A beginner's guide to Paradise
Subtitle: 9 steps to giving up everything so you too can: move to a South Pacific island, wear a loincloth, read a hundred books, build a bungalow, diaper a baby monkey, and maybe, just maybe, fall in love!
By: Alex Sheshunoff
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 447
ISBN-13: 9780451475862
Subjects: Life change events; Description and travel; Travel; Young men; Homes and haunts; Escape (Psychology); Americans; Household Moving; Burn out (Psychology); Self-actualization (Psychology); Biography
Description: "From the author of a lot of emails and several Facebook posts, a laugh-out-loud, true story of how a quarter-life crisis led to adventure, freedom, and love on a tiny island in the Pacific. 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. Along the way, he answered some important questions and some less essential ones too, such as: 1. How much, per pound, should you expect to pay a priest to fly you to the outer islands of Yap? 2. If you could have just one movie on a remote Pacific island, what would it definitely not be? 3. How do you blend fruity drinks without a blender? 4. Is a free one-hour class from Home Depot on 'flower box construction' sufficient training to build a house? 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. Now Alex shares his incredible story in a book that will surprise you, make you laugh, take you to such unforgettable islands as Angaur and Pig, and perhaps inspire you to find your own little place in the sun"--
Table of contents: title: About This Guide; title: Author's Note; title: Step 1: Make Some Big Choices; title: Step 2: Show Up; title: Step 3: Find the Right Island; title: Step 4: Stop Being So Picky and Just Pick a Damn Island; title: Step 5: Settle In; title: Step 6: Meet Someone; title: Step 7: Regroup; title: Step 8: Build a House; title: Step 9: Live Pretty Much Happily Ever After; title: Appendix A: Recipe for Reconstituted Hash Browns; title: Appendix B: Recipe for the Perfect Sundowner; title: Appendix C: 14 Things to Know Before Building a House on a Remote Pacific Island.