{"product_id":"the-vagabonds-way-366-meditations-on-wanderlust-discovery-and-the-art-of-travel-9780593497470","title":"The Vagabond's Way: 366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discovery, and the Art of Travel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Thought-provoking, encouraging, and inspiring\" (Gretchen Rubin) reflections on the power of travel to transform our daily lives--from the iconoclastic travel writer, scholar, and author of \u003ci\u003eVagabonding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor readers who dream of travel, yearn to get back out on the road, or want to enrich a journey they're currently on, \u003ci\u003eThe Vagabond's Way\u003c\/i\u003e 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 thinkers--from Stoic philosopher Seneca and poet Maya Angelou to Trappist monk Thomas Merton and Grover from \u003ci\u003eSesame Street\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIconoclastic travel writer and scholar Rolf Potts embraces the ragged-edged, harder-to-quantify aspects of travel that inevitably change travelers' lives for the better in unexpected ways. The book's various sections mirror the phases of a trip, including \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- \u003cb\u003edreaming and planning the journey: \u003c\/b\u003e \"All life-affecting journeys--and the unexpected wonders they promise--become real the moment you decide they will happen.\"\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eembracing the rhythms of the journey: \u003c\/b\u003e \"The most poignant experiences on the road occur in those quiet moments when we recognize beauty in the ordinary.\"\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003efinding richer travel experiences: \u003c\/b\u003e \"Developing an instinct to venture beyond the obvious on the road allows you to see places as mysteries to be investigated.\"\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eexpanding your comfort zone: \u003c\/b\u003e \"No moment of instant gratification can compare to savoring an experience that has been earned by enduring the adversity that comes with it.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Vagabond's Way\u003c\/i\u003e encourages you to sustain the mindset of a journey, even when you aren't able to travel, and affirms that travel is as much a way of being as it is an act of movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRolf Potts\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of\u003ci\u003e Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel\u003c\/i\u003e. He has reported from more than sixty countries for \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic Traveler, The New Yorker, Outside, The New York Times Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003eand the Travel Channel. Many of his essays have been selected as \"Notable Mentions\" in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Essays, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Travel Writing\u003c\/i\u003e. He is based in north-central Kansas, where he keeps a small farmhouse on thirty acres with his wife, Kansas-born actress Kristen Bush.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614925394194,"sku":"9780593497470","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bec8adf7-b8fc-4457-b4ea-f9dff962fabf.jpg?v=1732467984","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-vagabonds-way-366-meditations-on-wanderlust-discovery-and-the-art-of-travel-9780593497470","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}