A review by phenixsnow
Adventures in Opting Out: A Field Guide to Leading an Intentional Life by Cait Flanders

3.0

This book is hard to categorize its part self help, part memoir part travelogue. The author focuses on the idea of it being okay to "opt out", choose to live some aspect of your life in a way that's different than others expectations, if it doesn't hurt you or other people. She talks some about her own opt out of having a permanent residence and deciding to travel around Europe for a time but also interviews others who have had their own opt out. She uses a hiking analagy throughout.

I overall liked it. But it felt repetitive at times and I found myself wishing she had sat on this for another 6 months so she'd have more material about her own travels. She just hadn't been traveling very long when she mentions that her deadline for finishing the book is approaching. Even though it ties together fine at times it felt like she repeated stuff to fill a word count.

I listened to the audio and it went by fast.