Fall in love (again) with learning by wandering purposefully. On today's show, Eric Travis shares how a 2,600-mile trek clarified a new way to approach learning and local/global engagement. Eric is the author of Wander Purposefully, which introduces the Absorbent Learning lifestyle and inspires readers to seek cultivate those "interior gardens" of intellect and compassion.
Show Highlights

• The brutal and beautiful aspects of hiking the PCT (Pacific Crest Trail).
• What is Absorbent Learning?
• Three types of Absorbent Learning: auditory, visual, experiential.
• How to better utilize your "white space".
• Navigating the balance between learning and reflection.
• How to function more like an estuary than a bay.
• Why speaking your Uber driver's native language builds kinship.
• How knowing every country's capital can help you meet your future husband/wife.
• Connections between Absorbent Learning and the Catholic faith.
• And what you can learn in your daily shower routine!

Links

• Wander Purposefully: A Reflection on How to Love Learning - buy and review on Amazon or Audible
• The PCT 71 - A list and review of the 71 books Eric listened to on the PCT
• We Wander Purposefully - Eric's website and overview of Absorbent Learning

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