Joy of Less Book Review – Best Organizational Book

Francine says “the idea is not to choose the things we’ll get rid of, but to choose the things we’ll keep.”  This section starts to build a strategy of how to declutter the rooms.   I had things on my desk, my table most of it junk and paperwork.  It made it really hard to do the bills because I was always mixing things up with all the junk I had laying around.

Part Three of The Joy of Less goes room by room and is pretty much the same in every room.  Seems a little repetitive but absolutely needed.  When I was cleaning out my closet of clothes, I started wondering about why I bought so many clothes.   This section also includes ways to keep on top of the clutter because of other family members who are not following the practices of the book.

Part Four talks about life outside of your home and the ways we purchase or don’t purchase items from stores.  Being more conscious of the things we buy and consume helps to better the world around us and focus on things and the way they are packaged or recycled what things are made of.  Us as consumers have the power to change the world so to speak by choosing what we buy.

The Joy of Less is for people who have so much junk in their homes and want to get rid of it and clean and live responsibly.  It’s for people who are tired of living daily life being owned by their possessions, want to stop wasting time trying to find something that’s hidden underneath other items, or tired of spending so much money on things you really don’t need.  The Joy of Less will provide tips on how to prioritize and “STREAMLINE” your daily life and make your home organized and happy turning it into a sanctuary.

Francine Jay runs the website Miss Minimalist which is based on The Joy of Less.  Her first book Frugillionaire focused on saving money and living well and has been featured on CNN(Living Happily with Less), BBC, Forbes (How To Have More by Owning Less), The Guardian and NBC Today.