hey there Tiffany Thomas with wealthy Tiffany dot com and in today's video I'm
going to be talking about four key takeaways that I got from the book the
more of less by Joshua Becker and before we dive in if you are serious about
becoming financially free at a young age click the link below this video in the
description and I can help you do that alright so let's talk about four key
takeaways from this book the more of less and it's about becoming a
minimalist and he's doesn't hear finding the life you want under everything you
own and so I really enjoyed this book I kind of am on this path to becoming more
of a minimalist and so I was excited to read this book and I want to share two
sporky takeaways that I receive so the first one that I want to talk about is
he talks about experimenting a little bit when you are trying to become more
of a minimalist and getting rid of all of your I'm not all of your items but a
lot of your items that you don't really need anymore so he talks about different
experiments you can do but one that he discusses is taking 29 items and boxing
them up and putting them in the basement or somewhere and and then going for 29
days and then noticing if you actually missed those items or if you didn't and
if you didn't that you can just get rid of those items that you probably won't
miss them throughout your life if you even miss them for 29 days and one of
the examples he shares is if you have a lot of clothes like I do you can take 29
items from your closet and box them up and go for 29 days and see if you miss
wearing any of those clothes so I think that's a great idea and I'm gonna try it
out and maybe I'll even do more items than that but we'll see how it goes so
you can try that with clothing with decorations and things in your kitchen
all different sorts of stuff but it's a good way to experiment so you're not so
worried or something about getting rid of all of these items immediately
thinking you might need one you kind of give yourself a little bit
of the time timeframe to to see if you will need them so that's the first
takeaway that I wanted to share and then the second takeaway that I wanted to
share was to just become more conscious of what you're actually spending your
money on and this is something that I talk about a lot and just because I talk
about money and making sure you're in control of your money and making it work
for you so if you are becoming more conscious of what you're spending your
money on the happier you're going to be and the less money are going to waste or
regret spending so if you are really thinking okay do I really need to buy
this dress maybe I already have four dresses at home that are gonna be good
enough and I can put this money toward something else that is going to bring me
more joy or bring more value into my life but just becoming more conscious of
what you're actually spending your money on will really help to minimalize the
items that you will be bringing into your house and also um kind of bringing
you more joy because you're not going to regret purchasing those items or having
to sell them later on or just take them to a charity later on so that's the
second key takeaway and then the third actually want to share a quote with you
from the book he said people who give away possessions hold their remaining
possessions and higher esteem people who give their time make better use of their
of their remaining time and I really liked that because you know if you think
about all the things that you have you probably have an excess and you probably
don't need all of the items in your home and you can start to focus on others and
start giving away some items some of your possessions that aren't really
important to you that don't bring you a lot of joy or bring you value and you
can give that to someone else who that will provide joy for or give value to
and you can start thinking about others rather than thinking about oh what do I
need to buy for myself you're more thinking okay well you
I probably don't need a lot of these items and someone else can use them
benefit benefit from them more than I can and then that kind of goes into
effect with your time as well so you can start thinking okay maybe I don't need
to go shopping for myself you know I could spend time volunteering at an
animal shelter or something that you're passionate about you can spend time
doing things for others which is going to bring more joy into your life as well
okay and then the fourth key takeaway that I want to share with you is
actually another quote and it is remember that your happiness does not
depend on your acquisition of any possession your happiness is based
solely on your decision to be happy and I love this quote a lot and they talk
about being happy right now choosing to be happy right now a lot so I thought
this was really really great and it's true that you know anything that you buy
it doesn't really determine your happiness if you're thinking oh if I had
that brand-new car I would be so much happier or if I had a boat to take out
to the lake and go skiing I would be so much happier or if I just had a bigger
house right there's all of these possessions and things that we can
really become consumed with but they aren't actually going to make us happy
so really think about that when you are deciding whether or not to to purchase
items especially large expensive items like a bigger house is that really
something that's going to bring happiness and sometimes it is maybe you
have a large family now and you need some other somewhere to gather in your
house and so it could be but but it may not be on the other hand and you know
your decision to be happy is based on that solely you choosing to be happy
it's not based on anything that you own you get to choose to be happy now so I
think that's really an important note too to focus on is choosing to be happy
with what you have and letting go of things that
that aren't bringing you happiness and that could be physical possessions or
even certain relationships or even you know a job change there's all different
types of themes but but you choose to be happy now and and then you can decide
okay I could be happier if I changed my situation in some way and it could be to
get rid of some of the items in your house that are just cluttering it up and
aren't bringing you a real joy or happiness or value to your life so I
just wanted to share those four key takeaways with you guys from the book
the more of less by Joshua Becker I thought it was a great read and I would
definitely recommend it and I will leave a link below to the book if you guys
want to check it out and if you guys are experimenting with minimalism comment
below and tell me your experiences or your thoughts about it if you're going
or if your going to get started becoming a minimalist and and that doesn't mean
getting rid of all of your possessions and he even shares that in the book it's
up to you what that really means and becoming a minimalist it doesn't mean
you live with only a hundred items you know you determine what that means for
you so you guys comment below and tell me what other videos you would like to
see I would love to do more videos for you guys and make sure to check out my
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I can help you do that and I will see you guys in the next video thanks