Blessed By Less

Perhaps the easiest way for people to define success in life is the accumulation of “stuff “-fancy electronics, clothing, and shoes, just to name a few. But what happens when all that stuff starts to overwhelm us? And even worse, what happens when the physical
baggage that weighs us down turns into emotional and spiritual baggage and builds up to the point that we lose sight of what’s important? We may feel that by giving up any of it, we could lose a part of ourselves.

In Blessed by Less, Susan Vogt discusses what happened when she found herself overburdened and suffocated by all the clutter she was carrying around in her life. She decided one Lent to give away at least one thing every day. After 40 days of living lightly, she felt so good about it that she continued the practice for an entire year. Along the way she discovered that by unburdening herself of things, she was also opening up a spiritual space inside herself.

Vogt guides readers through the process of uncluttering from a holistic perspective-spiritual, physical, and emotional-so that we can better know what to keep and what to let go. Ultimately, Blessed by Less shows us how clearing out our cluttered closets and crowded hearts and minds can actually fill us with great joy and free us from many burdens.