Are you ready to kick up by a fireplace, pour a glass of Spanish wine and get into a book this holiday season? Or perhaps you are in the tropics and can still sit poolside with a nice book to dive into in between pool dips and cocktail sips.
Well, depending on who is on your list, here are six inspiring books to consider this season.
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The 2025 Farmer’s Almanac
I was always curious on how Almanacs make such accurate weather predictions, especially when it seems in modern days our weatherman (or women) cannot predict tomorrow’s precipitation with too much certainty. These books date back to Benjamin Franklin and served as essentially the Bible for many farmer in our country’s early days. It still provides valuable insights for many today – including gardeners and travelers.
Curious? well definitely listen in to my upcoming Staying Adventurous Podcast on the 2024 Holiday Gift Guide when I interview only the 14th editor, Carol Connare. Our conversation was certainly a unique experience as we discuss weather patterns, sun and moon cycles and what else the Almanac offers to its loyal readership.
Ready to return to using earth’s cycles and working with Mother Nature – the Old Farmer’s Almanac is a great way to begin that journey? Find your copy online with the Old Farmer’s Almanac Shop.
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Following the Sun
The book Following the Sun – Tales and Fails From A Year Around the World With Our Kids details an incredible journey of a family who decided to give up their daily New York City life and lifestyles for a year to explore the world. Insides readers gain essential tips and lessons for anyone planning a massive trip with a family and also experience its joy through both tales and fails.
I truly believe that long-term travel is a gateway to life change after my interview of the author on episode 75 – Follow the Sun, it still seems accurate. Give a listen and read the book. You can find the book by Margaret Bensfield Sullivan online as an e-book and in paperback.
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Are You Ready to Love Your Job?
Well are you ready? If you don’t already love your job then author and career coach Maggie Mistal can certainly help guide you on a journey of soul search, research and job search with her top career book release – Are you Ready to Love Your Job?
Coach Maggie still works individually with clients through the process, but also decided to publish a book to make the journey accessible to everyone. Inside you’ll find many of the actual exercises she uses, client success stories and the road map through the process in simple steps. Readers will be able to navigate the processes and create a career that aligns with your passions and purpose. She has done it for thousands already, you can be the next.
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A Walk in the Park
A walk in the park is usually a phrase for a simple adventure, nothing too strenuous. But, what if that park was the Grand Canyon and what if you decided to walk the entire park? Different story, and one captured by author Kevin Fedarko in A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon.
Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing the author, (you can expect it as an upcoming podcast), and he shared the stories, challenges, misadventures, and beauty abound when traversing the entirety of the massive Grand Canyon through the four seasons too. It took over a year.
A future trip in April of 2025 will lead me back to the edge of the canyon for the first time in 30 years and I will marvel at his stories along with the natural beauty too.
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Gifts from the Road
Of course, I need to once again mention my book – Gifts from the Road. This book is a great holiday present for all the adventurers on your list (including yourself). Detailed with actual examples how simple mindset shifts can alter and improve any adventure, I highlight 13 moments allow for the traveler to see the world through a different lens and improve the travel experience.
From planning an adventure, making on trip adjustments, and reflecting on the past adventures to fuel future travels, this book tells a journey that will enable you to make your next trip both more memorable and enjoyable. You can find a copy today on amazon and more about the book Gifts from the Road online.
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Gift Shop of Gratitude
The frequency of gratitude is uplifting. The Gift Shops of Gratitude focuses on using the perhaps mundane shopping experiences to understand and capture gratitude through material items as symbols.
For example baseball caps offer thanks for being on a team, postcards offer the chance to say how glad you were to be somewhere, jewelry a chance to appreciate the beauty of life to showcase a few of the many. Find the book thorough author Peter Lovenheim website.
In summary.
These six books offers a diverse yet inspirational reads for the adventurous seeking a massive adventure, improving travel experiences or even preparing for a better 2025.
Stay adventurous, Craig
