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Finding Your Walden : How to Strive Less, Simplify More, and Embrace What Matters Most by Jen Tota McGivney (2025, Trade Paperback)
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Finding Your Walden : How to Strive Less, Simplify More and Embrace What Matters Most, Paperback by Mcgivney, Jen Tota, ISBN 1642970638, ISBN-13 9781642970630, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "Henry David Thoreau wasn't actually a loner in a cabin. He lived during a time much like ours, with rapidly changing technology, constant interruptions, and a pandemic that spread a mysterious lung disease. Thoreau, like us, reassessed his priorities, and inspired by his philosophies, this self-help meets choose your own adventure is both practical (those bills aren't going anywhere) and idealistic (let's be more happy than busy). Thoreau reminds us that cost and value aren't the same, that we should focus less on saving time and more on spending it well"--
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHampton Roads Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-101642970638
ISBN-139781642970630
eBay Product ID (ePID)6070944295
Product Key Features
Book TitleFinding Your Walden : How to Strive Less, Simplify More, and Embrace What Matters Most
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPersonal Growth / Happiness, Movements / Transcendentalism, Personal Growth / Success
Publication Year2025
GenrePhilosophy, Self-Help
AuthorJen Tota Mcgivney
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight5.8 Oz
Item Length7 in
Item Width5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2024-046384
Reviews"Jen McGivney's clear and charming book brings Thoreau's teachings into our modern world of noise and distraction, and grapples with the big questions, mainly: What kind of life do we want to live?" --Tommy Tomlinson, author of Dogland and The Elephant in the Room "Thoreau's lifelong efforts to rethink economics, to periodically retreat from society, to embrace his misfit status, and to build a life defined by purpose and joy are not confined to literary history but, as McGivney shows us, connect to a broad movement of (extra)ordinary people who continue to try the experiment of living." --John J. Kucich, PhD, president of the Thoreau Society, professor of English, Bridgewater State University, "Jen McGivney's clear and charming book brings Thoreau's teachings into our modern world of noise and distraction, and grapples with the big questions, mainly: What kind of life do we want to live?" --Tommy Tomlinson, author of Dogland and The Elephant in the Room
SynopsisDiscover Henry David Thoreau's philosophy of living a good life and learn how to apply it to your own. The hero for our time is someone few people get right. Thoreau wasn't a hermit in the woods. He lived during a time like ours, of rapid technological and economic changes, political division, and a pandemic. Thoreau, like us, reassessed his priorities: What does success really look like? What is my duty as an ethical citizen of a less-than-ethical world? How can I live a good life amid (insert hand-sweeping gesture) all of this? His solution: Pare down to trade up. Finding Your Walden combines classic literature with happiness studies, exploring how experts--psychologists, career coaches, and doctors--support Thoreau's ideas as guideposts for today's Great Reassessment. It combines insights of the 1854 classic with people who embrace the pare-down-to-trade-up philosophy today, whether through major life changes (such as tiny homes or sabbaticals) or smaller life hacks (like digital sabbaths or meditation practices). Their stories inspire us to apply creativity, simplicity, and peace to the experiment of life. Finding Your Walden isn't about shunning money or success. It's about grappling with the purpose of the first and the meaning of the second. Whether you love Walden or haven't read it, you can join Thoreau on a path to discover an intentional life during a volatile time--you just need to make a stop at a cabin on the way.
LC Classification NumberPS3048.M34 2025
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