The Year of Less discussion

Hi, everyone!
I am sure that we all have read that amazing book!
Oopss also, made a mind map!
To make it more exciting and challenging, let's have an insightful discussion here <3

Hii funny! Yep, our book is such a cool book. Huhu I really wanna read the full version of that book. I know the book contains values related with my own problem in this life

Hello all.. Yea I'm in the same page with you guys. I love this book, because I get many lessons from that story, e. g how to manage the finance.

Hi, Fanny.
Yes, our book is such an incredible book that I have read. I have already read a half of the book and I think that this book have many important lessons related to our life.

Indah wrote: "Hii funny! Yep, our book is such a cool book. Huhu I really wanna read the full version of that book. I know the book contains values related with my own problem in this life"

What problem is it if I may ask?

Farra wrote: "Hi, Fanny.
Yes, our book is such an incredible book that I have read. I have already read a half of the book and I think that this book have many important lessons related to our life."

cool. what kind of lessons is that? could you share with us?

GUYS... what is your favorite statement from Cait anyways?

My favorite is this one "But there were really only two categories I could see: the stuff I used, and the stuff I wanted the ideal version of myself to use. The stuff I wanted the ideal version of myself to use was everything I had once bought in hopes that it would somehow make my life or myself better.”

Yes, of course Fanny.
As I mentioned in the mind map that I have made that there are important lessons that we can get from the book. The first one is that “We need to be mindful of our priorities” and “Our Wants Can Be Mistaken For Our Needs”.

Here is my favourite, “I had taken the time off that I needed. Most importantly, I had put my self first. I gave up the feeling that I owed everyone anything, or that I could be someone to everyone. I did what I wanted when I wanted to do it. I put my happiness first and I was okay.”

Fanny wrote: "GUYS... what is your favorite statement from Cait anyways?"

This is mine:

"But one day, I knew enough was enough. The stories I’d been telling myself to allow these bad habits to continue for so long had reached their ending. I was done."

And

"Staring at it all, I was overwhelmed with the task I had just created for myself. What have I done? When you make a mess of that size, though, you have no choice but to clean it up. It was time to get to work."

Hi everyone. so I have read this book-and the review-and I found so many people are rage because how misleading the title of the book is. Well, in my opinion I don't really find this book misleading, however it is open to an interpretation, but how do you guys think regarding to this issue? I would love to hear from all of you. Thanks!

first off all, i have no clue how anyone could feel misled by the title because i think that this book was about exactly what i thought it would be about. getting rid of bad habits, not buying new things, and learning to love living a much simpler life. it is also a good book with a good information on how she got out of the cycle that we all seem to be in when it comes to working hard for crap we don't even need. she also showed that if we are truly only buy what makes we happy, then we don't have to kill ourself at a job we hate to afford what we don't need. and i think that is pretty good advice in the book.

Farra wrote: "first off all, i have no clue how anyone could feel misled by the title because i think that this book was about exactly what i thought it would be about. getting rid of bad habits, not buying new ..."


In my opinion, the book is not that "misleading". But I found myself bored in several parts of this book.
Yet overall, this is splendid.

Afra wrote: "Hi everyone. so I have read this book-and the review-and I found so many people are rage because how misleading the title of the book is. Well, in my opinion I don't really find this book misleadin..."

Hi Afra!
I saw that rage-comments too! But in my opinion, it is not that "misleading", as you said probably Cait wanted to interpret the majority of the passages....

I wanted to apply some of Cait's tips in the near future (but not in a year!). I mean, I need to assure myself in a completely right goals so that everything will happen well.
Do you want to try what Cait's has been implementing in her life guys?

Indah wrote: "Fanny wrote: "GUYS... what is your favorite statement from Cait anyways?"

This is mine:

"But one day, I knew enough was enough. The stories I’d been telling myself to allow these bad habits to co..."

I LOVE THAT TOO!
The "enough is never enough" absolutely represents what human wanted in this world.

Afra wrote: "Hi everyone. so I have read this book-and the review-and I found so many people are rage because how misleading the title of the book is. Well, in my opinion I don't really find this book misleadin..."


actually, when I saw the title of the book for the first time, I feel like I kinda misleading because I thought it would be a book about the author’s journey of living with less, her shopping ban and maybe tips and tricks when she discovered along the way. Instead, it is more like a personal journey of discovery and change, it is geared heavily (90% of the book) on personal stories of her sobriety, life, blog and family issues. and I think that the book is more like a biographical story that tells about the author’s journey. but overall, I like the way when she tells about her journey, it is such an interesting story.

Afra wrote: "Hi everyone. so I have read this book-and the review-and I found so many people are rage because how misleading the title of the book is. Well, in my opinion I don't really find this book misleadin..."

Hi, Calca! I just read the other reviews in its review section last night. Honestly, I did not know that this book is reputed like that, because our task was actually only read the summary of it on storyshots. But I have read the pdf too, at the beginning parts. As from what I've read, I did not find this book misleadings us, I felt this book is good enough because it's still coherent. The fact that people said it misleadings us made me surprised enough. But in my personal opinion, maybe the author, Cait, wanted to explain and write as clear as she could. But unfortunately, maybe the readers may feel bored and thought that it misleadings them because the book tells about too many details and many details itself are actually had out too far from the main topic. That's maybe the reason why people claimed that.

Fanny wrote: "I wanted to apply some of Cait's tips in the near future (but not in a year!). I mean, I need to assure myself in a completely right goals so that everything will happen well.
Do you want to try wh..."

Wow, what's that cool thing, fan?

Fanny wrote: "Afra wrote: "Hi everyone. so I have read this book-and the review-and I found so many people are rage because how misleading the title of the book is. Well, in my opinion I don't really find this b..."

Ya, I think so too. However, we cannot control what will other people think about something, is'n it? 'A review' is always about our personal opinion. So it is always be subjective statement.

Farra wrote: "first off all, i have no clue how anyone could feel misled by the title because i think that this book was about exactly what i thought it would be about. getting rid of bad habits, not buying new ..."

Yap diba, I think so too

Fanny wrote: "Indah wrote: "Fanny wrote: "GUYS... what is your favorite statement from Cait anyways?"

This is mine:

"But one day, I knew enough was enough. The stories I’d been telling myself to allow these ba..."

YASSHh, EXACTLY! After I repeated that quote in my mind I realized that there are so many stuffs I should rid them our from my space. The reason why I kept them is always like "Hey, how if one day you need this one?" And ya, it ended up as useless-dust-things lol.

Frisca wrote: "Afra wrote: "Hi everyone. so I have read this book-and the review-and I found so many people are rage because how misleading the title of the book is. Well, in my opinion I don't really find this b..."

Ya, I saw that people have the same opinion with you, Cal. They said that they are fine with the story if her journey, because it's hers. Everyone has their own journey. But the problem is they think this book is too 'out of topic', so I think that's the reason why they thought the title misleadings us.