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Bill is one of the founders of Boffins and has been involved in selecting the books we stock since our beginning in 1989. His favourite reading is history, with psychology, current affairs, and business books coming close behind. His hobbies are reading, food, reading, drinking, reading, and sleeping.
This book means a lot to us at Boffins Books, because of the background story. It was originally a “print on demand” title, but now Hachette Australia have secured the rights to publish it here. The Minimalists, Josh and Ryan, visited Perth from the United States late in 2014. We’d been contacted by them some months before, asking if we’d organise an event for them. They hoped to draw a crowd of 100 or so people, and they printed that number of books for us and shipped them to Perth. When we held the event, over 1,000 people attended. We had to run two sessions, one after the other, for everyone to be able to hear these guys talk. Needless to say, only a tiny fraction of the attendees got a book.
Books about decluttering, downsizing, reducing consumption are very popular, but why did this one strike such a chord with so many people? I think for one reason: the authors are so authentic. These guys, in their late 20’s, gave up their 6 figure corporate lifestyles, their flash cars, their fancy clothes and their big houses and moved to Montana to live a life focused on the principles of minimalism. Like Thoreau, Walden, but not just for a year! These guys continue to do it. This book is their guide to minimal living, a life with less things and more meaning. It’s a wonderful primer to help us take stock of our lives, make us realise that we can change, and motivate us to become the best person we can be.
