Lightly: How to Live a Simple, Serene, and Stress-Free Life

“Life is weighing us down. Each day we add more possessions, more commitments, more worries, more stress to our lives. Striving for fulfillment, our closets become overstuffed, our calendars overscheduled, and our spirits overwhelmed. Instead of feeling happy, we just feel heavy. Lightly offers help. Whether you want to strip down your life to a backpack or free up some space in your closet, overhaul your schedule or gain back an hour in the evening, Lightly helps you identify what you treasure, while letting what’s unnecessary fall away. You will learn to lighten: Your Stuff: advice on how to declutter what’s weighing you down, Your Spirit: release the worries and emotional baggage that can be just as burdensome as possessions, Your Stress: reclaim your time and strive not to get more done, but to have less to do, Your Step: reduce your consumption and make the planet as beautiful and clutter-free as your home. Without a strict regimen, Lightly puts the power back in your hands to take control of your life”–

Brief Description:
From the author of the best-selling The Joy of Less, a handbook for mindful minimalism that provides a philosophy and instructions to lighten up every aspect of our lives–in just 5 or 10 minutes a day.

Biographical Note:
FRANCINE JAY pioneered the simple living movement with The Joy of Less, which was named one of Amazon’s Best Books of the Year. Her advice has been featured in the New York Times, House Beautiful, the TODAY show, and more.

Publisher Marketing:
Life is weighing us down. Each day we add more possessions, more commitments, more worries, more stress to our lives. Striving for fulfillment, our closets become overstuffed, our calendars overscheduled, and our spirits overwhelmed. Instead of feeling happy, we just feel heavy.

Lightly offers help. Whether you want to strip down your life to a backpack or free up some space in your closet, overhaul your schedule or gain back an hour in the evening, Lightly helps you identify what you treasure, while letting what’s unnecessary fall away. You will learn to lighten:
Your Stuff: advice on how to declutter what’s weighing you down
Your Spirit: release the worries and emotional baggage that can be just as burdensome as possessions
Your Stress: reclaim your time and strive not to get more done, but to have less to do
Your Step: reduce your consumption and make the planet as beautiful and clutter-free as your home
Without a strict regimen, Lightly puts the power back in your hands to take control of your life.