"Minimalist Living Explained" helps the reader to understand what minimalism is and also to understand how adapting the principles of minimalism can help to alleviate a lot of the problems that many people have on a daily basis like debt and clutter. A lot of people do not fully understand what minimalism is and do not place a lot of value on it. They may think that it is people who are thrifty that adapt this principle. If the aim is to be happy and debt free then minimalism is the way to go.