Fumio Sasaki

There’s happiness in having less. That’s why it’s time to say goodbye to all our extra things.

That’s the minimal version of the message that I’d like to convey in this book. I want to show you how amazing it is to have less, even though that’s the complete opposite of how we’ve been taught to be happy. We think that the more we have, the happier we will be. We never know what tomorrow might bring, so we collect and save as much as we can.

perfectly happy just as I am.

Minimalism is a lifestyle in which you reduce your possessions to the absolute minimum you need. Living as a minimalist with the bare essentials has not only provided superficial benefits like the pleasure of a tidy room or the simple ease of cleaning, it has also led to a more fundamental shift. It’s given me a chance to think about what it really means to be happy.