{"product_id":"finding-your-walden-how-to-strive-less-simplify-more-and-embrace-what-matters-most-paperback","title":"Finding Your Walden: How to Strive Less, Simplify More, and Embrace What Matters Most - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJen Tota McGivney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover Henry David Thoreau's philosophy of living a good life and learn how to apply it to your own.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e His solution: Pare down to trade up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinding Your Walden\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinding Your Walden\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJen Tota McGivney\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer in Charlotte, North Carolina. She's the back-page columnist for \u003ci\u003eCharlotte Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and her work also appears in \u003ci\u003eSUCCESS Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOur State Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSouthern Living\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. She has a master's degree in English and a soft spot for the transcendentalists. \u003ci\u003eFinding Your Walden\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e McGivney lives with her husband, Jimmy, and their rescue pitties, Phoebe and Maddie.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 6.93 x 4.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43154896519231,"sku":"9781642970630","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9h48WfnI8o9781642970630.webp?v=1776960385","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/finding-your-walden-how-to-strive-less-simplify-more-and-embrace-what-matters-most-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}