Christopher McCandless

So, I'm about 85% sure, as of writing this, that I am leaving my job, effective December 31st, 2011. I work retail, and while I have love for the vast majority of my co-workers, the company itself is in decline. Management just gets worse, and worse. Somehow the "big wigs" don't get it. It...

ITW doesn't say exactly. It does say that his parents went nuts when Chris told them he didn't need a college education, and they talked him into going. He still thought it was a waste of time and money. From what the book said, family friends paid for it, so he had no student loans. And college wa...

I'm not traveler, yet, but, here's my knowledge. Of course one meal a day is nowhere near idea, as it can be tough on your metabolism. From my experiences at home, I would say, depending on what's you're doing that day, within the first 3 hours of waking up. If you aren't going to be too active that...

Definitely true. Even on my very basic hikes, I always carry my knife. You never know, from being attacked by a person or animal, just just needing it to free something, or aide yourself in some manner. I have noticed, that while in stores, and shopping centers, I come across a lot "angrier&quo...

anyone hitchhiked or trainhopped?/ i'd love to do both! :) i think its a fallacy that hitchhiking is a "death threat" or serial killers will come out and kill you and all that crap haha, thoughts?? Honestly, I imagine you're just as likely to be killed on purpose hitch hiking as you are w...

I think we are one piece of it. There are the ones who have already left, living how they can, without those headaches anymore. There are some who haven't awakened yet, just like myself a few years back.

They know deep down something ain't right, but, don't know what it is.

I can understand the idea behind it, but, let's share some of my story. I went to school for 17 1/2 years. No preschool. Even in kindergarden, as my mother recounts, I didn't need to be there, because I already knew almost everything they were teaching. I graduated at the end of the first semester o...

I feel it's a great companion piece. So see the pictures Chris took. The places he visited, the faces he saw brings a whole other side of the story to the masses.

Pezar, 18 months is not that far away. I applaud you for paying the debt before you go. I am in a similar situation and it will take me longer to leave. This does not upset me because the longer it takes the more education and planning I will get done. Pezar,I was reading an old post (surviving on ...

I just reiterate, unfortunately, for me it's just taking that step. See, with me, I don't know what I want, where I want to be in 5 years. I never really have to be completely honest. My life isn't great, it is stale, and stuck. I know, in the end, 99.9% of any change will be my own. No matter if it...