Are you spending your time doing what you nearly want to do rather than what you really want to do…?
A voyage through places and ideas, Steve Bonham’s thought provoking book explores the desire to, on the one hand, put down roots, to conform and fit in, and on the other yearn for a freer, more adventurous life. The consequence of surrendering our freedom to the
mortgage and the career is that we might end up living not quite the life we expected to live, haunted by a sense of possibility just at the edge of our experience. Perhaps living with regret?
As he takes us on a wry and idiosyncratic journey through London, Morocco, Hong Kong and the Sahara, encountering thought-provoking and odd characters along the road, Steve searches for ways that we can reconnect with our lost sense of freedom by
adopting a more audacious way of being and, in doing so, open up new possibilities in our lives. The result: challenging and witty insights into the roots of our restlessness and ‘five rules of the road’ for a more adventurous and possibly more fulfilling life.
‘A Little Nostalgia for Freedom’ is a playful and provoking exploration of psychological freedom that will appeal to anyone who wants to change their life. Steve says: “I’ve blended travel, psychology and the philosophy of identity, into a slightly surreal, mischievous and challenging exploration of who we are and who we might be. ‘A Little Nostalgia for Freedom’ weaves the themes of the rewards of being experimental and inconsistent, the importance of companionship and the need to relish who we are becoming as much as who we have been.
‘A Little Nostalgia for Freedom’ is available in all good bookshops from February 2013 for £12.99.
