Tired of living in their comfortable rut, Suzanne and Mitch Rutledge decided to quit their jobs in America and take their seven-year-old son with them on a journey around the world. For nine months, they traveled slowly and volunteered, homeschooled their second grader, and experienced what everyday life was like in new and different places.From the Rut to the Ledgeshares their highs and lows, but also provides practical travel tips for anyone who wants to see the world on a budget. Follow their adventures from an elephant sanctuary in Thailand to the pyramids of Egypt. From tiny villages in Cambodia to the bustling streets of Barcelona, the Rutledges went out on a ledge to experience authentic life around the world and hope to encourage and inspire other families to do the same.

For over 30 years weve studied people from all walks of life trying to break old habits some succeeded, most failed. Those who succeeded typically followed steps outlined in this book. You know from repeatedly breaking New Years resolutions that it takes more than will power and brains to succeed. We all have a very wise but mouthy little person living inside our heads - call them Tiny who tries to tell us when were being dumb. Most of us have figured out how to muzzle Tiny. Well show you how to use your particular Tinys accumulated wisdom about you and your well honed ability to fall off the wagon. As Oprah said concerning a recent weight gain: I didnt just fall off the wagon. I let the wagon fall on me. In the beginning we show you how to make smarter resolutions. More importantly in the remainder of the book we show you how to keep them. The last five chapters focus on trouble shooting, on showing you how to climb out, and stay out, of the rut after youve invariably slipped back in.

The Answer's Been Right in Front of You the Whole Time! Most of us travel well-worn paths with the expressed mission of breaking out" of the RUT. It seems to be the right thing to do on the surface; who wants to think of themselves as being in such a routine that they can not, should not, dare not veer off the trail? And You Thought "Escape" Was Your Only Option! Not another self-help book, RUT Management is a fun but truthful look at the very human tendency to pursue distraction rather than maintaining the focused pursuit of long-term goals and dreams. This work addresses the constant conflict between "convention" and "change" in our lives. It examines RUT development, RUT anatomy, RUT relationships, and RUT management as tools for navigating the path through RUTs, and for DISCOVERING ADVENTURE IN THE ROUTINE OF LIFE."

Learn how to scout and prepare sites while leaving minimal evidence of human presence, and how to read deer sign to find the most productive places to hunt. Comprehensive coverage of scent control, including the use of odor-eliminating clothing.

Issues for Jan 12, 1888-Jan. 1889 include monthly "Magazine supplement".