All that matters

What if everything you ever wanted wasn't what you really wanted?

In his early twenties, Joshua Fields Millburn thought he had everything anyone could want. But after the loss of his mother and the end of his marriage in the same month, Millburn began to question every aspect of the life he had built and eventually discovered a lifestyle known as minimalism.

In search of something more substantial than compulsive consumption, he shed most of his material possessions, paid off debts, and abandoned his career. All that matters is not a book about how to do the same, but about why.

Minimalism adherents don't focus on having fewer material possessions. The focus, in fact, is to make room for more: more time, more peace, more creativity, more experiences, more satisfaction, more freedom. And clearing clutter frees up space.

Moving and deeply personal, All That Matters is a captivating book, featuring insightful (and often hilarious) commentary from Ryan Nicodemus, Millburn's best friend and co-founder of The Minimalists, a website that promotes the minimalist lifestyle. The two are also responsible for the documentaries Minimalism Now and Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things , available on Netflix.

Through minimalism, Joshua and Ryan show us that when we give less importance to material possessions, we make room for what really matters in life.