Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

Fumio Sasaki

Apr 2017 · Blackstone Audio Inc. · Narrated by Keith Szarabajka

About this audiobook

The bestselling phenomenon from Japan, with irresistible appeal to fans of Marie Kondo, that argues there is happiness in a minimalist life

Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert or organizing guru like Marie Kondo―he’s just a regular guy who was stressed out and constantly comparing himself to others, until one day he decided to change his life by saying goodbye to everything he didn’t absolutely need. The effects were remarkable: Sasaki gained true freedom, new focus, and a real sense of gratitude for everything around him.

In Goodbye, Things, Sasaki modestly shares his personal minimalist experience, offering specific tips on the minimizing process and revealing how the new minimalist movement can not only transform your space but truly enrich your life. The benefits of a minimalist life can be realized by anyone, and Sasaki’s humble vision of true happiness will open your eyes to minimalism’s potential.

Ratings and reviews

This book helped me turn my life around in every single way in less than a week, so many simple yet profound ideas that turn out to be crucial advice. the book is engaging and inspiring. Fantastic job!

Nice experience... It was a little slow at times, however they flew through 97% of it... The end check sheet 3% couldn't make it through.. the 97 you won't regret

I have listened to this book more than 40 times in two months.

About the author

Fumio Sasaki is a Japanese author, editor, and minimalist. He is the former coeditor in chief of Japan’s Wani Books and cofounder of the website Minimal & ism.

Keith Szarabajka has appeared in many films, including The Dark Knight, Missing, and A Perfect World, and on such television shows as The Equalizer, Angel, Cold Case, Golden Years, and Profit. Szarabajka has also appeared in several episodes of Selected Shorts for National Public Radio. He won the 2001 Audie Award for Unabridged Fiction for his reading of Tom Robbins’s Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates and has won several Earphones Awards.