In her past due twenties, Cait Flanders found herself trapped in the consumerism cycle that grips so many of us: earn more, purchase more, want more, rinse, repeat. Even after she worked well her way to avoid it of almost $30,000 of personal debt, her aged habits took hold once again. When she noticed that nothing at all she was performing or buying was making her happy-only keeping her from conference her goals-she made a decision to arranged herself challenging: she’d not shop for an entire calendar year.

THE ENTIRE YEAR of Less papers Cait’s lifestyle for about The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store twelve months during which she bought only consumables: groceries, toiletries, gas for her car. On the way, she challenged herself to consume much less of many other things besides buying. She decluttered her apartment and eliminated 70 percent of her belongings; discovered how to repair things rather than throw them apart; investigated the zero waste movement; and finished a television ban. At every stage, she found that the much less she consumed, the greater fulfilled she experienced.

Blending Cait’s engaging story with motivating insight and practical guidance, The Year of Less will keep you questioning what you’re holding on to within your own life-and, potentially, cause you to find your have path of less.