âThought-provoking, encouraging, and inspiringâ (Gretchen Rubin) reflections on the power of travel to transform our daily livesâfrom the iconoclastic travel writer, scholar, and author of Vagabonding
For readers who dream of travel, yearn to get back out on the road, or want to enrich a journey theyâre currently on, The Vagabondâs Way explores and celebrates the life-altering essence of travel all year long. Each day of the year features a meditation on an aspect of the journey, anchored by words of wisdom from a variety of thinkersâfrom Stoic philosopher Seneca and poet Maya Angelou to Trappist monk Thomas Merton and Grover from Sesame Street.
Iconoclastic travel writer and scholar Rolf Potts embraces the ragged-edged, harder-to-quantify aspects of travel that inevitably change travelersâ lives for the better in unexpected ways. The bookâs various sections mirror the phases of a trip, including
⢠dreaming and planning the journey: âAll life-affecting journeysâand the unexpected wonders they promiseâbecome real the moment you decide they will happen.â ⢠embracing the rhythms of the journey: âThe most poignant experiences on the road occur in those quiet moments when we recognize beauty in the ordinary.â ⢠finding richer travel experiences: âDeveloping an instinct to venture beyond the obvious on the road allows you to see places as mysteries to be investigated.â ⢠expanding your comfort zone: âNo moment of instant gratification can compare to savoring an experience that has been earned by enduring the adversity that comes with it.â
The Vagabondâs Way encourages you to sustain the mindset of a journey, even when you arenât able to travel, and affirms that travel is as much a way of being as it is an act of movement.
The Vagabond's Way: 366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discovery, and the Art of Travel (Unabridged) - Rolf Potts
âThought-provoking, encouraging, and inspiringâ (Gretchen Rubin) reflections on the power of travel to transform our daily livesâfrom the iconoclastic travel writer, scholar, and author of Vagabonding
For readers who dream of travel, yearn to get back out on the road, or want to enrich a journey theyâre currently on, The Vagabondâs Way explores and celebrates the life-altering essence of travel all year long. Each day of the year features a meditation on an aspect of the journey, anchored by words of wisdom from a variety of thinkersâfrom Stoic philosopher Seneca and poet Maya Angelou to Trappist monk Thomas Merton and Grover from Sesame Street.
Iconoclastic travel writer and scholar Rolf Potts embraces the ragged-edged, harder-to-quantify aspects of travel that inevitably change travelersâ lives for the better in unexpected ways. The bookâs various sections mirror the phases of a trip, including
⢠dreaming and planning the journey: âAll life-affecting journeysâand the unexpected wonders they promiseâbecome real the moment you decide they will happen.â ⢠embracing the rhythms of the journey: âThe most poignant experiences on the road occur in those quiet moments when we recognize beauty in the ordinary.â ⢠finding richer travel experiences: âDeveloping an instinct to venture beyond the obvious on the road allows you to see places as mysteries to be investigated.â ⢠expanding your comfort zone: âNo moment of instant gratification can compare to savoring an experience that has been earned by enduring the adversity that comes with it.â
The Vagabondâs Way encourages you to sustain the mindset of a journey, even when you arenât able to travel, and affirms that travel is as much a way of being as it is an act of movement.