It was a fantastic experience. Completed Dec Helicopter onto a glacier — Erika and I flew in about a week early for SQL Saturday Iceland and this was lovely and totally awe-inspiring. Completed March Level 11 Quests: Completed August Me and the Pig A few personal fun achievements hit in rapid fire in early Whew, okay. At this point, it felt like the company was on safe ground, moving along nicely. Our Black Friday sale has done really well over time, and this year I want to see if I can cross that big round number.
Sell out 2 pre-cons at the same conference. The Bits crew agreed, and we sold that one out too! Completed January Will come back and blog about this in a year or two, just putting it in here for tracking purposes. I struggled with trying to grow the consulting company, then ended up laying off half the staff.
Once I stopped trying to grow consulting, I shifted priorities and tackled a few other things:. I feel a little guilty about three of these because they seem passive at first glance.
Passing a subscriber number, having readers on all the continents, and owning a car for 5 years — these seem like you could just sit still and do them. Life comes in bursts, and just a few frantic months after Level 6, I knocked off four more tasks. It took almost a year to claw my way up to this level — well, not really. I did a lot of traveling in a six month time span, and was able to knock off a few goals quickly:.
My Epic Life Quest. Sellers accepted my offer in September , waiting on the not-so-quick Mexican real estate system for closing, aiming for December Send handwritten holiday and birthday cards to my family, on time, for one straight year.
See the Northern Lights — we spent weeks in Iceland before we finally got a spectacular sighting. Completed February See a live volcano eruption — we hopped on a helicopter to visit the new Geldingadalsgos volcano near Fagradalsfjall during our Ring Road circumference. Completed April See a hour day — as a fan of Arctic Circle type stuff, this has always intrigued me. I loved, loved, loved this. Completed May See puffins — these adorable birds spend most of their life out at sea, but come into Iceland in the summer to raise their young.
We drove out to Latrabjarg , the westernmost point in Iceland, where countless sea birds make their home. Completed June Completed July in Iceland. Completed November On the bright side, with everyone being at home too, the demand for remote training continued to grow. I continued tuning our offerings and marketing , and it paid off, literally. Completed December However, the more we thought about this, the more it made sense to just try to live in Iceland for a while.
Level Completed November Childhood dream achieved When I made the decision to stop having consulting employees , a big part of that was being able to be flat out gone for longer periods of time. Completed July When I made it a life quest to stay under for 6 months straight, I was able to pull it off. Started July 22, , scheduled to finish January 22, Half-point: fly into Telluride airport — Erika and I were obsessed with this short runway surrounded by cliffs and mountains.
Completed August On my Sept visit, I took a morning to ride along on a motorcycle through the route. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Sep 29, Becca rated it it was ok. This is an alright book. But I was a little disappointed by this one. It has some interesting stories, for sure; it was fun to read about the different bizarre and wonderful quests that people the world over have taken on.
But although it tried, it didn't really offer any solid advice. Sure, there were tips for how to go about picking a quest and pursuing it and drawing it to an end. I think This is an alright book. I think this would more be an inspirational book for people stuck in boring 9-to-5 full time jobs that they don't enjoy.
As someone who's already self-employed and on my path, I didn't find it that useful or inspiring. Oct 09, Sasha rated it really liked it. Full disclosure - my story is one of the many featured in this book.
Even if this were not true, I would still love this book. Here's why: I recently finished my quest and found myself struggling with the "what next" which can feel quite a bit like postpartum depression! While Chris addresses this in the latter part of the book, there are also valuable nuggets to be gleaned throughout the text from other people's quests.
As I read through all the stories, I found myself marking favorite passag Full disclosure - my story is one of the many featured in this book. As I read through all the stories, I found myself marking favorite passages, ideas, and even sketching out ways to move forward in the future. As a very goal driven person, I realized my problem was that I hadn't replaced my old quest with a new one.
Realizing how much more successful I am with with a measurable, obtainable goal aka quest , I am in the process of defining a new one interestingly, very related to my previous quest - I enjoyed it that much!
This book was just the kick in the pants I needed! View 1 comment. Sep 14, Mignon rated it it was amazing.
I received an advance review copy of this book and enjoyed reading it. Each person's story is fascinating in its own way. I can't imagine wanting to do most of these thi I received an advance review copy of this book and enjoyed reading it. I can't imagine wanting to do most of these things, but I was still able to learn something from each person's experience.
View 2 comments. Mar 11, Kate rated it liked it Shelves: from-the-library , self-discovery. I found this book to be too superficial to be life-changing. The message boils down to "having a big, long-term goal can lend order, structure, and purpose to your life, which in turn can make you more satisfied. But the book lacked any deep exploration of the hows or whys, the practical steps to finding and completing this quest that is supposed to make your life so much better.
