JOSHUA BECKER is the creator and editor of Becoming Minimalist, a website dedicated to encouraging others to live more fully by having fewer possessions. Every month, over 1,000,000 people visit the website, which has motivated millions of people all over the world to examine the practical benefits of owning fewer possessions and provided them with the tools they need to get started. He is the best-selling author of The More of Less: Discovering the Life You Want Beneath Everything You Own (Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Amazon, Audible). Joshua's writing has led to opportunities to speak around the United States and worldwide. He has been in the Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post Live, and the CBS Evening News as a contributing writer for Forbes.

Joshua lives in Peoria, Arizona, with his young family. In many ways, they're just like any other middle-class suburban family, minus the dog and their insatiable desire for material goods.