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Nine steps to giving up everything so you too can move to a South Pacific island, wear a loincloth, read a hundred books, diaper a baby monkey, build a bungalow, and maybe, just maybe, fall in love! |
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Maps on end pages. |
| Contents |
About This Guide -- Author's Note -- Step 1: Make Some Big Choices -- Step 2: Show Up -- Step 3: Find the Right Island -- Step 4: Stop Being So Picky and Just Pick a Damn Island -- Step 5: Settle In -- Step 6: Meet Someone -- Step 7: Regroup -- Step 8: Build a House -- Step 9: Live Pretty Much Happily Ever After -- Appendix A: Recipe for Reconstituted Hash Browns -- Appendix B: Recipe for the Perfect Sundowner -- Appendix C: 14 Things to Know Before Building a House on a Remote Pacific Island. |
| Summary |
In his mid-twenties, Alex Sheshunoff had his own internet start-up and had made national news. But he was also burned-out. So he bought a one-way ticket to the island of Yap, giving up everything he was supposed to want in search of all the things he never knew he needed. While in the Pacific, Alex learned a lot. About making big choices and big changes. About the parts of Paradise that don't make it into the brochures. About the locals and expats he encountered, offended, and befriended. And, most of all, about focusing on what you actually care about. |
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Sheshunoff, Alex -- Travel -- Micronesia (Federated States) -- Yap.
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Sheshunoff, Alex -- Homes and haunts -- Micronesia (Federated States) -- Yap.
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Young men -- Micronesia (Federated States) -- Yap -- Biography.
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Americans -- Micronesia (Federated States) -- Yap -- Biography.
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Moving, Household.
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Life change events.
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Burn out (Psychology)
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Escape (Psychology)
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Self-actualization (Psychology)
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Yap (Micronesia) -- Description and travel.
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| Other title |
9 steps to giving up everything so you too can move to a South Pacific island, wear a loincloth, read a hundred books, diaper a baby monkey, build a bungalow, and maybe, just maybe, fall in love! |
| ISBN |
9780451475862
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0451475860
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