Consider a life where there is less of everything—less possessions, less clutter, less stress and debt, less unhappiness, and fewer distractions. Then picture a life filled with more time, meaningful connections, opportunities for growth and service, and fulfillment. How can we become secure enough to live without the possessions we convince ourselves we need? How can we have a more fulfilling and purposeful life? How can we evaluate our priorities? How can we alter how we view ourselves? How do we achieve our goals in life?
Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus demonstrate how minimalism frees up time to examine and repair seven crucial relationships in their book "Minimalist Lifestyle - Optimizing Life." Things, facts, ourselves, values, money, creations, and others make up our lives. These connections weave harmful patterns into our lives that frequently reoccur but that we are often unaware of because we have buried them beneath the chaos of our daily lives.