12 Facts About Joshua Becker

Joshua Becker was born on 1974 and is an American author, writer, and philanthropist.

Joshua Becker has appeared live on Huffington Post Live, the CBS Evening News and the Wall Street Journal.

Joshua Becker has spoken publicly on his writing and on minimalism throughout America and internationally.

Joshua Becker maintains the website Becoming Minimalist which was named one of the top ten personal development websites by SUCCESS Magazine in 2015.

Joshua Becker was born December 11,1974, in Aberdeen, South Dakota as one of twins.

Joshua Becker attended junior high and high school in Wahpeton, North Dakota between 1987 and 1992.

Joshua Becker finished high school at Burke High School in Omaha, Nebraska, and stayed there to attend the University of Nebraska Omaha, where he met his future wife.

Joshua Becker completed a master's degree in theology at Bethel College and Seminary in Minnesota.

In 2008, after a frustrating weekend of cleaning out the garage, Joshua Becker realized he was spending more time caring for his possessions than with his family.

Joshua Becker moved from Vermont with his wife and two children to Arizona, where they have remained since.

Joshua Becker shared his family's experience as minimalists in the 2013 film Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things, by American filmmakers Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, known professionally as The Minimalists.

Joshua Becker played the role of his pastor grandfather Harold Salem in the film Heart of a Shepherd.