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soupbeanie's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
suzukabunny's review against another edition
4.0
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rwbb43's review against another edition
4.0
Radom choice in Libby. Good tidbits to think about. Got a new app suggestion to track my weight lifting…probably better in physical form to be able to go back and forth.
alannajane's review against another edition
4.0
Incredible book. 4.5 stars.
I really enjoyed *Goodbye Things, The New Japanese Minimalism* so I jumped at the chance to listen to this audiobook. I’m so glad that I did, as it has the:
Same great writing. Same great attention to detail and incredible research done. Same very down-to-earth and relatable perspective.
What I LOVED about this book:
* All of the above notes.
* wonderful narration of the audiobook. This is not read by the author, but the flow is so smooth it almost sounds as if it is! The narrator brings this subject matter to life in a way that I wanted to keep on listening without stopping.
* there is a wealth of background material that includes short anecdotes from the author’s and others’ lives, as well as references to scientific studies. All this is presented in a wonderful non-nonsense way.
* the list of 50 pointers on maintaining great habits.
Some are based on research, while others are anecdotal and a few are just the author’s own ideas. But as we are all different, there must be at least a few or more that resonate with every reader. Also, this compilation of the book (introduction, beginning, 50 pointers, conclusion) makes this heavy mass of information flow so much better than most any other book on the subject that I have read.
* the recap done at the end of each section, for review. There are so many great points that it is hard to remember all of the ones that I wanted to put into practice. The recap brought those back.
What I disliked:
* outdated, potentially harmful ideas on dieting. If you have (or have had) an eating disorder or struggle to lose weight no matter how hard you try, please be kind to yourself and breeze over the author’s views of diet without taking them personally. The author even quotes a book on how no diet has ever worked long-term, but continues to state outdated beliefs related to eating habits. I found this very frustrating, and know that others will find this harmful.
* the author only alludes once, and very briefly, as to how all people are different and successfully set up “good” habits in much different ways - and this is near the end. The vast majority of the book up until then sounds incredibly like if anyone just does what the author did, they will succeed. While so much of the book is full of incredible tips and tricks that MAY work for any reader, it is likely that every reader will walk away with different ideas of how they can best start and maintain the means to their own goals. Or, this is how it came across to me, anyway.
Regardless of these two faults, this book is absolutely 100% worth your time if you have any desire to change what things you are doing every day. How you live every day, of course, is how you build your future.
Thank you to the author, Fumio Sasaki, NetGalley and the publisher, Blackstone Publishing, for an audiobook copy of this title in return for an honest review.
I really enjoyed *Goodbye Things, The New Japanese Minimalism* so I jumped at the chance to listen to this audiobook. I’m so glad that I did, as it has the:
Same great writing. Same great attention to detail and incredible research done. Same very down-to-earth and relatable perspective.
What I LOVED about this book:
* All of the above notes.
* wonderful narration of the audiobook. This is not read by the author, but the flow is so smooth it almost sounds as if it is! The narrator brings this subject matter to life in a way that I wanted to keep on listening without stopping.
* there is a wealth of background material that includes short anecdotes from the author’s and others’ lives, as well as references to scientific studies. All this is presented in a wonderful non-nonsense way.
* the list of 50 pointers on maintaining great habits.
Some are based on research, while others are anecdotal and a few are just the author’s own ideas. But as we are all different, there must be at least a few or more that resonate with every reader. Also, this compilation of the book (introduction, beginning, 50 pointers, conclusion) makes this heavy mass of information flow so much better than most any other book on the subject that I have read.
* the recap done at the end of each section, for review. There are so many great points that it is hard to remember all of the ones that I wanted to put into practice. The recap brought those back.
What I disliked:
* outdated, potentially harmful ideas on dieting. If you have (or have had) an eating disorder or struggle to lose weight no matter how hard you try, please be kind to yourself and breeze over the author’s views of diet without taking them personally. The author even quotes a book on how no diet has ever worked long-term, but continues to state outdated beliefs related to eating habits. I found this very frustrating, and know that others will find this harmful.
* the author only alludes once, and very briefly, as to how all people are different and successfully set up “good” habits in much different ways - and this is near the end. The vast majority of the book up until then sounds incredibly like if anyone just does what the author did, they will succeed. While so much of the book is full of incredible tips and tricks that MAY work for any reader, it is likely that every reader will walk away with different ideas of how they can best start and maintain the means to their own goals. Or, this is how it came across to me, anyway.
Regardless of these two faults, this book is absolutely 100% worth your time if you have any desire to change what things you are doing every day. How you live every day, of course, is how you build your future.
Thank you to the author, Fumio Sasaki, NetGalley and the publisher, Blackstone Publishing, for an audiobook copy of this title in return for an honest review.
deutschemausi's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
2.5
My initial impression was the cover is beautiful, I love the minimalist look, it’s very satisfying.
However reading the first two chapters was incredibly draining. It’s was a lot of repetitive information and non stop information. Just very dry almost like a lecture with no breaks.
Not to mention all the research and scientific evidence based sections that seemed to drag on without stopping.
The middle of the book where all the habit recommendations and suggestions were, were interesting and made some good points.
The ending however reminded me very much of English class. Short of saying “in conclusion” it felt very much like a long research paper I didn’t know I was getting myself into.
justicepirate's review against another edition
3.0
This book was about establishing a way to develop good habits in life to live better. It was not as good as the first book Fumio Sasaki wrote, but it is still pretty good. While he is a minimalist, this book has nothing to do with minimalism. Keep that in mind in case you were hoping for such a topic. He does talk about it every so often and how it helped him have more focus on the things he needed to do in his personal life, but not much beyond that. You can tell that he was really new from overcoming alcohol addiction when writing this, as it is brought up how he got through that bad habit and issue that held him in his life.
I do believe that it is important to make good habits. It something I actually teach my teen sons who were raised as minimalists. A routine does help people out to have more ease in life, and that is what the author was trying to talk about. He does bring up things that take people's focus that are not exactly good for their lives. He does use a lot of personal explanations, because as humans, we learn from our own mistakes and see what works best for us as an individual. I think that is what he was trying to establish.
I do believe that it is important to make good habits. It something I actually teach my teen sons who were raised as minimalists. A routine does help people out to have more ease in life, and that is what the author was trying to talk about. He does bring up things that take people's focus that are not exactly good for their lives. He does use a lot of personal explanations, because as humans, we learn from our own mistakes and see what works best for us as an individual. I think that is what he was trying to establish.