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The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders

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hannicherri's review against another edition

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3.25

The author's overall goal was great, and she is decently skilled at writing, but I worry that she needed more mental health help for her problems than she got.

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larissakoch's review against another edition

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3.5

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libertycookies's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

2.0

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reallivingthing's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

This book was a great read to start my low/no buy year. I listened to Cait speak on a podcast about her experience, joined a server of other people wanting to do a shopping ban, and picked up the book. While I found certain parts unnecessary (like comparing alcoholism and being fat to being in debt or overspending), the overall book was a great memoir detailing her experience of only buying necessities for a whole year. It was very inspiring, and made me realize that this is something that’s possible for most people probably, including me who lives on low income disability. If reading just remember it IS a memoir and not a how-to, but you can gain some really valuable information from her experience.

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hal2499's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

3.5

This book is very inspiring in the fact that Cait tells you when she started it and when she would go for so long and then break the habit. It wasn't a total book of I wanted to do this thing, I did the thing, and I finished the thing. She talked a lot about her set backs and how you can start over and keep going.

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strongchonk's review against another edition

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emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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mildnothing's review

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

Nicely written, inspiring and reflective. I didn't (and still don't) know the blog she wrote, but it shows and I found her writing very close to the reader. Although some passages and sentences felt repetitive, I can't blame her. I'd probably do the same when I find a nice sentence or expression. It also didn't happen too often.

Although this is more of a report than a guidebook on decluttering or minimalism, Flanders still included a list of things to do if you also wish to embark on this adventure to not spend money (on things you don't need) for a year.

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