Entertain Yourself Anywhere

Whether you're

At home on the weekend, relaxing after a day of adventures, or travelling to a new destination, you’re bound to get bored. So what do you do? If you’re like me, you get fidgety and start moving your hands and tapping your feet. That usually lasts for a while, until you start annoying those around you and eventually they want nothing to do with you. You can listen to music, but your battery will eventually run out.

You can always read

When you have a good book, you can get lost for hours. To spur you along in your adventures, I’d suggest Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman. It’s a biography of Yvon Chouinard (legendary climber, soul-surfer, founder and co-owner of Patagonia, Inc.), history of Patagonia, Inc., and discusses the philosophy of co-existing with our environment, all wrapped into one book.

Some books

Are an easy weekend read, but I’d recommend taking your time with this one. There might be some terms thrown out there that aren’t familiar to you. The best way to get the most out of the book would be to look up those terms to gain a better understanding, because you’ll probably see them again later-on.

It’s a great look at a guy who’s constantly aware of what’s going on around him. He’s able to see the small things that us humans are doing that are actually killing the environment. When you read it, you may feel awful, but he’s always able to turn it around by providing small solutions to help offset those actions.

I enjoyed

Reading about his adventures the most. The way he first came across climbing, to how he helped initiate “clean climbing,” to how he funded his surf trips. He’s always been able to find adventure while helping others and the environment.

I was never a big fan of Patagonia, Inc.

 

Because of their expensive clothing. Reading the book helped me understand why those items are high priced. Now, I have no problem paying for an expensive clothing item because I know the quality of it and that no unnecessary harm was done to the environment to make it.

Chouinard is definitely one of those guys that walks-the-walk and talks-the-talk. Not to mention, he always does what he says he’s going to do. In my opinion, we need more people like Yvon Chouinard.

What are your plans this weekend?

 During your adventures this weekend, I hope you're planning to avoid doing any unnecessary harm to the environment. Here’s an idea: when you order your copy of Let My People Go Surfing, choose Standard Shipping. I know you really want to get your copy ASAP, but you could be preventing one less truck on the road, polluting the air with its exhaust and one less airplane in the air, guzzling down jet fuel.