Downsize Your Way to a Richer, Happier Life with 'Let It Go'

Susan: This guide to downsizing is an easy read packed with practical advice. It also offers relevant, real-life stories to encourage readers who want - or need - to shed some possessions to make space for more living.

United Kingdom on Feb 03, 2023

Kindle Customer: I picked this book up after hearing about it from a minimalist that I follow on YouTube. I happened to get it as I was in the midst of helping my parents downsize and move from their home of 28 years, and the timing couldn't have been more perfect. Even though we were almost done with their move, I came home and began applying what I'd read in "Let It Go" to my own house, which was crammed with stuff - even more so after helping my parents clean out because boxes of the stuff they no longer wanted made their way to MY house, either through my kids or my own sense of wanting to save a memory. Since then, I've been cleaning out what I brought, because stuff is just stuff...the memories are what matter.

United States on Jan 19, 2023

KL: Interesting explanations of why we collect and hang on to things even when they no longer serve our well-being. Practical exercises for identifying where we are stuck and how to let go without regret.

United States on Jan 01, 2023

Mag: I absolutely love Peter Walsh down to earth life changing book, don’t kid yourself without help it’s too hard read it and weep then start working 💋

Australia on Apr 30, 2021

Lisa-Maree Ellett: What can I say, well he is an Aussie who has made America his home and his success is a testament to his work. Peter's vulnerability in sharing his own stories is lovely in another wonderful guide to decluttering! A great book to read even if you don't need to downsize...you probably do! As we all have too much stuff.

Australia on Apr 01, 2019

Jester104: Having growing up a packrat as well as it being in my genetics, I found this book to be practical, well-written within being boring, and full of lots of helpful information and examples. For me, I even jotted down notes from the book for my more difficult pack-ratting issues to help remind me of the importance of getting rid of things that I will never use and/or are more difficult to re-home for a variety of different reasons. Regardless of WHY you make be a packrat, this book has it covered which makes it a lot easier to relate to. It helps you to learn why you make be a packrat and if you know why, then it will likely make it easier to stop the cycle. The author of this book also used to have a tv show on one of the cable channels about cleaning out the extra stuff in your life and while I used to watch and really enjoy the show when it was on many years ago, I didn't realize that he was also the author of this book until I was reading it. I actually ordered this book and one other because of the high reviews and I was pleased with both of them. I highly recommend this book to everyone who may need it and I wrote a similar review about the other book as well since both were...

United States on Feb 16, 2018

Linda Smith: Another good book by better Peter Walsh for those than need to deal with clutter, scale down what they own for whatever reason, such as moving to a smaller place, etc. It also deals with situations where you might need to clear out a lot of another person's stuff, such as after a death.

Canada on Apr 25, 2017

Elaine: the speaker is amazing but the MP3 CD does not play in my car stereo so I felt sad that I can only play at home. not the best for dinosaurs...

Canada on Apr 22, 2017

PatC: I pre-ordered this book and received it on Feb. 14th, the day it first was available. I read it over the next few days, and learned how to handle going through a loved one's possessions after their death. My mother was put on hospice care at the beginning of the month and I knew the info in Peter's book would eventually be needed. Two days after I finished the book, on Feb. 22nd, my mom passed away! I found myself quoting from the book as my sisters and daughters and I went through Mom's apartment and decided what to keep and what to let go!
An idea that we had turned out to be helpful too: after the memorial service, at my sister's house for the family get-together and dinner, she set up a "Grandma Shoppe" in the basement with the things we had kept, and had the whole family go downstairs and choose things they wanted for their own homes and as mementos, and things that had personal meaning for each one. It worked out very well, and everyone was happy.

United States on Mar 17, 2017

Lover of Books: I cannot say enough good things about Peter Walsh, and his ability to change my thinking - seriously shifting my brain to realize I do not need all this STUFF. I feel free for the first in my life of the hold that things, mementos, clutter, had on me. I am mid-stream in my down-sizing, was never a hoarder, but even people with neat and tidy homes have too much stuff. When I cleaned out my front coat closet, for instance, I had 16 pair of gloves. Various materials, bought at different times, on trips when I had forgotten to pack them or we got a sudden cold snap. Now, after donating, 14 people will have gloves. I did the same with mufflers, hats, and coats. It feels good. In my wardrobe, I had so many duplicates: for instance FIVE black turtleneck sweaters, as just one example. My core wardrobe is much leaner now, looks fantastic, easy to pack and unpack and wash. Before I had so many clothes and way too many choices and I would get overwhelmed by what to take. I am an author and I travel around the globe - (I write a thriller series about a globe trotting archaeologist so my books are set everywhere). I needed easy choices, but still need to be professionally clothed. Peter has...

United States on Feb 14, 2017