Into the Wild

"Into the Wild" is the story of Christopher McCandless who is an upper-middle class young man who gives away his savings $24,000+ to charity and then abandons his life for the open road as he makes his way to Alaska. He feels he needs to leave the constraints of society and the violence as he experience in his childhood. This movie was excellent (directed by Sean Penn) and really got me thinking about what I prioritize in my life now and how I would love to get to a place where I don't feel like I need all of the material things that I think I need now. One quote I loved from the movie is "Happiness only real when shared". This man had so many amazing experiences and met so many interesting people. I have the book and wanted to read it before I saw the movie, but I'm glad now that I saw the movie first. I highly recommend watching this one.