For starters...you should check these books out or borrow them. Don't buy anything new in your quest for minamalism.

Check out the blog the minamalists.

Check out the documentary Minimalism on Netflix

Anonymous wrote:It may not seem obvious but you will find a lot of connections if you read a good english translation of the Tao

Like this?

Tao Te Ching https://www.amazon.com/dp/1484090748/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_ZVEyybRDV8DMB

I am not familiar with this text and there are many options when I search it ...

It may not seem obvious but you will find a lot of connections if you read a good english translation of the Tao

Thank you to the pp! I am checking these out now.

Children of Hoarders has a booklist: http://astore.amazon.com/childrenofhoa-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=28

Maybe something on asceticism?
e.g.,: https://www.amazon.com/Monk-Habits-Everyday-People-Spirituality-ebook/dp/B00B8540WA/ref=sr_1_8?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1482809496&sr=1-8&keywords=asceticism

I am searching for a book aligned with what I have been thinking about regarding living a life of excess (which I know I do). Too much money spent, too much debt, too much eating and consumption. I have tried to be more cognizant of that and, along with redoing my budget, reexamining my expectations to live a simpler and more balanced life.

I am searching for books that would be relevant to this theme. One I have found but not yet read is "the lore of less" by Joshua Becker, which I am looking into. I read the life changing magic of tidying up by Marie kondo, and liked it, but it's not quite what I'm looking for.

If anyone has tips, please let me know. If you're interested in this as well, another book I read and enjoyed was called STUFF, delving into the psychology and lives of hoarders. Very interesting. I do have some hoarding tendencies, although I like throwing things away.