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A celebrated writer's irresistible, candid, and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure, spiritual devotion, and what she really wanted out of life. <br /><br />Around the time Elizabeth Gilbert turned thirty, she went through an early-onslaught midlife crisis. She had everything an educated, ambitious American woman was supposed to want—a husband, a house, a successful career. But instead of feeling happy and fulfilled, she was consumed with panic, grief, and confusion. She went through a divorce, a crushing depression, another failed love, and the eradication of everything she ever thought she was supposed to be. <br /><br />To recover from all this, Gilbert took a radical step. In order to give herself the time and space to find out who she really was and what she really wanted, she got rid of her belongings, quit her job, and undertook a yearlong journey around the world—all alone. Eat, Pray, Love is the absorbing chronicle of that year. Her aim was to visit three places where she could examine one aspect of her own nature set against the backdrop of a culture that has traditionally done that one thing very well. In Rome, she studied the art of pleasure, learning to speak Italian and gaining the twenty-three happiest pounds of her life. India was for the art of devotion, and with the help of a native guru and a surprisingly wise cowboy from Texas, she embarked on four uninterrupted months of spiritual exploration. In Bali, she studied the art of balance between worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence. She became the pupil of an elderly medicine man and also fell in love the best way—unexpectedly. <br /><br />An intensely articulate and moving memoir of self-discovery, Eat, Pray, Love is about what can happen when you claim responsibility for your own contentment and stop trying to live in imitation of society’s ideals. It is certain to touch anyone who has ever woken up to the unrelenting need for change.
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Self-taught in various subjects including calculus, probability, statistics, French literature, and history. Became interested in the biology of aging at a young age. Joined the lab of Cynthia Kenyon at age 12 and worked on increasing the lifespan of C. elegans through genetic engineering. Accepted to MIT at age 14 but dropped out to start a venture capital firm after receiving the Thiel Fellowship.
Irish-American author and publisher. Founder of O'Reilly Media, popularized the terms open source and Web 2.0.
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will eventually grow up and get a real job. Until then, will keep making things up and writing them down.
Founding partner of the seed stage venture firm Y Combinator and author.
Writing, Advising, and Investing | Previously Growth @ Airbnb, founder, engineer.
Consumer investing @a16z. Beijing born + Midwest bred. MBA dropout. Alum: Product @shopkick, stats & English lit @Harvard. Lifelong artist. Loves tech & corgis.
What you read here is my (always changing) philosophy on business, real estate and life. Self storage owner / operator by way of a small unsexy biz. DMs open.