The Minimum Method by Joey Thurman
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I requested this book on a whim because I’ve read so many other books on this topic and the idea of thinking about how to optimize your time and streamline a way to think about your health really appealed to me.
This book is broken into different chapters tackling different areas from meditation to breathing to exercise to nutrition etc. I liked that it was more holistic and really leaned into getting more sleep and building a well-rounded way to be healthy and whole.
I also liked that he had different next steps depending on your starting point and how hard you want to tackle some of these topics. You can pace yourself according to where you are and what feels feasible to you.
As we got into the exercise and nutrition chapters, I started feeling like the book was losing me. There was a lot of great information across the board in the whole book. But then it got so detailed and so much information and so many different things I had to keep track of that I got overwhelmed and couldn’t get through the chapters anymore.
It definitely didn’t feel minimum at that point. I know the author was trying to give options and more information but I specifically chose this because I wanted simple. To be fair, he does still give you a simple starting point for movement (7minute + 2 walks) and for nutrition (eat whole) but it all just left me more overwhelmed than inspired in the end.
with gratitude to edelweiss and benballa books for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
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