Parent outreach too, catch us when we have tweens that we've pulled outta school so we have a rich ready resource to offer as a viable option... And something to give OUR parents who dont understand anything outside the binary of higher education or loser (even though most of our parents were boomers that got gap years and cheap college 😒)
I actually think your audience isn't just 20-somethings. There are plenty of 30-somethings and even early 40-somethings who probably have spent most of their lives with an itch to live a more non-traditional life. Their problem has been that they're just afraid of the consequences of walking away from the lives they've built thus far.
Will you also talk about how to handle moments when life isn't always perfect and the uncertainty around living this way can shake your confidence sometimes? If so, this book probably will also serve as a good reminder to those already living non-traditional lives that those feelings are normal and provide some ideas for how to handle that tension whenever it arises.
I recommend you connect with Paul Millerd, author of the Pathless Path and a new book called Good Work. I think there's some overlap there.
Ooooo…. I love it and and am ridiculously excited to go read the intro after I zap this off to you….
As for who is your audience… Keep on those parents looking for alternatives to compulsory schooling! This is me💜 AND…. Our children will reach the ages you are aiming at. Many of them still living at home and/or otherwise sharing the resources of their household. We as parents need these sorts of stories to keep our minds open and inspire us to acceptance of what could be possible and keep us from falling into the fear traps that society pushes on us. Even those of us parents who are rather radical need continued inspiration, and perhaps for our children to see that we aren’t the only ones who feel this way- sometimes society gets to our children stronger than we can and our kids sometimes think we really are crazy. Also, If we keep books like yours in our homes, our children will probably read them and at least be exposed to your ideas and inspired earlier than they might find them on their own when they reach the ages you’re targeting.
Hi Blake! I heard about your project through a mutual friend, Brendan Leonard, and I might be a good fit for an interview! I left a conventional 9-5 with benefits to spend all of 2020 living in my (not sexy) minivan and traveling to every US national park to learn more about the history of our country's public lands and the things most threatening them in the modern world. I've somehow parlayed that to a freelance career as an outdoor journalist and travel writer? Sure. It's an amazing, strange, flexible, purpose-driven job that I wish someone had told me in my 20s was a real thing. In any case, would love to chat! brazenbackpacker@gmail.com
Parent outreach too, catch us when we have tweens that we've pulled outta school so we have a rich ready resource to offer as a viable option... And something to give OUR parents who dont understand anything outside the binary of higher education or loser (even though most of our parents were boomers that got gap years and cheap college 😒)
Stoked for this.
Congrats!! I love everything you write. Take my mooolah ;)
I actually think your audience isn't just 20-somethings. There are plenty of 30-somethings and even early 40-somethings who probably have spent most of their lives with an itch to live a more non-traditional life. Their problem has been that they're just afraid of the consequences of walking away from the lives they've built thus far.
Will you also talk about how to handle moments when life isn't always perfect and the uncertainty around living this way can shake your confidence sometimes? If so, this book probably will also serve as a good reminder to those already living non-traditional lives that those feelings are normal and provide some ideas for how to handle that tension whenever it arises.
I recommend you connect with Paul Millerd, author of the Pathless Path and a new book called Good Work. I think there's some overlap there.
Ooooo…. I love it and and am ridiculously excited to go read the intro after I zap this off to you….
As for who is your audience… Keep on those parents looking for alternatives to compulsory schooling! This is me💜 AND…. Our children will reach the ages you are aiming at. Many of them still living at home and/or otherwise sharing the resources of their household. We as parents need these sorts of stories to keep our minds open and inspire us to acceptance of what could be possible and keep us from falling into the fear traps that society pushes on us. Even those of us parents who are rather radical need continued inspiration, and perhaps for our children to see that we aren’t the only ones who feel this way- sometimes society gets to our children stronger than we can and our kids sometimes think we really are crazy. Also, If we keep books like yours in our homes, our children will probably read them and at least be exposed to your ideas and inspired earlier than they might find them on their own when they reach the ages you’re targeting.
Love Always.
Hi Blake! I heard about your project through a mutual friend, Brendan Leonard, and I might be a good fit for an interview! I left a conventional 9-5 with benefits to spend all of 2020 living in my (not sexy) minivan and traveling to every US national park to learn more about the history of our country's public lands and the things most threatening them in the modern world. I've somehow parlayed that to a freelance career as an outdoor journalist and travel writer? Sure. It's an amazing, strange, flexible, purpose-driven job that I wish someone had told me in my 20s was a real thing. In any case, would love to chat! brazenbackpacker@gmail.com