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HOW TO GIVE AWAY ALL YOUR BOOKS
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- Опубликовано: 29 июн 2016
- I love books. I love the way they feel. I love the way they look perched up on my wall. The problem is I don’t read books. And it turns out that most people don't either. And books take space.
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According to a YouGov survey carried out on a sample of 2,059 adults, shortness of time for reading was a problem for 29% of respondents, 40% preferred to do something else and 26% said they "didn't enjoy reading very much". (source TheGuardian.com) Meaning it’s most likely that you haven’t read more than 1 or 2 books in the past six months.
Part two of my decluttering series, today we will take a look at what you can do to give away the books you won't read or that aren't bringing you any joy. Sounds wanky, I know. But trust me. It works.
Find out how I managed to get rid of more than 70% of all my books.
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I went from a floor to ceiling, wall to wall built in bookcase. Moving books were easily 12 -15 boxes. I scaled down to 60 books and a library card. I stopped the madness.
Wow, that's super impressive! Well done and I bet you're enjoying the extra space on the wall :)
Yes, I need to start taking advantage of my library card, but I fear forgetting to return them lol late fees just won't do.
Ha! Now that's a bigger problem I'm afraid I can't help with :)
Mark Leruste haha there needs to be a "use at own risk" warning on library cards. Nah, I'm good with returning. But normal I hit the 25 cent and dollar selves rather than check out books. This is my problem.
Congrats!
Nice idea, I should buy a self help book about getting rid of books
That's the spirit :)
I ❤️ books and would never let any of them go. Just over 4 years ago, I went through them and went down from just over 800 to 17. The 17 were either ones that I couldn't rebuy in ebook format or ones that were really special to me. Yes, I have got some of them back in ebook form but very few of them. And, I can honestly say that I'm happier because I got rid of them, they were a burden that I didn't realize I was carrying.
Well done Christopher, that's an EPIC downsize!
This is what I need to do, but simply don't even know where to start. I've estimated I must have a good 1000+ books (I wish I was kidding) and desperately need the storage room, so I need to downsize. How did you go about it? Not sure I can do the "all in one big pile" with my collection. Also, what did you end up doing with the ones you got rid of?
Wow. Congratulations!
Awesome books can be found at your nearest Goodwill Outlet Store, 50 cents for hardback and 25 cents for paperbacks. I say buy more books! Read them and share them with others. I got rid of my other junk and kept my books, so I can expand my mind! *Who needs to drink/drug when you can blow your mind with awesome writers/writing - which is my favorite "art form".
I just order books second hand, oftentimes in a bad condition.
If I like a book, I sell the bad copy and buy a better one. If I don't, I just sell or give away the bad copy and don't feel bad for having bought a book I didn't like.
Also, for the unread books I try to keep them in the range from 10-25 books so I don't get overwhelmed.
That's definitely one way of going about it!
I'm a librarians daughter and grew up in the library. I would go into bookstores and come home with 5 to 10 books I knew the library didn't have. Then I would go to the library and bring home another 10 books. Since I knew the library books were due in 2 weeks I would read chunks of each book and return them on time. The books I had bought however, languished on the shelf collecting dust because there wasn't a "due date" on them.
“I got this tip from Maria Kondo..... IN A BOOK” I saw watcha did there
I got rid of all my books. My husband and son have a bunch still. I only buy kindle books and I subscribe to a monthly magazine online service. I can't read a regular book. I need the good lighting on my kindle and iPad. I had serious cataract surgery at 42 year old. It's very rare to have them at a young age so I'm very careful not to read in bad lighting. And most books are too small of print. It's nice to carry around my kindle and i feel clutter free. I live in a 2k square feet townhouse. I'm trying to be a minimalist but I'm doing it slowly since I want it to be a lifestyle and not a fad. Most rooms are fully purged but my garage is half done and then it's more just maintaining it. I've donated over 100 trash bags full of stuff to charities in the past three months. It's a great feeling owning less. I now can concentrate on reading my kindle everyday instead of purging stuff. But when something new comes in something old has to go. That's my rule.
Thanks for sharing your process and glad to hear you've found your vibe!
