Into the Wild...

First off this a great book I strongly encourage any guy to read. I would encourage a girl to read it, but I don't know if you would like it. I'm not saying you wouldn't, I'm simply saying I haven't the faintest idea what your thoughts about it would be. But that's not what I'm trying writing about. In fact the idea I'm writing about is only a mere shadow of that i took away from reading Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer.

Why does life have to come with so much baggage? When i finished reading Krakauer's book I asked myself that. It doesn't really have much to do with the overall topic of the the story but none the less I thought about it. Christopher McCandless, the main character, escapes from everyday life. The worries and troubles of his life slip away and a new set of concerns arise. Where will I sleep tonight, what will I eat, how will I earn my next paycheck? These questions weren't forces upon him, they simply seemed like the lesser of two evils to Christopher. He needed to get away from his original life, and the new life he chose gave him the change he needed.

Everyday the idea of dropping everything in order to do what he did crosses my mind. The idea of utter freedom with no plan ahead of you except to continue on a uncharted course is beyond appealing to me. But then I lose my gut when I think of modern day repercussions that weren't an issue in the 70's. The issue of money, shelter, transportation. All these problems pose as a fear of the unknown for me. Would they be an issue? Or could I simply get away with not worrying about them?

Either way I still a far fetched idea of mine. Maybe one day I'll escape from the worries of modern life. Politics. War. Money and so on. Maybe one day I'll go Into the Wild.