Packing Light: Thoughts on Living Life with Less Baggage
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (724 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802407293 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 252 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Issue 66.. So she gave up everything and embarked on a six-month cross-country road trip. “At 26, Allison Vesterfelt had a graduate degree and a job, but she felt like something was missing from what was supposed to be the climax of her life. In Packing Light, Vesterfelt, now an editor at Prodigal Magazine, tells her story in a beautiful, honest memoir that challenges us to reconsider what baggage we are carrying and what we need to leave behind.“ – Relevant Magazine. Relevant Recommends: Books
What I found was that “packing light” wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be.This is the story of my trip and learning to live life with less baggage.. I’d meet a guy, have a beautiful wedding, and we'd buy a nice little house—not necessarily with a picket fence, but with whatever kind of fence we wanted. Whatever we decided, I would be happy.When I got out of college and my life didn’t look like that, I floundered, trying to get the life I had always dreamed of through career, travel, and relationships. Like many twentysomethings, I tried to discover the life of my dreams, but instead I just kept accumulating baggage—school loans, electronics I couldn’t afford, hurt from broken relationships, and unmet expectations for what life was “supposed to be” like.Just when I had given up all hope of finding the “life I’d always dreamed about,” I decided to take a trip to all fifty states because when you go on a trip, you can’t take your baggage. Carrying baggage you don't need? When I
"My Roundabout Review of Packing Light" according to Chad. I have put off writing about Packing Light for some time. Reading it, for me, was like the frigid splash of a mountain stream to my slumbering face. It represents the antithesis of how I have lived. For somehow, rather than packing light, my life has been one of encumbrances; both the emotional, and the physical.I hold onto things.God knows why. Perhaps it's growing up a child of divorce, having my family sundered, t. So so I really wanted to like this book since I'm on my own quest of traveling light through life and living with less. I could not fully relate to this book and felt as if I'm going through the motions just to finish it. As to the reasons 'why?' Perhaps because the author filtered all of her experiences through her own Christian faith, and thus inadvertently alienated a lot of other people who are not on the same spiritua. Minimalism with a strong Christian slant Whistlers Mom This book made me think hard about book reviews and their usefulness and short-comings. I bought this book largely because of the beautifully written, heartfelt review by Chad. He loved it and I was sure I would, too. Like Chad, I'm discouraged by how many Americans have bought into materialism and the horrible price we pay. Also, I have two young relatives who've announced that they're taking time off for an extende