My loft is full of books. I created shelves in the eaves of my loft. I actually don't have enough space to put all my books out as I have so many. My wife is always going on about getting rid of them. As I get older I do understand I will not be able to read all of them. So starting the process and doing a bit every weekend. When I die I don't want whoever is left to have to deal with them.
I completely understand you!! Well done. I've scaled down half my books and joined my local library. My intention now is to never buy a new book to own again.
Good luck!
When I did an initial book inventory a few months before we moved, I had something like 1050 or more (the actual first count included some of my husband's). I sold some on Amazon, had give away events for my friends and then donated the remainder to charity shops and the local, volunteer run library.
I actually read dozens of books per year and what I gave away I had read or otherwise finished with the majority. Many classic novels were replaced on Kindle for a snip too. I now have 461 and am actively working through the rest - I have 9 on the go just now!. Aiming for 400 by the end of the year and hoping for under 250 long term, maybe less. I must go now - I have reading to do!!!! 😂
You do indeed, sounds like you're on the right track though? Good luck with the book process :)
Get a library card!
Wise words!
We have a bookshelf standing in the supermarket where i take books and put books in.
books is what I've been tackling for so long. hearing you say you're unsure of the effects seeing those unread books may have on you is really exactly what I needed to hear. I love old books and I want to save them all, watch my kids thumb through them, look at them on a shelf, but they take up a very large amount of space in my home and my attic storage. Also I'm constantly feeling like I have lots to "do" like read those books or use my closet full of arts and crafts things. thank you for this video!
You are so welcome Alexandria, and I know the feeling! I was holding myself back by the amount of books i hadn't read. Thinking things like "surely, I'm not ready to do x if I haven't read this book about it!". And so it was so liberating to give them away. Not easy, but liberating. Regarding your kids playing wit them, I so get it. And it also reminds me of a quote I read once: "Collect memories, not things."
Yes! I love that quote. It's really helped me in not hanging onto energy drawing they make ect. You're sweet to respond. Thank you, I became an instant subscriber! Are you vegan by any chance? (No judgement)
No problem, happy to help. Not a vegan (at least not at the moment!) but I do have a plant-based nutrition certificate from eCornell University so I know quite a bit about the health benefits of following a plant-based diet etc. Also I'm in the middle of releasing my next short feature video that revolves around vegans... As you've subscribed you'll get it first and have a feeling you'll enjoy it!
+Mark Leruste yay SO fantastic!
I love my books too but I find myself not having time to read them either. Subscribed and hit the bell button:)
Thank you! I loved this! Books, for me, are the hardest to let go.
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wouldn't it be better if you read them, and THEN threw them away?
thats what i'm doing with my books anyway.
That would be in an idea world a great way to go through them. Problem is, what I realised is that every time someone recommended a book, I bought one. And before you know it I had a gazillion books on my shelves. The more books I had, the more I had to read. The harder it was to get started. And the more I thought I needed to read them, the less ready I felt to take action. That's when I thought it was probably best to start over and just go one book at a time. Which has worked great for me. Everyone has their own style of course and I don't pretend to hold the truth for all. And I hope this will hope some that like me could benefit from my experience. Good luck with your process!
I need to get rid of so many books myself. Wait. I think I see a few books you have there that I could use.
omg my friend :) I also have a big collection of books, Like you I don't find time to read them.. but I am attached to them haha. I wish I had all your books in my collection. :))
Ha, I know the feeling. They just look so good though! PS: All you need to do is go to the charity shop down the road to get all those books ;)
This is my problem, lol. I've got to get ruthless. I'm not buying books at all, unless it's digital. I can take a digital collection anywhere around the world.
You are speaking my language. I love books and I don’t read them. Thanks for sharing. I’m going to try your method.
I have a small personal library and only keep books I will read again. I use the library for most new books. I also use digital audiobooks which don't create clutter.
IMO, no one needs to own 32 self help books long term. But I salute your effort to crystalize your library to a core of meaningful books.
good choice keeping thug kitchen!
Just came across your channel...loving it
Thanks!!!
