All reviews for The 100 Thing Challenge: How I Got Rid of Almost Everything, Remade My Life, and Regained My Soul (2010)
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I liked this in principle, but not as much in the execution. I can really relate to the author (we even share the same birthday) in a lot of his struggles with American-style consumerism and his desire for something different. We share a tendency to get swept up in glorified visions of what our lives could be like if only we owned the right piece of gear, or tool, or article of clothing. I was even persuaded to make more a move toward simplifying my life and my desires (though this came before reading the book and reading Dave Bruno's account of his personal challenge has simply added fuel to the fire). In the end though, I felt like the execution of the book came off a bit flat. I could see where this would be an interesting blog to follow, or that he would be an interesting speaker to listen to, but as a book it just felt a little lifeless.
I got this book as a deal through Book Bub and was actually predisposed not to like it-- that attitude of reading something in order to criticize it! And even more when I discovered that he was a capital C Christian. But as it turns out he comes off as smart, thoughtful, insightful, reasonable, sincere, considerate of his family and thinking seriously about consumerism. Much better than I expected.
I like the premise, but it didn't inspire or motivate me. Not what I was expecting :(
Completed a very general overview of the book. Very general....