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The Year of Less

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
Paperback
Publication Date: 02/01/2018

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A millennial blogger shares her story of radically simplifying and redefining what it means to have, and be, “enough” in a memoir that will help readers overcome their own tendencies to excess and become more mindful consumers of everything.

In her late twenties, Cait Flanders found herself stuck in the consumerism cycle that grips so many of us: earn more, buy more, want more, rinse, repeat. Even after she worked her way out of nearly $30,000 of consumer debt, her old habits took hold again. When she realized that nothing she was doing or buying was making her happy only keeping her from meeting her goals—she decided to set herself a challenge: she would not shop for an entire year.

The Year of Less documents Cait’s life from July 2014 to June 2015, during which time she bought only consumables: groceries, toiletries, petrol for her car. Along the way, she challenged herself to consume less of many other things besides shopping. She decluttered her apartment and got rid of 70 percent of her belongings; learned how to fix things rather than throw them away; researched the zero waste movement; and completed a television ban. At every stage, she learned that the less she consumed, the more fulfilled she felt.

What started as a simple challenge quickly became a lifeline, however, as Cait found herself in a number of situations that turned her life upside down. In the face of hardship, she realized why she had always turned to shopping, alcohol and food—and what it had cost her, for so many years. By not being able to reach for any of her usual vices, Cait changed habits she’d spent years perfecting and discovered what truly mattered to her.

ISBN:
9781401953515
9781401953515
Category:
Popular psychology
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
02-01-2018
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hay House, Incorporated
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
216
Dimensions (mm):
213x135x15mm
Weight:
0.24kg
Cait Flanders

Cait Flanders is a former binge consumer turned mindful consumer of everything. Through personal stories, she writes about what happens when money, minimalism, and mindfulness cross paths. Cait's story has been shared on Oprah.com, Forbes, Yahoo!, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, CBC News, and more.

She inspires people to consume less and live more, on her blog caitflanders.com. Cait lives in Squamish, BC, Canada, with her three loves- the mountains, the forest, and the ocean.

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