decluttering to show how minimalism makes room to reevaluate and heal the seven essential relationships in our lives: stuff, truth, self, money, values, creativity, and people. They use their own experiences--and those of the people they have met along the minimalist journey--to provide a template for how to live a fuller, more meaningful life.

Because once you have less, you can make room for the right kind of more.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250236517
• ISBN13: 9781250236517
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Celadon Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Rejecting materialism and living a positive life

Prior to reading Love People, Use Things, I had not heard of the Minimalists. I expected this book to be a how-to guide on how to get rid of your excess stuff. Practical tools and advice are definitely abundant, but the overarching message is on materialism's negative consequences and how to strive towards living a positive and meaningful life. The book is divided into the following chapters: Stuff, Truth, Self, Values, Money, Creativity and People. The emphasis is on focusing energy on people, creativity, positive values, healthy relationships and giving back, rather than accumulating stuff and chasing the latest and greatest shiny new thing. The authors reveal some very personal aspects of their past lives that do not cast them in a positive light. At some point, they were both living lives that were completely out of control. I appreciated their honesty as they provided real life examples on how materialism and consumerism negatively affected them. Amassing objects to fill a void did not work for them and will not work for anyone. In some ways, this book is like a memoir. Love People, Use Things provides advice on how to critically evaluate your relationships with material goods, money and the people in your life. They include strategies for saving and managing money and really questioning the your purchases. This book was interesting, eye-opening and easy to read and will benefit so many people. @CeladonBooks #CeladonReads #partner #LovePeopleUseThingsBook