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Quotes from The Happiness of Pursuit

    “If you want to make every day an adventure, all you have to do is prioritize adventure.  It has to become more important than routine.”

    Chris Guillebeau, The Happiness of Pursuit (Page 87)

      “I’d like to repeat the advice that I gave you before, in that I think you really should make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.”

      Chriss McCandless, Into The Wild, via The Happiness of Pursuit (Page 84)

        “As much as it sounds trite to ‘live like you’re dying’ or ‘live every day as if it were your last,’ that’s exactly what many people obsessed with a quest do. This shift from an intellectual awareness that we will someday die to an emotional awareness can be a guiding light to discovering what really matters.”

        Chris Guillebeau, The Happiness of Pursuit (Page 54)

          “All of us will someday die. Yet not all of us live in a state of active awareness of this reality. In the words of a great Bob Dylan song, ‘He not busy being born is busy dying,’ and perhaps some of us are busier than others.”

          Chris Guillebeau, The Happiness of Pursuit (Page 58)

            “Every day matters. The emotional awareness of mortality can help us pursue a goal.”

            Chris Guillebeau, The Happiness of Pursuit (Page 54)

              “Many quests begin from a sense of discontent or alienation. If you find yourself feeling discontented, pay attention to the reasons why. Add action to discontent: Find a way to do something about the uncertainty you feel.”

              Chris Guillebeau, The Happiness of Pursuit (Page 38) (Read Matt’s Blog On This Quote)

              The Happiness Of Pursuit [Book]

                The Happiness of Pursuit by Chris Guillebeau
                By: Chris Guillebeau

                Book Overview: In The Happiness of Pursuit, Chris Guillebeau draws on interviews with hundreds of questers, revealing their secret motivations, their selection criteria, the role played by friends and family, their tricks for solving logistics, and the importance of documentation. Equally fascinating is Chris’s examination of questing’s other side. What happens after the summit is climbed, the painting hung, the endurance record broken, the at-risk community saved? A book that challenges each of us to take control—to make our lives be about something while at the same time remaining clear-eyed about the commitment—The Happiness of Pursuit will inspire readers of every age and aspiration. It’s a playbook for making your life count.

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