{"product_id":"a-year-of-becoming-essays-on-growth-identity-and-the-inner-world-9798199034135","title":"A Year of Becoming: Essays on Growth, Identity, and the Inner World","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Camellia Yang\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Journaling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when you leave everything behind to find yourself?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter years of performing the life others expected, Camellia left her corporate career seeking clarity. Instead, she found herself wandering city to city, question to question, carrying the same sense of incompleteness. It wasn't until she stopped running that she began to see.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Year of Becoming\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a philosophical memoir that explores what it means to truly become yourself. Through luminous essays on identity, consciousness, and the art of living, Camellia weaves together personal narrative, cultural mythology, and existential inquiry to ask: What if life is actually a game we're meant to play with full presence and authentic engagement? Drawing on the wisdom of Jung and Nietzsche, the poetry of Pessoa and Blake, and her own transformative experiences across continents, she explores: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdentity as Performance: Life as role-playing, where you expand your skill tree by truly observing the world\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Absurd Hero: Finding meaning not despite meaninglessness, but through embracing the struggle itself\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConsciousness Unbound: How meditation, art, and spiritual practice dissolve the boundaries of self\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Search for Home: Why home might not be a place, but a state of being you carry within yourself\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthentic Excellence: What artists like Bowie and athletes like Cruyff teach us about integrating shadow and light\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers seeking meaning beyond the conventional, philosophy readers drawn to narrative, and anyone who's ever felt like they were playing the game of life without understanding the rules.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA meditation on becoming. A map for the wanderer. A mirror for the seeker.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47889889362071,"sku":"9798199034135","price":1688.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798199034135.webp?v=1781178124","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-year-of-becoming-essays-on-growth-identity-and-the-inner-world-9798199034135","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}