A Life Less Throwaway: The Lost Art of Buying for Life

I had expected this book to be more of a tidying and housekeeping sort of book but it ended up being far more wholistic. It covered everything from the perils of the fast fashion industry to brainwashing and manipulations of the advertising industries.

While the book is clearly from the perspective of someone from the UK, its easy to translate local euphemisms like “the hob” and “going on a mini break” into the American equivalents.

Many of the points are valid and is a solid entry point into many aspects of more thoughtful living – from considering how things are made, to the durability and longevity of goods and the western tendency to overshop. There are certainly books that delve deeper into each topic but this is a good primer into many aspects of thoughtful living.