Into the Wild

This book has really inspired me. One of my close friends, Dani Johnson, also read Into the Wild and it effected her in the same way that it effected me from what I read on her blog. We both want to be as adventurous, brave, and carefree as Chris was and we both want to travel, Chris did exactly what we both have wanted to do. I have wanted to travel and live kind of like Chris McCandless for a while, but because of this fun thing called anxiety, I could never imagine doing half of the things that he did. Now that I have read this book it has kind of changed my perspective. I have now seen one person, although he died, who traveled and went with whatever life threw at him and lived a life that he enjoyed. I feel like he was really happy with what he was doing and I hope to one day feel the same about my life.

142 City Bus Location

Four things that this book has taught me:
1. To come prepared. I want to live carefree like Chris, but I also want to survive.
2. To move around and as Chris said " revolutionize your life and move into an entirely new realm of experience." He told his 81 year old friend Ron Franz to "Just get out and do  it. You will be very, very glad that you did." I hope that I can take his advice and live a
life like his.
3. Human relationships are not the only thing that can cause joy in my life. I do not need anyone else to bring me joy, there are many other things that can do that for me. Nature is one of those things.
4. Happiness is out there for me. One of my favorite quotes from the book, one that has really effected me is when Chris said to Ron in a letter, "My point is that you do not need me or anyone else around to bring this new kind of light in your life. It is simply waiting out there for you to grasp it, and all you have to do is reach for it." I have had issues with happiness in my life and this quote is really comforting to me, because happiness is waiting for me, I just have to try for it.

This is just an awesome picture of Chris.

Although I have not finished this book I have really enjoyed it, I think about it a lot, and it has changed a lot of how I am thinking about my future and what I want. I would recommend this book to anyone over the age of 12.

Also, there is this super cool Chris McCandless blog thing that I have been reading. Here is the link: Chris McCandless Blog