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simplify. 7 guiding principles to help anyone declutter their home and life
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DEDICATED
to my wife, Kim: thanks for journeying with me.
to my kids, Salem and Alexa: thanks for cheering for me.
SPECIAL THANKS
to Martha and Jana: your insights made this possible.
simplify. 7 guiding principles to help anyone declutter their home and life
© 2010 by Joshua Becker. All rights reserved
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter
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Our Typical Story
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Principle #1 – Be Convinced
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Principle #2 – Make It Work For You 18
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Principle #3 – Jump Right In!
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Principle #4 – Break the Trend
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Principle #5 – Persevere
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Principle #6 – Share the Joy
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Principle #7 – Simplify Everywhere 68
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OUR TYPICAL STORY
“Any half-awake materialist well knows –
that which you hold holds you.” — Tom Robbins
Memorial Day weekend, 2008, was a beautiful spring
weekend in Vermont. I woke up early that Saturday
with one goal in mind: clean the garage. I knew it was
going to be an all-day project and set my alarm early
to get a good start. My wife and I had decided to
spend our three-day holiday weekend cleaning the
house from top to bottom. After all, that’s what
families do.
And we are, by definition, just your standard, run-of-
the-mill, middle-class family of four living in the
suburbs. My wife and I are in our early-thirties. My
son is 7, my daughter, 3. We are everything typical
(minus the dog and white picket fence).
It all started harmlessly enough that Saturday morning
as my son and I began to clean the garage. The
neighbors also happened to be outside planting
gardens, watering flowers, and tending to the outside
of their two-level home.
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Nearly four hours later, we were still working on the
same garage and our neighbors were still working on
their home. My neighbor, noticing my frustration with
the project, turned to me and said sarcastically, “Ahh,
the joys of home ownership.”
I responded by saying, “Well, you know what they
say, ‘The more stuff you own, the more your stuff
owns you’.” Her next sentence struck a chord with my
mind, heart, and soul, and changed the course of my
life forever.
She responded, “That’s why my daughter is a
minimalist . She keeps telling me that I don’t need all
this stuff!”
Call me uneducated, naive, whatever you want – but I
had never heard the term minimalist before. Yet,
somehow, it was the one word that defined a desire
that had been building in my heart. I went inside to tell
my wife about my short conversation. Her response
was the same as mine, “I think that’s what I want.”
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