The book tells the stories of dozens of people who pursue a range of different kinds of "qu I found this book to be too superficial to be life-changing.
The book tells the stories of dozens of people who pursue a range of different kinds of "quests," but really focuses on the adventuresome quests: the man who walked across the United States, a man who bicycles around the world.
The less-athletic and far-flung quests are not given as much discussion, which I think is a real weak spot for the book. Not every reader wants to or is physically able to walk across a country or climb a mountain, which the author recognizes but doesn't adequately expand upon. I also have issues with the author's definition of a quest given in Chapter 1, page 15 in the edition I read as something with a clear goal or endpoint. More precisely, I have issues with the fact that the quests discussed in the book don't all meet this definition.
For example, the author discusses a man who stops using motorized transportation and stops speaking for 17 years. He did have a clearly articulated motivation for doing these things, and he certainly faced challenges and a lot of personal growth, but the description of his "quest" doesn't demonstrate that he had a clear goal or endpoint in mind.
I also disliked the author's characterization of "[q]uitting smoking, losing weight, or getting out of debt" as not quests because these actions "shouldn't be a lifelong focus. All of those things can meet the definition of a quest that he subsequently lays out: having a clear goal, requiring sacrifice and incremental changes, facing challenges, and spurring personal growth and discovery. I understand why this is not a book about the mundane goals and challenges that everyday people face because I doubt that such a book would be a best-seller , but the the larger than life tales of epic quests don't really spur me to go on a quest of my own.
If this book were more focused on applying the lessons from the big quests the goal setting, the need to step outside one's comfort zone, the self-reflection and acceptance of challenge or defeat, etc to everyday life, perhaps I would have enjoyed this book much more. But as it is, it is just another rather forgettable self-help book. May 01, Brittney S. The Happiness of Pursuit by Chris Guillebeau is a book purported to assist creative individuals launch and fulfill their life quest.
For those unfamiliar, Guillebeau rose to fame after proclaiming and pursuing his life quest of visiting each country on Earth before the age of His quest for such an amazing feat, has been inspiring to many and he has authored three books. Although his quest was for travel, this book is positioned to hel The Happiness of Pursuit by Chris Guillebeau is a book purported to assist creative individuals launch and fulfill their life quest.
Although his quest was for travel, this book is positioned to help any one fulfill a quest whether it is travel related or not. In full disclosure, I did not love this book. It occupies an awkward space between memoir and self help guide. After reading this, I did not feel as though I possessed the tools necessary to voyage out on my life quest. I did, however feel pretty damn motivated. This book is not a practical self help guide or tool to actually bring your dreams into reality But it is very inspirational and there are many quotes that give you the fire to work on your dreams and goals.
After the first few chapters, I really started to hone in on the lessons at the beginning of each chapter and the tips at the end as they provided the content that resonated with me the most. Guillebeau narrates the quest of interesting individuals and allows readers to infer how their situation is applicable to whatever the reader may be aspiring to do.
Chris talks about himself. A lot. It seems as though he finds a way to weave in his experiences regardless of the topic at hand.
I believe my discontent with this book is due to my inability to accurately categorize it. Readers enjoying self help books by way of reading the stories of others may definitely enjoy this read. Dec 02, Patricia rated it did not like it. I was really hoping to learn something new about happiness from this book. That definitely did not happen. This book could easily have been understood just by reading the first appendix. In the first chapter, he decides to define what a quest is. I didn't agree with his findings.
According to the author, worthy personal pursuits like losing weight, getting fit, or quitting smoking are not lifelong focus types of activities.
Suffice it to say we didn't get off on the right foot with this book. Fur I was really hoping to learn something new about happiness from this book. Further reading resulted in long explanations of goal setting and alternate statements of Just Do It.
Anyone who has had a big dream will know immediately what he is talking about. The anecdotes were disappointing in some respects. He justifies their pursuit of a quest over other life values, like friends and family.
Overall, this is a book I should have skipped reading. I received this book for free from Blogging for Books for this review. Sep 09, Mireille Duval rated it really liked it Shelves: non-fiction , read-in This was really inspiring. I've been feeling aimless for Plus it fits really well with the completist part of my personnality. Feb 09, Stephanie rated it it was ok.
This book hit me at a time when I was desperate for change. I worry that our generation is losing the meaning of happiness by trying to make our lives greater and bigger and "the best". We have to have it all, which means if our lives aren't in the pursuit of a gre This book hit me at a time when I was desperate for change.
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