To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret

Name: To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret
Price: 9.99 USD
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Rating: 4.5 (3579 reviews)
Author: Jedidiah Jenkins

by Jedidiah Jenkins

Memoir

4.5 (3,579)

4.5 stars from 3,579 reviews. Top 64% of Memoir books we track.

338 pages~5.6 hr readPublished by Convergent BooksPublished 2018-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You're wrestling with big life decisions and wondering if there's a way to live more authentically, without the weight of other people's expectations.
You love travel writing that's introspective, not just about the places visited but about what travel reveals about who you actually are.
You're navigating faith, identity, or belonging, and you want to read someone else's honest reckoning with those same thorny questions.

Maybe not for you if...

You prefer tight, fast-paced narratives and find long interior reflection self-indulgent or exhausting.
You're looking for a pure adventure story with high stakes and danger, rather than a memoir about personal transformation.
You're not interested in faith-related themes or someone's journey to reconcile sexuality with a conservative religious background.

About this book

On the eve of turning thirty, Jedidiah Jenkins quit his job and spent sixteen months cycling from Oregon to Patagonia. He documented the journey on Instagram, where his photos and reflections attracted hundreds of thousands of followers interested in the central question: What makes a life worth living? In this memoir, Jenkins narrates both his physical adventure—the people and places encountered during his ride to the bottom of the world—and the internal journey that prompted it. As he travels through cities, mountains, and inner boundaries, he explores what it means to be an adult, his struggle to reconcile his sexual identity with his conservative Christian upbringing, and his belief in travel as a means of awakening to life at home. The book reflects on adventure, identity, and living without regret.

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Currently 4.5★ from 3,579 reviews

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