Chapter 1. In which it is revealed that our happiness or lack thereof is often nothing more than a manifestation of our expectations
Chapter 2. In which I begin to consider my relationship to wealth and how monetary concerns have come to dominate 21st-century American life
Chapter 3. In which I go mushroom hunting with Erik and Breakfast, thereby proving Benjamin Franklin wrong
Chapter 4. In which I explain how I met Erik and became intrigued by his relationship to money and wealth
Chapter 5. In which I reveal all
Chapter 6. In which I consider matters of appropriate scale, industrialism, embedded energy, the creation of money, and the commodification of the natural world. Oh, and rocks. Those, too
Chapter 7. In which I go for the gold
Chapter 8. In which I grapple with the difference between "value" and "worth" and learn about the currency of trust
Chapter 9. In which I have doubts
Chapter 10. In which I choose freedom
Chapter 11. In which I lay it out