The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

by Cait Flanders

I didn’t want to be out in the open. I wanted to hide—from my life, from my family, from the truth. I didn’t want it to be real, so I went to bed, where I could curl up and pretend like everything was okay.