melangell reviewed Simplify Your Life by Mary Conroy
Review of 'Simplify Your Life' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
I work in a public library and I borrow just about anything on decluttering and simplifying that I come across, because I live in a tiny place and have terrible executive function. I skim most of them and don't even finish skimming them half the time--it's mostly all the same thing.
Simplify Your Life is far more worthwhile. It is not only about physical possessions but also approaches to work, personal finances, online activity and so on. The chapter about work is particularly good and suggests how and why you should say no to extra duties at work that aren't relevant to your own career goals: the brownie points you get for organising the work Christmas party every year will count for nothing when involuntary redundancies come around.
The author is sensible and pragmatic and the book is well written and clearly structured. It was a pleasure to read and …
Simplify Your Life is far more worthwhile. It is not only about physical possessions but also approaches to work, personal finances, online activity and so on. The chapter about work is particularly good and suggests how and why you should say no to extra duties at work that aren't relevant to your own career goals: the brownie points you get for organising the work Christmas party every year will count for nothing when involuntary redundancies come around.
The author is sensible and pragmatic and the book is well written and clearly structured. It was a pleasure to read and I'm realising I need to take a more minimalist approach to books on minimalism.