{"product_id":"how-to-be-alive-paperback","title":"How to Be Alive - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eColin Beavan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is the book where self-help turns into helping the world--and then turns back into helping yourself find a better life. Fascinating and timely!\"--Bill McKibben, author of \u003cem\u003eEaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it take to achieve a successful and satisfying life? Not long ago, the answer seemed as simple as following a straightforward path: college, career, house, marriage, kids, and a secure retirement. Not anymore. Staggering student loan debt, sweeping job shortages, a chronically ailing economy--plus the larger issues of global unrest, poverty, and our imperiled environment--make the search for fulfillment more challenging. And, as Colin Beavan, activist and author of \u003cem\u003eNo Impact Man\u003c\/em\u003e, proclaims, more exciting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this breakthrough book, Beavan extends a hand to those seeking more meaning and joy in life even as they engage in addressing our various world crises. \u003cem\u003eHow to Be Alive\u003c\/em\u003e nudges the unfulfilled toward creating their own version of the Good Life--a life where feeling good and doing good intersect. He urges readers to reexamine the \"standard life approaches\" to pretty much everything and to experiment with life choices that are truer to their values, passions, and concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do you stop placing limits on your potential impact? How do you make your choices really matter in everything from your clothing purchases to your career? How do you find the people who will most support you in your quest for a good life? To answer these questions and more, Beavan draws on classic literature and philosophy; surprising new scientific findings; and the uplifting personal stories of real-life \"lifequesters\"--people who are breaking away from those old broken paths, blazing fresh trails, and reveling in every step along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There is a movement afoot for a better life and Colin Beavan is its prophet, with a new book as powerful as his already classic \u003cem\u003eNo Impact Man\u003c\/em\u003e.\"--John de Graaf, coauthor of \u003cem\u003eAffluenza\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is the book where self-help turns into helping the world--and then turns back into helping yourself find a better life. 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