{"product_id":"jump-ship-let-your-spirit-rip-a-story-about-the-lies-i-lived-the-shame-i-carried-and-the-life-i-crafted","title":"Jump Ship-Let Your Spirit Rip: A Story About The Lies I Lived, The Shame I Carried, And The Life I Crafted","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA memoir for people whose lives look fine but don’t feel right.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat if the life you assembled no longer reflects the person you are becoming?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou can build a life that works and still feel disconnected from the person living it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou can do what you were taught to do, chase the milestones, earn the approval, keep moving, and still wonder:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy does this feel off?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJump Ship — Let Your Spirit Rip\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a candid travel memoir about ingrained expectations, self-discovery, and the courage to stop living by anyone else’s definition of success.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeneath the farm-to-sea adventure is a deeper story about hidden shame, self-trust, and the slow realization that achievement and fulfillment are not the same.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is not a formula.\u003cbr\u003eIt is not a blueprint.\u003cbr\u003eIt will not rescue you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt gives language to the part of you that feels the distance between the life you adapted to and the person you are becoming.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKevin DeRuyter grew up on a Wisconsin dairy farm, inside a life of work, duty, and routine passed down through generations. Discipline began before sunrise. Work came first. The path ahead of him seemed shaped before he knew he was allowed to question it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat pressure followed him into school, work, ambition, and adulthood. He learned to adapt. To perform. To become acceptable. To keep moving.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBefore and during the early days of college, he worked behind the scenes at Lambeau Field, preparing the stadium and sidelines for game day while trying to build a future he could believe in. Later, almost by accident, he found his way into a career at sea, earning his living while traveling the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeneath it all lived fear of failure, hidden shame, numbing habits, and the growing sense that he was performing a life instead of living one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom early mornings on the farm to the excess of yachting, including surreal moments like a yacht sinking at sea, this story follows the slow unraveling of a life shaped by expectation and the deliberate work of learning to trust his own direction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn these pages, you will recognize:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• how a life can look stable and still feel disconnected\u003cbr\u003e• why discontentment is not failure, but a signal\u003cbr\u003e• how adapting to expectations can slowly become identity\u003cbr\u003e• why achievement and fulfillment are not the same\u003cbr\u003e• how language can turn vague discomfort into recognition\u003cbr\u003e• what it feels like to stop mistaking momentum for direction\u003cbr\u003e• why the first step is not reinvention, but recognition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you have smiled through discomfort, stayed longer than you wanted, or felt the distance between how life looks and how it feels, this book will meet you there.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNot with answers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith a story that helps you recognize yourself again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45922820194495,"sku":"b16202c9-9e73-409a-b761-3753220677fd","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/c93ca26b80bf1538c773da7d09f6c5cb.jpg?v=1785191644","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/jump-ship-let-your-spirit-rip-a-story-about-the-lies-i-lived-the-shame-i-carried-and-the-life-i-crafted","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}