Love people, use things

How can you live a better life with less? The Minimalists, Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, seek to answer this complex question in their book Love People, Use Things .

Imagine a life with less: fewer things, less stress, less debt, less anguish—a life with fewer distractions. Now, imagine a life with more: more time, more meaningful relationships, more opportunities for growth, more joy. A journey filled with passion, free from the pitfalls and chaos of modern life. What you're envisioning is a life with purpose, and to achieve it, you must rethink your possessions and free yourself from the superfluous things you've accumulated along the way.

In Love People, Use Things , Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, known for the Netflix documentaries Minimalism Now and Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things , go beyond the proposal of simple detachment. The authors show how minimalism opens space for reevaluating and healing the seven essential relationships in human life: with material possessions, truth, the true self, money, values, creativity, and people. The authors draw on their own experiences—and those of people touched by the minimalist journey—to point readers to tools that can help them live a lighter, more organized life.

Love People, Use Things is the definitive manifesto for the growing movement of those seeking to consciously move away from the accumulation of material things toward a more purposeful life.

"The Minimalists show how to break free from materialistic conditioning and reconnect with our true essence: loving people and using things. This is not a book about living with less, but about living intensely and fully." - Jay Shetty, author of Think Like a Monk.

“Part memoir and part refuge from a frenetic world, Love People, Use Things is a necessary book for our times. Joshua and Ryan encourage us to step away from unbridled hedonism and pursue a simpler, more meaningful, and fulfilling life. Highly recommended.” - Adrian McKinty, author of The Chain.