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“The first step in crafting the life you want is to get rid of everything you don't.”
― Joshua Becker

“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

“Owning less is better than organizing more.”
― Joshua Becker, Clutterfree with Kids

“We were never meant to live life accumulating stuff. We were meant to live simply enjoying the experiences of life, the people of life, and the journey of life - not the things of life.”
― Joshua Becker, Simplify: 7 Guiding Principles to Help Anyone Declutter Their Home and Life

“Don't just declutter, de-own.”
― Joshua Becker, Clutterfree with Kids

“Own less stuff. Enjoy more freedom. It really is that simple.”
― Joshua Becker

“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

“Our excessive possessions are not making us happy. Even worse, they are taking us away from the things that do. Once we let go of the things that don’t matter, we are free to pursue all the things that really do matter.”
― Joshua Becker, The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own

“There is more joy to be found in owning less than can ever be found in organizing more.”
― Joshua Becker, Clutterfree with Kids: Change your thinking. Discover new habits. Free your home.

“Sometimes, minimizing possessions means a dream must die. But this is not always a bad thing. Sometimes, it takes giving up the person we wanted to be in order to fully appreciate the person we can actually become.”
― Joshua Becker, The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own

“Simplicity slows down life and frees us from this modern hysteria to live faster. It finds freedom to disengage.”
― Joshua Becker, Inside-Out Simplicity

“Overscheduled children lose the space to simply be with themselves and learn the art of being alone. In our noisy, busy world, the importance of developing the life skill of solitude, meditation, and quietly being with oneself can not be overstated.”
― Joshua Becker, Clutterfree with Kids: Change your thinking. Discover new habits. Free your home.

“If you are not content today, there is nothing you can buy tomorrow to change that.”
― Joshua Becker

“Stop trying to impress others with your stuff and start trying to impress them with your life.”
― Joshua Becker, Simplify: 7 Guiding Principles to Help Anyone Declutter Their Home and Life

“Your life is far too valuable to be wasted on the life that everyone else is choosing.”
― Joshua Becker, Inside-Out Simplicity

“But nobody gets to the end of life wishing they had bought more things. Why is that? Because consumption never fully delivers on its promise of fulfillment or happiness. Instead, it steals our freedom and results only in an unquenchable desire for more. It brings burden and regret. It distracts us from the very things that do bring us joy.”
― Joshua Becker, The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own

“Maybe the life you’ve always wanted is buried under everything you own!”
― Joshua Becker, The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own

“Have the courage to build your life around what is really most important to you.”
― Joshua Becker, The Minimalist Home: A Room-by-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life

“...minimalism in the service of others is a logical extension of the same ethos of selflessness.”
― Joshua Becker, The More Of Less

“The goal of minimalism, let’s remember, is not just to own less stuff. The goal of minimalism is to unburden our lives so we can accomplish more.”
― Joshua Becker, The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own

“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it. Life is long enough, and a sufficiently generous amount has been given to us for the highest achievements if it were all well invested. But when it is wasted in heedless luxury and spent on no good activity, we are forced at last by death’s final constraint to realize that it has passed away before we knew it was passing. So it is: we are not given a short life but we make it short, and we are not ill-supplied but wasteful of it…. Life is long if you know how to use it.”
― Joshua Becker, Things That Matter: Overcoming Distraction to Pursue a More Meaningful Life

“Almost half the world — over three billion people — live on less than $2.50 a day. 1.1 billion people have inadequate access to clean water and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation. Let those facts sink in for just a moment… and slowly allow gratitude and a desire to become part of the solution find a place in your heart.  ”
― Joshua Becker, Inside-Out Simplicity

“But maybe the greatest benefit of generosity is this: generous people realize that they already have enough.”
― Joshua Becker, The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own

“Clutter is a visual sign of…procrastination, and carries with it just as much anxiety,”
― Joshua Becker, The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own

“I don't want friends who are impressed by fancy things. I want friends who are impressed by generosity, character, gratitude, love, and selflessness. Those are the people I want closest to me.”
― Joshua Becker

“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

“Minimalism is the intentional promotion of the things we most value and the removal of everything that distracts from it. It is a highly personal journey that forces us to identify and articulate our highest values. Because of that, it is always going to be practiced differently by each individual.”
― Joshua Becker, Clutterfree with Kids: Change your thinking. Discover new habits. Free your home.

“Be who you are, not who you wished to be.”
― Joshua Becker, The Minimalist Home: A Room-by-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life

“Asking "Who can I help today?" will always lead to a more fulfilling life than "How can I make more money today?”
― Joshua Becker

“Mark Twain has been credited as saying, “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” And I might add a third: the day you throw off any distraction and decide to pursue your purpose fully.”
― Joshua Becker, The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own