This really didn't sit right with me, while I do understand minimalism and the belief that less is more, I also know that there is a lot more to just letting stuff go. This book read to me as preachy, repetitive and most confusingly hypocritical- these people did not become minimalists of their own choice it was forced upon them by a tragedy. I think there are excellent benefits that can come with being a minimalist this is just not the book I would chose to inform my decisions.