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The 100 Thing Challenge : : how I got rid of Almost Everything, Remade my Life, and Regained my Soul

Bruno, Dave. Book - 2010 Adult Book / Nonfiction / Self-Help / General / Bruno, Dave 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3 out of 5

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Preface: Of cats and contentment -- The challenge takes shape -- The challenge takes off -- Epilogue: Keep going.
Recounts the author's experience in restricting his personal possessions to only one hundred items, and includes his reflections on consumerism, the culture of materialism, and the personal growth he found on his journey.

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Good for reflection, and to encourage action submitted by Susan4Pax -prev. sueij- on July 8, 2014, 8:10am An interesting book about one individual's personal decision to simplify his life.

I don't think that I share the author's particular issues with owning stuff. For example, he realized he bought model train kits (though he never assembled them) because he was trying to complete the set-ups he never finished with his father as a child. He bought "adventure gear" for climates he didn't adventure in. He owned many, many woodworking tools because he loved the *idea* of becoming a master woodworker.

However! I have my own issues with "stuff." I am, by nature, a hoarder. I like the memories and stories that are attached to things, and while I still think that has value, I also think it's easy to overdo. I also like the joy of giving good "stuff" to my kids, and could use some editing there!

The author also did a great job reflecting on the ways his personal challenge affected his thoughts, his family, and his relationship with others. I probably found these sections to be the most interesting part of the book.

It's a short book about a personal journey that most of could use some perspective about, and comes at a timely moment as we pack our house to move. Good for reflection, and to encourage action.

Not Worth It! submitted by ekalish92 on November 27, 2023, 12:52pm If you're looking for straightforward inspiration to thin through your belongings, this ain't it.

While there are a few worthwhile thoughts here and there, I found the author to be absolutely insufferable the vast majority of the time. It is exceedingly obvious that Bruno had been blogging for years prior to trying to sit down and write a book. His often dull ramblings smack of those recipe websites where you have to scroll through 12 pages' worth of inane commentary to finally get to the ingredient list.

Unless you're interested in reading several pages of mildly misogynistic, overbearing, and self-absorbed thoughts around every piece of woodworking equipment or fishing gear the author has ever laid eyes on for every few meaningful sentences, you're going to want to skip this one.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Harper, c2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: xiii, 207 p. ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780061787744
0061787744

SUBJECTS
Bruno, Dave.
Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects.
Self-actualization (Psychology)