Hey Mark, I like your videos on the downsizing of your clothes and books. I am in the middle of the process as well. I was wondering if you continued with the Mari Kondo-method and also did the Papers, Misalenius and Personal category? Your videos are short, informative and inspiring to me, so please do continue ☺
Thanks Astrid, so glad you enjoyed my videos :) Since making those video I have tried to keep a conscious mind as to what I buy and what I bring in the home. But the truth is it's not always easy when you have a young family. Saying that I do recommend you find your own method that works for you too. Good luck!
Mark Leruste b
I need a room the size of a football field to follow your advice...
Pick them up one by one?!?!?!!?!? There again, there are not enough hours in the day!!!
But maybe there is no other way. I just need to quit my job...
Hi Joe, not sure quitting your job is the only solution here...And, my advice is to go through what you can, when you can. Good luck!
Very thoughtful video about downsizing one's personal library.
I have 160 and it’s very overwhelming
I had hundred of books - some read some not. I got a kindle and realized I could get rid of all my books. If I ever wanted to reread one I could buy it again - think I’ve only bought one. I do still have some cookbooks but only a fraction of what i used to have.
Well done Libby!
Wow! Thank you so much. I am a procrastinator. This video has helped me so much. I do have Marie Kondou book I’ve just never got into it.
This video was the reason I changed my whole habit of buying books a year ago. I now own an e-book and 22 books of which two are unread. I am feeling so free eight now although my dream of a big collection is now very far away :D just wanted to say thank you
You're so welcome! Thanks for sharing and good luck with your new habits :)
I’m about to declutter the books now 🙃😓 I also have a kindle that I love reading from. I think that’s good enough as I don’t read books besides in there.
I try to find books at thrift stores, sometimes for as low as 25cents. If there is a specific book that I really want to read, then I'll buy it online. I have a library card, but sadly my local library doesn't ever carry the books I want lol.
I love your videos. Also you kept Mr Slow, that is so funny considering how many other books you got rid of. Keep it up!
Thanks John, appreciate it! And good luck with your journey too :)
switch to e-books
That's definitely a solution right there!
Did you end up using the cookbooks? I own 28 books, 1/3rd of them I use for work.
I gave them all away to charity!
Hi Mark, Sorry, but you are most certainly not a book LOVER! I agree, I too love the the way books feel and how they look. And whenever possible I will chose the hardcover over the paperback. And even the hardcover books, I prefer to be in the superior binding of sewn signatures! Now the reason that I am teasing you about not being a book lover, is that I have enough books in my modestly sized home to open a lending library! I have not yet counted them, but to "guesstimate", I think I have around 1,000 or more. Now I am going to do my very best to assess them one by one and my goal in reduction is NOT a numerical one, but rather a reduction of books that are no longer of interest to me. Wish me luck. Cheers and ALOHA from Hawaii.
I subbed! Your videos are really professional
Thanks!
Books have been my struggle! For my New Year's resolution, I challenged myself to read a book a week, and I've found that I very, very rarely keep the ones I've read. I'm almost ashamed to say that in a collection of about 200+ books, i've only read 38 novels, and a handful of reference books. But it really is about that persuit of knowledge- you feel you have to hold onto those books to feel you have the knowledge. It's definitely getting easier.
So with you on that one Holly, when I had a ton of books I was always surrounded by knowledge. And add to that I was surrounded by knowledge I had not yet acquired, and therefore felt like I wasn't "complete" until I read those books. Problem is, every week I'd get different recommendations for a new book! It's a never ending story... Since then I pick up one book, read it, (or at least try!) and then give it to someone or give it to a charity shop. Don't beat yourself up and if here's something you may want to play with. If you could only take 5 of your books with you on a desert island, which ones' would they be?
+Mark Leruste can I cheat and take my Kindle?! I'd say-
The Grapes of Wrath- John Steinbeck
Alias Grace by Margaret Attwood
Animal Farm by George Orwell
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
One Day by David Nicholls
Hehe absolutely! Having a Kindle kind of takes away the entire problem of physical books. Some may even argue that one Kindle counts for one book, no matter how many books you have on there ;)
We have a place in my neighborhood that gives away books. The only catch is that you have to bring them back in three weeks. Most neighborhoods have one of these places. Check them out!
