Reddit mentions of How to Live on 24 Hours a Day

If you go to Amazon and sort prices by low to high, searching for "minimalism", there's usually 1 or 2 books that are free. "The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up" really is the best book I've ever read on the subject. It's got the powerful ideas of organizing by category, choosing what to keep instead of what to discard, as well as the key concept of "sparks joy" which distinguishes it from most of the decluttering books that came before. The Manga version is a pretty good cliff notes version of it in comic book form. I'm quite fond of "Thrift" written by Samuel Smiles, which was written in 1875, as well as "How to Live on 24 hours a Day" by Arnold Bennett, written in 1908. Both are in the public domain, and you can find them free on Amazon or Google Play.

https://www.amazon.com/Life-Changing-Magic-Tidying-Decluttering-Organizing-ebook/dp/B00KK0PICK/

https://www.amazon.com/Life-Changing-Manga-Tidying-Up-Magical-ebook/dp/B01N6W2W5M/

https://www.amazon.com/Thrift-Samuel-Smiles-ebook/dp/B01C9FDRYO/

https://www.amazon.com/How-Live-24-Hours-Day-ebook/dp/B0084AHN6C/

I quite enjoy the "Messy Minimalist" on Youtube, who's so far in the middle of a six month journey to declutter her hoard that she's gathered as the owner of an Inn and large garden, is really handy with tools, doing the Walden thing by moving from Manhattan to the country, and occasionally talks about things like her former World of Warcraft addiction.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf84Fp1X-CpcXQ-8rw2xRmE3_QC5T1O7H

If you search for "minimalism" in the Amazon Kindle store and sort by price from low to high, there are usually 2 to 3 books being offered for free at any given time.

I think showing anyone an episode of Hoarders or Hoarding: Buried Alive has a much more visceral impact, and some of these are available on Netflix. I do enjoy the public domain book, "How to Live in 24 hours a Day" which was written in the early 20th century.

Still, if they're comfortable with their clutter, and it's not really a problem, why try to change them?

• Tao Te Ching
  
• Hoarding: Buried Alive
  
• How to Live on 24 Hours a Day by Arnold Bennett (1910)
  
• The American Frugal Housewife by Lydia Francis Child (1832)
  
• Thrift by Samuel Smiles (1875)
  
• Buddhist monks' rules
  
• 侘寂
  
• How to travel the world with 10 pounds or less
  
• What's in your backpack?