The Dirtbag's Guide to Life

Eternal Truth for Hiker Trash, Ski Bums, and Vagabonds

De: Tim Mathis

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Forget picket fences. Live your best life. Sleep in the dirt.

In the spirit of classics like Rolf Potts’ Vagabonding and Alain de Botton’s The Art of Travel, The Dirtbag’s Guide to Life is an indispensable resource for building your own life of adventure.

Both a celebration of an under-appreciated subculture and a practical how-to guide, the book explains how to make adventure your lifestyle, drawing on the example of “dirtbags” - people who’ve organized their lives around outdoor pursuits like climbing, thru-hiking, trail running and surfing on the lowest possible budget.

Asserting that a life of adventure should be accessible to everyone, Mathis distills the real world experiences of hundreds of the the most dedicated dirtbags to identify and address the key challenges to building the type of life you want, whether you're a weekend warrior or a professional explorer:

• How to effectively manage your money to support your current aspirations while also planning for the future
• How to make your career support your passion rather than acting as a barrier to doing what you want
• Ways to incorporate important relationships into your journey
• What to do with responsibilities you’ve accumulated
• How to live intentionally and make your life meaningful through adventure
• ...and much more.

Whether you aspire to quit your job to travel the world, plan to hike the Appalachian Trail, or just want to fit in a bit more mountain biking on the weekends, The Dirtbag’s Guide to Life is an essential, inspiring, and consistently entertaining resource.

Cool begets Cool

I don’t like robots reading to me. Ironic since this book is all about being in nature and not around technology.

Loved this, will listen too again!…..!

Fantastic book that captures the spirit and realities of the dirtbag life! Ver inspiring! The author did a great job!…..!

Empowering

Fell upon this book due to a recommendation from a fellow dirtbag. Realistic strategy on how to live the life of your dreams is presented, and I will aim to carry them with me as I pursue a life of adventure

Inspiring!

A book that explores the counter culture of deeply pursuing outdoor sport hobbies, and not being tied to a cubicle or desk. It’s a beautiful book and has really great financial lessons for anybody, but in a way is also a counter culture to consumerism and the pursuit of material things. I love this book and feel very inspired by it as somebody who works a 9 to 5 job and doesn’t have any extreme outdoor hobbies, but would like to spend more time outdoors.

Loved it!

Very well written. So glad to find something like this it’s really something unique. As a climber/biker/hiker and just overall adventure lover and having a girlfriend who really wants to travel abroad, this covers everything! I can’t say how much I appreciate the author for making this! Also The AI voice was actually good better than some real human narrators.

The extremes people go for adventure.

Loved listening to the stories of people living their dreams and giving the world their middle finger. Society is so judgmental about what you have instead of who you are. The people who truly succeed in this moment are the truly rich. #1000trailsandmore

Thorough guide to the dirtbag life

Very cool perspective on an alternate way to live. The virtual voice narration was excellent, I thought it was better than most human narrated novels.