Notes from a Blue Bike
The Art of Living Intentionally in a Chaotic World
Published on 25. February 2014
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-4002-0557-8 (ISBN)
Description
Life is chaotic. Butwe can choose to live it differently.
It doesn't alwaysfeel like it, but we do have thefreedom to creatively change the everyday little things in our lives so thatour path better aligns with our values and passions.
The popular blogger and founder of the internationallyrecognized Simple Mom onlinecommunity tells the story of her family's ongoing quest to live more simply,fully, and intentionally.
Part memoir, part travelogue, part practical guide, Notes from a Blue Bike takes you from ahillside in Kosovo to a Turkish high-rise to the congested city of Austin to asmall town in Oregon. It chronicles schooling quandaries and dinnertimedilemmas, as well as entrepreneurial adventures and family excursions viaplane, train, automobile, and blue cruiser bike.
Entertaining and compelling-but never shrill or dogmatic-Notes from a Blue Bike invites you toclimb on your own bike, pay attention to who you are and what your familyneeds, and make some important choices.
It's a risky ride, but it's worth it-living your lifeaccording to who you really aresimply takes a little intention. It's never too late.
It doesn't alwaysfeel like it, but we do have thefreedom to creatively change the everyday little things in our lives so thatour path better aligns with our values and passions.
The popular blogger and founder of the internationallyrecognized Simple Mom onlinecommunity tells the story of her family's ongoing quest to live more simply,fully, and intentionally.
Part memoir, part travelogue, part practical guide, Notes from a Blue Bike takes you from ahillside in Kosovo to a Turkish high-rise to the congested city of Austin to asmall town in Oregon. It chronicles schooling quandaries and dinnertimedilemmas, as well as entrepreneurial adventures and family excursions viaplane, train, automobile, and blue cruiser bike.
Entertaining and compelling-but never shrill or dogmatic-Notes from a Blue Bike invites you toclimb on your own bike, pay attention to who you are and what your familyneeds, and make some important choices.
It's a risky ride, but it's worth it-living your lifeaccording to who you really aresimply takes a little intention. It's never too late.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Nashville
United States
Product notice
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 146 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
362 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4002-0557-8 (9781400205578)
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Person
Tsh Oxenreider is the author of Notes from a Blue Bike and Organized Simplicity, and is the founder of the community blog The Art of Simple. She's the top-ranked podcaster of The Simple Show, and her writing has been featured in The Washington Post, CNN, Real Simple magazine, and more. A graduate of the University of Texas, where she studied English and anthropology, Tsh currently lives in Austin, Texas, with her family and eats tacos several times a week.