Will to Wild: Adventures Great and Small to Change Your Life

by Shelby Stanger

Book Overview

Embrace adventures both big and small and pursue your wild ideas with this "profoundly inspiring and laugh-out-loud funny" (Jaimal Yogis, author of The Fear Project) guidebook from seasoned adventurer and podcaster Shelby Stanger.

Will to Wild is an instruction manual to adventure. Your guide: enthusiastic outdoorswoman Shelby Stanger. Shelby has been teaching folks how to leap into the unknown since she taught her first...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1982194308
• ISBN13: 9781982194307
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: S&s/Simon Element
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Will to Wild is my trail sign!

I have felt like I was in a rut in a job that I just don't feel fulfilled any longer. Sitting at a desk 8 hours a day is not my thing anymore. I spend so much time in the outdoors and I have been wanting to pursue something... anything to get me outdoors as a career. I was trying to find another book online that I had heard of, but in the suggested books from Google, Will to Wild came up. The word "adventure" is what grabbed my attention. This book was, what Shelby refers to as, a "trail sign" for what I wanted in my life. She has become one of my "trail angels". The stories throughout the book of many different people's adventures have motivated me to pursue my dreams. I normally get bored with books and set them aside to read later, and never do. I did not put this one down. I even listened to 4 chapters while on a trail run in the Utah mountains. It motivated me so much on my run that once I reached the summit, I took my phone and began journaling the adventure so that I could start a new blog. I now plan to journal my adventures, small and large. Because of this book I have already written a "vision board" of goals to further my education in the outdoors, take time to make preparations for grand outdoor adventures, and a long list of adventures to start training for. I have started the design of a blog, which will hopefully progress into something else, and I've been reaching out to volunteer with local youth groups to help with outdoor adventures, as she suggested. I have done all of this within just a couple weeks because of how motivating this book has been. As much as I loved listening to her jolly and upbeat voice sharing hers, and others stories, I definitely plan to pick up a book so that I can highlight and underline specific stories and quotes that have motivated me. In the audio version you get to really hear the excitement she has, which definitely contributed to my motivation and desire to continue listening. The great thing about this book is that it doesn't only apply to just pursuing outdoor adventures, but any adventure in life. There's so much great content that can be applied to anything in life regarding working toward goals in life. I don't believe in coincidences. I was confused and stuck doing something I don't enjoy as a career and I know I was meant to find her book at this specific time in my life because I was ready to take action and this is what pushed me to do so, and it gave me a lot of direction in how to start pursuing my passion. I recently opened a bottle of soda and the bottom of it said "Things Are Going to Change." Then I came across this book a few days later and things are changing. I highly recommend this book! It has, and will continue to change my life! My new mantras in life have been ones that I have had in front of my eyes on my laptop. It reads "live the life you love", and one that I tell myself on the trail, "just one more mile."