Joshua Fields Millburn is de helft van het duo The Minimalists, dat zich richt op eenvoudig leven. Als bestsellerauteur van vijf boeken is Millburn verschenen in de New York Times, Wall Street Journal en Time magazine en heeft hij gesproken op Harvard, Apple en Google. Zijn podcast, The Minimalists Podcast, is vaak de nummer 1 gezondheidsshow op Apple Podcasts, en zijn populaire documentaire, MINIMALISM, is beschikbaar op Netflix. Hij groeide op in Dayton, Ohio, en woont momenteel in Los Angeles.
Pleidooi voor een minimalistische levensstijl, mede aan de hand van de persoonlijke ervaringen van de auteurs, waarbij niet wordt gehecht aan bezit en zo min mogelijk middelen worden gebruikt om te leven.
Minimalism is the thing that gets us past the things so we can make room for life's most important things—which actually aren't things at all. At age 30, best friends Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus walked away from their six-figure corporate careers, jettisoned most of their material possessions, and started focusing on what's truly important. In their debut book, Joshua & Ryan, authors of the popular website The Minimalists, explore their troubled pasts and descent into depression. Though they had achieved the American Dream, they worked ridiculous hours, wastefully spent money, and lived paycheck to paycheck. Instead of discovering their passions, they pacified themselves with ephemeral indulgences—which only led to more debt, depression, and discontent. After a pair of life-changing events, Joshua & Ryan discovered minimalism, allowing them to eliminate their excess material things so they could focus on life's most important "things": health, relationships, passion, growth, and contribution.
Netflix and podcasting superstars The Minimalists have written a guide to decluttering your life so that you canprioritize the relationships that matter most.