When I started this book, I thought it would be all about downsizing (something I need to do since I'm 72) and organizing your life (something I have never mastered) and minimizing. It did start out that way. However, it didn't stay there.
Now I will confess I have a house filled to overflowing with things, mostly books. I've tried the "does it give me joy" technique to help me divest myself of some of the excess. All my possessions give me joy, so that wasn't going to work. What I have found that works is "do I have two of these" and "would I buy this again if I didn't already have it".
It would have been fine if the book had stayed about things. But it didn't. The authors went into attitudes and relationships. So again, here I am, an introvert in an extrovert expecting world. I was disappointed. I was not anticipating a personality self-help book, and that's what I had.
I received the copy of the book I read for this review from BookishFirst
Now I will confess I have a house filled to overflowing with things, mostly books. I've tried the "does it give me joy" technique to help me divest myself of some of the excess. All my possessions give me joy, so that wasn't going to work. What I have found that works is "do I have two of these" and "would I buy this again if I didn't already have it".
It would have been fine if the book had stayed about things. But it didn't. The authors went into attitudes and relationships. So again, here I am, an introvert in an extrovert expecting world. I was disappointed. I was not anticipating a personality self-help book, and that's what I had.
I received the copy of the book I read for this review from BookishFirst