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Joshua Becker QUOTES

Joshua Becker QUOTES

1 " Your life is far too valuable to be wasted on the life that everyone else is choosing. "

― Joshua Becker , Inside-Out Simplicity

2 " ...minimalism in the service of others is a logical extension of the same ethos of selflessness. "

― Joshua Becker , The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own

3 " We have too quickly bought into the lie that we’ll be happier with more—and as a result, too often miss the joy that comes from owning less. "

― Joshua Becker , Clutterfree with Kids

4 " You don't need more space. You need less stuff. "

― Joshua Becker , The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own

5 " The first step in crafting the life you want is to get rid of everything you don't. "

― Joshua Becker

6 " Owning less is better than organizing more. "

― Joshua Becker , Clutterfree with Kids

7 " Minimalism is the intentional promotion of the things we most value and the removal of anything that distracts us from it. "

― Joshua Becker , Simplify: 7 Guiding Principles to Help Anyone Declutter Their Home and Life

8 " If you are not content today, there is nothing you can buy tomorrow to change that. "

― Joshua Becker

9 " Any half-awake materialist well knows – that which you hold holds you.” — Tom Robbins "

― Joshua Becker , Simplify: 7 Guiding Principles to Help Anyone Declutter Their Home and Life

10 " Ayelet Fishbach, a professor of behavioral science at the University of Chicago, said, "Food really connects people. Food is about bringing something into the body. And to eat the same food suggests that we are both willing to bring the same thing into our bodies. People just feel closer to people who are eating the same food as they do. "

― Joshua Becker , The Minimalist Home: A Room-By-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life

11 " How do you decide which [books] to keep and which to give away?
...Four categories for your books, regardless of which room you keep them in:
- Books you own but have never read and don't realistically expect to read. Don't hold on to them for "someday". Donate them today.
- Books you have read but will never go back to. Donate these too.
- Books that you have read and that have become influential in your life. Keep them...
- Books you have already read and know you will want to return to. Of course, keep these.
Shelves looking better now? "

― Joshua Becker , The Minimalist Home: A Room-By-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life

12 " In psychological theory, the endowment effect is our tendency to consider an object more important than it really is simply because we own it. This explains why it's so hard for us to get rid of our stuff. "

― Joshua Becker , The Minimalist Home: A Room-By-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life

13 " Minimize your kids' playtime possessions and you may find that they become less selfish and less materialistic, cherish more and take better care of the toys they do have, and have more time for reading, writing, art, and imaginative play. They might spend more time with real live human beings. They might even go outdoors! "

― Joshua Becker , The Minimalist Home: A Room-By-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life

14 " Expect this stage [our storage, hobby, and play areas] of minimizing to stir up emotions and recall memories both sweet and bittersweet. You may encounter old photo albums whose pages you haven't turned in decades, mementos of celebrations long gone by, trophies you formerly sweated to win, personal objects you remember being in the possession of loved ones you've lost, the wedding dress you wore..., the stuffed bunny your daughter fell asleep clutching throughout infancy, and art supplies you once envisioned yourself creating beauty with. The experience at times may warm your heart and at times may fill you with sensations of regret, loss, or failure.
Don't back away from these emotions. Work your way through them. This might be just the opportunity you need to process the past and position yourself better for the future. "

― Joshua Becker , The Minimalist Home: A Room-By-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life

15 " ...the Diderot effect describes the tendency for one purchase to lead to others... First a fishing pole, then tackle boxes full of fishing gear.
Perhaps the place in our homes where we most clearly see the Diderot effect operating is in our wardrobes as clothing purchases lead to other clothing or accessory purchases. "

― Joshua Becker , The Minimalist Home: A Room-By-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life

16 " Minimizing your garage and yard is likely going to be hard work for you. But at the same time it is going to be rewarding because the yard is on display for you (along with everyone else in the neighborhood as well as your guests) to see, and the garage is probably the first place you encounter when you come home. "

― Joshua Becker , The Minimalist Home: A Room-By-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life

17 " As choice increases, so does paralysis of decision. Ever stare into a full closet of clothes and still have no idea what to wear? As options increase, so does he sense of bewilderment and frustration. "

― Joshua Becker , The Minimalist Home: A Room-By-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life

18 " In our overcrowded homes today, most possessions are not truly “belongings.” They are only distracting us from the things that do belong. "

― Joshua Becker , The Minimalist Home: A Room-By-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life

19 " What if the problem isn't that we don't own enough stuff or aren't managing our stuff well enough? What if the problem is that we're living in the homes that advertisers and retailers want us to have instead of the homes that deep down we really want and need? "

― Joshua Becker , The Minimalist Home: A Room-By-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life

20 " At the same time our houses are getting bigger, our families are getting more broken. "

― Joshua Becker , The Minimalist Home: A Room-By-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life