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 could barely get out of bed—and not because bed was my sanctuary. There was nothing beautiful or peaceful about living under the covers in pajamas that hadn’t been washed in weeks. There was simply no better place to spend half the day in the fetal position.