wellington299 's review for:

The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life by Chris Guillebeau

3.0

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I didn't get a lot of motivation from this book. Like many of the stories in this book, I just was pushing my way through this book, one sentence at a time and wondering how do I feel about a guy whose calling was visiting every country in the world? Should I listen to him?

In one of the chapters, the author told a story about when he told someone about his calling of visiting every country,he got a reply, "That's easy. You just need enough time and money." Yeah, that's right!

Well, upon further reflection, enough money + time = a lot of goals in life. That's what goals are.... investing time and other things to accomplish something. So, at first I may sneer at Chris' ambition at visiting every country, I can also applaud him for setting an ambitious goal and accomplishing it. Well done, Chris!

The book was better after reaching this conclusion.

My favorite chapter was the last one ... when the goal is accomplished, then what. So many books/movies/stories end up the high note. But what happens when the last note of the song is played? Then what? What happens after you visit the last country, get the boy/girl, or slay the evil monster?

The book was overall OK. It got me out of a two long rut and I can feel things starting to align again.