The Long Walk Back to Myself zine

Our lives are constantly in a panic about maximizing our time. So much to do, so few hours in a day. In The Long Walk Back to Myself Jessica Max Stein takes a fifty-mile, three-and-a-half day walk from bustling New York City to bucolic Croton-on-Hudson. A car or train would have taken about an hour. Jessica doesn't walk for a "cause" but merely for the pleasure of walking itself. Some of her friends think she is crazy and ruining her life, and that the walk proves it. Jessica's own inner demons suggest this as well. This zine is inspirational. Some people think the only way to deal with your problems and mental trouble is to pay thousands to therapists and drug companies. Sometimes all we need is time outside our own lives, doing something as old-fashioned as a very long walk. The simple motion and repetition of walking itself can bring things out of the subconscious. This zine shows how something lost in our human history is still possible if we want it enough. As the back cover says "Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time."