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At age 30, Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus left their six-figure corporate careers, jettisoned most of their material possessions, and started focusing on life's most important aspects. And they never looked back. This book's foreword and first chapter examine Joshua and Ryan's backgrounds, their troubled pasts, and their eventual spiral into depression. These chapters discuss why the authors didn't feel fulfilled by their careers and why they turned to society's idea of living: working ridiculous hours, wastefully spending money, living paycheck to paycheck. Instead of finding their passions, they pacified themselves with ephemeral indulgences, inducing a cocaine-like high that didn't last far past the checkout line.And then, after a set of life-changing events, they discovered minimalism, which allowed Joshua and Ryan to eliminate life's excess and focus on the essential things in life.
About the Author
Joshua Fields Millburn is a bestselling author, writing instructor, and international speaker. He is best known as one half of TheMinimalists.com, where he and Ryan Nicodemus write about living a meaningful life with less stuff. His books include Everything That Remains: A Memoir; Essential: Essays by The Minimalists; Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life; and As a Decade Fades: A Novel. He has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Time, Forbes, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, Toronto Star, Globe & Mail, Vancouver Sun, Village Voice, L.A. Weekly, and many other outlets. Visit the author online at JoshuaFieldsMillburn.com.
