This Is Where You Belong: Finding Home Wherever You Are
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (656 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 014312966X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Turning 30 and Moving Cross Country When I saw this book had only 2 reviews I felt I had to speak up. I don't write reviews on books even though reading is practically my religion for the simple reason that I feel my voice doesn't really add to the conversation. When power house books like All the Light We Cannot See is getting 23, 752 reviews and counting I fee. Hot and dreary. This book has helped me understand why I hate living in the terrible Sacramento Valley and what to do about improving my outlook.Stuck here by circumstances and unable to move away by the same circumstance this book is a good guide how to help improve not only the town where I live but my attitude as well. Except of course whe. Wonderful introspection of how we exist/live in our communities I've lived in the geographic area described by this book for 35 years. Like the author, my family migrated here from Central Texas to begin a career at the local Land-grant University, Virginia Tech.At this point our lives bifurcated. The author's family maintained their connections with VT while I left to begin my own busines
This great, readable book from Melody Warnick nails why we should all be doing more to invest in our communities and neighborhoods to create more connected, happier, healthier, and safer spaces.”—Daniel P. Aldrich, author of Building Resilience and Site Fights “I live in and write about a small Alaskan town and Melody Warnick quantified so many of the reasons why I love Haines. Melody Warnick shows you how to find a place you truly love and even more importantly how to make it your very own. Yes, you can find happiness just about anywhere—and Melody Warnick will show you how—but some places are happier than others, and those considering a move would be wise to read these pages first and see where they lead."—Jeff Speck, author, Walkable City: How Downtow
In the spirit of Gretchen Rubin’s megaseller The Happiness Project and Eric Weiner’s The Geography of Bliss, a journalist embarks on a project to discover what it takes to love where you liveThe average restless American will move 11.7 times in a lifetime. Can these efforts make a halfhearted resident happier? Will Blacksburg be the place she finally stays? What Warnick learns will inspire you to embrace your own community—and perhaps discover that the place where you live right now is home.From the Hardcover edition.. Dining with her neighbors. For Melody Warnick, it was move #6, from Austin, Texas, to Blacksburg, Virginia, that threatened to unhinge her. Rather than hold her breath and hope this new town would be her family’s perfe
A freelance journalist for more than a decade, Melody Warnick has written for Reader’s Digest, O: The Oprah Magazine, Redbook, Better Homes and Gardens, Ladies’ Home Journal, Woman’s Day, Parents, and The Atlantic’s CityLab. She lives with her family in Blacksburg, Virginia.From the Har