Stuffocation

Living More with Less

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Summary

Overwhelmed by the amount of 'stuff' you own? James Wallman is here to show you that you're not alone and there's a way to change that!

'Like The Tipping Point meets Freakonomics - but with a huge idea at its heart' Sunday Times

We have more stuff than we could ever need - clothes we don't wear, kit we don't use, and toys we don't play with. It's bad for the planet, it's making us stressed, and it might even be killing us.

In other words, we're stuffocated.

From the exec who's sold almost everything he owns, to the well-off family who moved to a remote mountain cabin, a rising number of people are turning away from all-you-can-get consumption. Perfect for fans of Marie Kondo, Stuffocation is a manifesto for a vital change in how we all live, focusing less on possessions and more on experiences, and the one book you won't be able to live without.

'This book will definitely change your life and could even change the world' Chris Evans

'Particularly timely . . . [Wallman] is spot on' The Daily Mail

'Experientialism, as Wallman calls it, will define our future just as materialism has shaped our present' The Observer

Reviews

Amazing, brilliant, incredible ... It's going to change my life. Buy this book and give 10 others away
Chris Evans, BBC Radio 2 The Chris Evans Breakfast Show

About the author

James Wallman

James Wallman is a cultural commentator and trend forecaster, the Sector Specialist on the Experience Economy for the UK government, one of the worldwide top 101 influencers in Employee Engagement, and the international bestselling author of Stuffocation. He has written for GQ, the New York Times and the FT, and appeared on the BBC, the ABC and MSNBC. He runs a boutique trend forecasting firm whose clients range from KFC to KPMG, Yell and Eventbrite. He has studied at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. He has spoken at Google HQ in California, the Collision Conference in Las Vegas, the London School of Economics, the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of the Arts, and 10 Downing Street. He has hosted Guardian Masterclasses, and run courses at the School of Life in London and Antwerp. He is an ambassador for the charity Global Action Plan. He has lived in France, Greece and California, and he currently lives in London with his wife and two children.

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