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 Free Audiobook Download by Cait Flanders

Cait Flanders is the author of the memoir 'The Year of Less.' Living on a budget, Cait decided to take on the challenge of leaving her stuff behind in order to live more authentically. The book details how she gave away everything and moved into an apartment with just one suitcase, eliminated all internet use, and found life to be greater than anything you can buy in a store.

Cait Flanders is a writer and blogger who has been on a quest for minimalism. After going through some difficult times in her life like losing her father, she was ready to live a simpler life and gave away all of her clothes and belongings. After giving away everything that she owned, Cait began to learn about what it meant to live more with less. She began experimenting with more simple things like eating the same meal over and over again each day until she discovered that life is more precious than anything you can buy in a store.

I never understood the point of owning things. I'm not someone who needs more than anything to feel complete. I've always been an antifragile human being and I didn't know that until I tried living without some of the things I had become so accustomed to. The Year of Less has been a turning point in my life, one that has given me a deeper appreciation for my temporal existence, and the opportunity to try on new perspectives and do new things with a greater sense of purpose.

This year, Cait Flanders decided to stop shopping. So she stopped buying whatever she wanted and began living with a new set of rules. Like most people she tried frugal living before but she wanted some more concrete ideas into starting her new life in less time. This audiobook describes how Cait did it with practical tips, motivation, and more than fifty ways to save money.

Flanders' journey began when she and her husband were struggling financially. They found themselves feeling increasingly out of control by their spending habits and the need to work long hours just to keep up with their ever-increasing debt. Flanders took inventory of all the things that she and her husband had accumulated over time and realized that her life would be better without these things. In total, she gave away 100 bags of clothes, 37 bags of shoes, 45 cans of food, and 23 trash bags in just a few months.

Cait was diagnosed with a chronic illness that required highly controlled diets and nutrition. She was always spending money on being healthy, but she didn't think it was worth the effort or the price. It took Cait two years to prepare herself mentally for this difficult lifestyle change when one day she found herself doing something drastic: giving away everything she owned, from her clothes to her food.