With the arrival of the 21st century we have encountered a mental & material explosion in the Western world we have near-unlimited information at our fingertips we can have children who are healthy & safe & we have wealth & possessions beyond what most of the world can dream of However this is not a boast We are more stressed than we have ever been the majority of us are profoundly unhappy Despite the potential of prosperity our fears are undiminished we are stuck with cars & computers & houses & mobiles & hundreds of other tiny apparent "needs" that when all combined build to something unsustainable Though we are surrounded by what we want our desire to keep & still get more creates a pressure that we cannot tolerate But we do not need to "keep up with the Joneses" The flip side of our society's growth is that we can choose what to accept & what not to accept what to keep & what to lose joyfully & consciously With this handbook of simplicity Leo Babauta shows us why less is powerful how to know what you want & what you need how to choose what is essential & clear out the rest With The Power of Less you will be able to start a complete shift from wanting everything to needing nothing be able to live your life simply without compromise & discover that though we cannot have everything we want we can obtain anything we will ever need With this book you will find how to go through life not carefully but carefreely