Like Henry David Thoreau, but with Wi-Fi.
Heartrending, uplifting, and deeply personal, this engrossing Memoir is peppered with insightful (and often hilarious) interruptions by Ryan Nicodemus, Millburn\'s best friend of twenty years..
So, when Everything was gone, what was left? Not a how-to book but a why-to book, Everything That Remains is the touching, surprising story of what happened when one young man decided to let go of Everything and begin living more deliberately.
In the pursuit of looking for something more substantial than compulsory consumption and the broken American Dream, he jettisoned most of his material possessions, paid off loads of crippling debt, and walked away from his six-figure career.
Since, Millburn, now 32, has embraced simplicity.
That was four years ago.
Then, he accidentally discovered a lifestyle known as minimalism...and Everything started to change.
Blindsided by the loss of his mother and his marriage in the same month, Millburn started questioning every aspect of the life he had built for himself.
Until he didn\'t anymore. -Boston Globe What if Everything you ever wanted isn\'t what you actually want? Twenty-something, suit-clad, and upwardly mobile, Joshua Fields Millburn thought he had Everything anyone could ever want.
Like Henry David Thoreau, but with Wi-Fi
