{"id":1261,"date":"2023-02-18T16:05:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T20:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/books-to-inspire-you-to-go-outside\/"},"modified":"2023-02-18T16:05:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T20:05:27","slug":"books-to-inspire-you-to-go-outside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/books-to-inspire-you-to-go-outside\/","title":{"rendered":"Books to Inspire You to Go Outside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?affiliate=infohatch&amp;vendor=J1R2C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png\" alt=\"Profit Gen\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png 400w, http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"126014\" class=\"elementor elementor-126014\">\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a3f45b4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a3f45b4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a5242b\" data-id=\"9a5242b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba787dc elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba787dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\/*! elementor &#8211; v3.7.8 &#8211; 02-10-2022 *\/<br \/>\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>For the past few years, on the <a href=\"\/podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Happier with Gretchen Rubin<\/em><\/a> podcast, my co-host and sister Elizabeth and I have set an annual challenge for ourselves and readers.<\/p>\n<p>This year, it&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehappierapp.com\/outside-23-in-23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Go Outside 23 in 23<\/a>&#8220;\u2014that is, go outside for 23 minutes each day in 2023. Great things happen when we go outside!<\/p>\n<p>Many people\u2014and this is certainly true for me\u2014like to read a book to evoke a certain frame of mind.<\/p>\n<p>Also, some people are doing their reading outside as part of their daily outdoor time.\u00a0<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing )\">So we asked listeners for books they&#8217;d suggest for getting in an outdoor mood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>They suggested many terrific books:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/40qeX1X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Urban Bestiary<\/em><\/a>, Lyanda Lynn Haupt<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/40uzbHA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Hidden Life of Trees<\/em><\/a>, Peter Wohlleben<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YrYM22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Shepherd&#8217;s Life<\/em><\/a>, James Rebanks<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3HAzTKT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em> Land Healer<\/em><\/a>, Jacob Fiennes<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3jzS4s0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Peace of Wild Things: And Other Poems<\/em><\/a>, Wendell Berry<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Ym7TC5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>A Walk in the Woods<\/em><\/a>, Bill Bryson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Yq21ah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Braiding Sweetgras<\/em>s<\/a>, Robin Wall Kimmerer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/40tMIPN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Pilgrim at Tinker Creek<\/em><\/a>, Annie Dillard<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YsNpXA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Upstream<\/em><\/a>, Mary Oliver<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3RBmgQn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Caught Inside<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3RwL6kd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Lighting Out<\/em><\/a>, Daniel Duane<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3DHOWkP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Arctic Dreams<\/em><\/a>, Barry Lopez<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3HZUg5J\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Born To Run<\/em><\/a>, Christopher McDougall<\/li>\n<li>LL Bean catalogs!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3JLZuTN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Sea of Tranquility<\/em><\/a>, Emily St. John Mandel<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3wZu18Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Little House<\/a> books, Laura Ingalls Wilder<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3jwg8vY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>My Side of the Mountain<\/em><\/a>, Jean Craighead George<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3DI0MeQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Anne of Green Gables<\/em><\/a>, L. M. Montgomery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Join us for #Outside23in23! Don&#8217;t worry if you didn&#8217;t start on January 1\u2014you&#8217;re never behind. Start where you are.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve heard from so many people about how much they (and also their dogs) are enjoying this time outdoors.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/gretchenrubin.com\/articles\/outside-reading-list\/\">Books to Inspire You to Go Outside<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/gretchenrubin.com\">Gretchen Rubin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?affiliate=infohatch&amp;vendor=J1R2C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png\" alt=\"Profit Gen\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png 400w, http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\/*! elementor &#8211; v3.7.8 &#8211; 02-10-2022 *\/ .elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block} For the past few years, on the Happier with Gretchen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-habits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}