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    The Joy of Minimalism: A Beginner's Guide to Happiness with Less (Compulsive Behavior, Hoarding, Decluttering, Organizing, Affirmations, Simplicity)
    The Joy of Minimalism: A Beginner's Guide to Happiness with Less (Compulsive Behavior, Hoarding, Decluttering, Organizing, Affirmations, Simplicity)
    The Joy of Minimalism: A Beginner's Guide to Happiness with Less (Compulsive Behavior, Hoarding, Decluttering, Organizing, Affirmations, Simplicity)
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    The Joy of Minimalism: A Beginner's Guide to Happiness with Less (Compulsive Behavior, Hoarding, Decluttering, Organizing, Affirmations, Simplicity)

    By Zoey Arielle Poulsen

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    Minimalism and the Simple Life

    Author and YouTuber, Zoey Arielle, opens up about her struggle with loving all the things in life we bring home. A hoarder in disguise, Arielle has mastered the tools needed to embrace simplicity and the minimalist philosophy.

    Minimalism guide. It’s natural to love stuff! More than that, it’s natural to love your stuff. That notebook from 8th grade, your Disney VHS, mismatched socks. They all have sentimental value…and they all take up space. Zoey Arielle Poulsen’s The Joy of Minimalism is the friendly guide you’ve been searching for as you embark on a life of simplicity. Life can stress anyone out. So, by embracing minimalism, you’ll be saying goodbye to stress and everything that you never needed anyway. Discover a greater focus and true freedom as you live your new life with a real sense of gratitude for everything and everyone around you.

    Enjoy the simple life. In The Joy of Minimalism Poulsen shows you how to simplify the act of letting go while sharing her personal journey into this calmer sense of life. Beyond offering specific tips on transitioning, she also invites you to journal your new awakening. Minimalism is more than a movement or fad, it’s a sense of happiness and practice that will bring you closer to your true self.

    The Joy of Minimalism teaches you to live better with less. You'll learn how to:

    • Rediscover the freedom of owning less
    • Embrace life and all the non-material things the world has to offer
    • Master your own personal style for organizing and decluttering
    • Celebrate your new life with a free mind

    If you have read hoarding and decluttering books such as Decluttering at the Speed of Life, What Your Clutter is Trying to Tell You, or The Clutter Connection, you will love The Joy of Minimalism.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMango
    Release dateJan 15, 2018
    ISBN9781633536876
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    Zoey Arielle Poulsen

    Zoey Arielle Poulsen was born and raised on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada and relocated to Toronto to pursue a post-graduate degree and career in sport and event marketing. After spending a few transformational years in Toronto, she decided to take a chance on her dreams and relocate to Rome, Italy. She now lives a well-traveled life and shares her positive messages on her wildly popular YouTube channel.

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    The Joy of Minimalism - Zoey Arielle Poulsen

    Copyright © 2018 Zoey Arielle Poulsen.

    Published by Mango Publishing Group, a division of Mango Media Inc.

    Cover and Layout Design: Elina Diaz

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    The Joy of Minimalism: A Beginner’s Guide to the Simple Life and the

    Pursuit of Happiness

    Library of Congress Cataloging

    ISBN: (print) 978-1-63353-689-0, (ebook) 978-1-63353-687-6

    Library of Congress Control Number: 2017959857

    BISAC category code: CRA005000 CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Decorating

    SEL016000 SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Happiness

    Printed in the United States of America

    "Clutter is not just physical stuff. It’s old ideas,

    toxic relationships and bad habits. Clutter is

    anything that does not support your better self."

    — Eleanor Brownn, Author of Mile 9

    Table of Contents

    I / INTRODUCTION

    II / HOW-TO

    III / The First Step

    IV / Take Action: Decluttering Steps

    V / Sorting Through the Piles of Your Life

    VI / MAINTENANCE

    VII / Helpful Tips for a Clean Home

    VIII / Gift Giving & Gift Receiving

    IX / Minimalist for Life: A New Lens

    Author

    INTRODUCTION

    An Honest Introduction

    I want to start off this book by saying thank you. Thank you for picking it up and giving it an honest chance. Perhaps you found me on YouTube and have been following me for a while, or this book somehow caught your eye at a bookstore, and for that I thank you. Everything happens for a reason, and I truly believe that if you are open to it, this book will change your life in a positive way (or hopefully in many ways)!

    At this time, the videos I post on YouTube about minimalism are the most popular on my channel. As a video gains momentum on YouTube, it is bound to be seen by an audience that is not necessarily your target, or in other words, not your tribe. My ideal audience/tribe is made up of positive self-improvement junkies, because hey, that’s me. YouTube trolls (or haters) can throw a lot of shade, but I hope that sharing my minimalism journey will help you do at least one of the following: diminish anxiety, make money, save money, declutter your home, declutter your mind, and most importantly, allow you to have more of life’s most precious resource: time—time to spend with family and friends, or to finally pursue the business endeavor you have always had on the back burner in your mind.

    I struggled for weeks and even months with trying to put together how I wanted to communicate my minimalism tips and journey in book form because of the backlash I have received on YouTube. Unfortunately, there will always be someone in the world who will disagree with you, but fortunately, the journey of minimalism and of life is all your own. As long as you are happy and fully content with the choices you are making on a daily basis, you are living an authentic life. I hope this book will expand your views and allow you to adjust or change your lens on how you view material items and your precious time and how you feel about them. By learning to let go and limit what you obtain, you will be able to gain more than ever imagined. I refer to this positive life gain as fulfillment.

    To me, minimalism and this book are about the concept of simplification in different areas of your life, such as your wardrobe or your home—making room for what matters most to you specifically. Minimizing my life has allowed happiness to come more easily on a daily basis, and I know that if you open your mind while closing the lid on your spending habits, it will do the same for

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