About the Author
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 in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, Vogue, Oprah.com, show more Forbes.com, and more. She inspires people to consume less and live more. Cait is from Victoria, BC, Canada, but spends most of her time exploring the world. Website: caitflanders.com show less
Works by Cait Flanders
The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You… (2018) 487 copies, 29 reviews
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The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away… by Cait Flanders
I loved this book. It's not a shopping ban tutorial. It's more of a memoir. But it made me rethink a lot of my own mindless consumption. I'm grateful to have read it, and I expect that I will re-read it again sometime in the near future.
I liked the overall read about how to improve one's life as an analogy of climbing a mountain. I would have preferred to read more personal impacts/stories of how the author achieved this instead of just talking about the steps. Overall it was a quick read - would give 3/5 stars.
This book was a bit different from what I first thought it would be but I still enjoyed it. It is a memoir of Flanders journey over a year long spending freeze. She changed and grew in ways she never anticipated. I love personal growth stories and Flanders certainly grew from her great experiment.
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