Yeah I remember a family I stayed with on my road trip across California a few years back had an outdoor free library. It was an amazing idea :)
i love how you kept mr. slow
I have lots of books, and no time to read them, but also I think at one point I will have the time to sit and read them.. so I can't give them away. I am stuck with my books!
If there was a way that if i donated books to my local or main city library and 100% KNEW they were going to stay there I would. But here in an undisclosed town in South Yorkshire where stuff tends to go walkies i'm discouraged from doing so...in fact, i'm discouraged from doing anything...
And not to be too negative, but books, dvds, video games and listening to music (whichever format you choose) are the vast majority of the time just chewing gum for the mind and even chewing gum for the bank account. How much absolute SHITE have we handed over hard earned money for in the past? That's the deeper thought process which minimalism and decluttering is not going to solve in a weekend of intense drudgery and tedium!
That's one way of seeing it!
madcapoperator
It’s true, we do really waste huge amounts of money on, as you say, ‘chewing gum for the mind’.
And we may, in time, get terribly bored without this constant diet of ‘stuff’.
But how about thinking about the balance of how hard and long we work for transient chewing gum, to cutting back on how much we work, so we only buy what we really need or want?
The choice is indeed ours.
I just gave away 6 boxes of books which I love but I still have 6 boxes left!! Girl got some work to do...
I have too many books to put them all in one room!
Well, start with hard of them and work your way through them :)
Your going to have to go through this all over again if your aiming for 100. You might need to give yourself a break on this number. Marie Kondo is great but she doesn't tackle the psychology of why we collect and what the underlying issue is. Maybe during your next run you should do the MIns game. I got rid of 530 items doing the game. Can't wait to do it again. Konmari is a great way to start but commit to always looking at the piles (especially when they get smaller) and getting rid of at least a third. Good luck
You are really good at this!
Thanks Lily!
The books that you had loaned out; you could’ve just left instead of picking them up
I've been researching into how to tidy up easily and discovered an awesome resource at Nilah Declutter Tips (google it if you are interested)
Are the Books behind you those you Gas lend to others and gave back to them after your sorting process? I just wondered. Myself I reduced from about 450 books (including e-books, but excluding audiobooks) to 60 books. BUT since then I did add 7 books. But I did get more choosey and at least two of them can be circulated in my family.😇
Congrats on winding down the amount of books you have! I'm not sure I understand your question as I don't know what "you Gas lend to others" means. But the short answer is that at the end of the video that was the amount of books I had left. All the rest I gave away to charity. I've since given away more books :)
Yeah sorry, I had written the first comment on my i-Pod and he does not speak english and so turns every english word into german, regardless of sense.
What I meant was: the books behind you, to your left (for the viewer to the right, behind the sacks), were those some, that you had lend to others, then got back for your book cleaning and were about to return to the people you had lent (?) them to?. The front wants you had left, those in the sacks you gave away, but those on the small heap? Sorry, verry inquisitiv. :-)
No problem! I see what you mean, all those books were books I wanted to give to people. Basically I either give all my stuff to charity, or if there's a particular item (say book, pair of shoes, etc) that I know someone would love to have, I give it to them as a gift instead.
Thanks for clearing that up and for the idea. I will do that. Actually, I already have something in mind. :)
Glad to hear it, good luck to you too
Amazing video.
Thanks!
I own 9 books 😁
Good videos. I just threw out loads of clothes and books, but I still have 2.5m of wardrobe and 5m of book shelves....
Sounds like you've started the journey to declutter, so go you! Don't worry about the mountain ahead, every little step helps.
give it too me I need them I'm in love with books
wow thats a lot of books
I know right? That's 32 years of book collection for you..
I feel clickbaited
Why would I want to do that?
Space is just empty.
A book is a doorway to another world.
Well in that case, you probably don't want to create more space for you in your life if you see space as emptiness. What I love about the fact of creating more space is that it allows me to have more bandwidth to think things through and I instantly become more creative. But that's just me. You need to find what works for you!
Класнные носки😊
I read half a book.
so HOW do you give them away? This whole video is about selecting your favorite self help books, not about giving it all away.. I want to see you try to sell these garbage bags to your friends for £0
That's just sick
3:38 did we really need to see you touch/restack each book. I can spend that time smacking around the cat.