Featured Interview With Nate Nasralla
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Among the most important things about me are my loves for peanut butter toast and cracking up at my own jokes. And, of course, my love for wife, Erin, and our adorable Chocolate Lab, Belle.
We’re all fortunate enough to live in Denver, Colorado.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
When I was in 3rd grade, I got my hands on a copy of the book “Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen. I quickly discovered my love for books when I stayed up all night, reading it cover-to-cover by flashlight – even though my teacher, Mrs. Berry, had only assigned our class the first chapter.
Fast forward a number of years, I began writing after moving cities, getting married, selling my company, and cycling through a rapid series of major life changes. Life was speeding up for me, and candidly, I was too proud to admit that I needed therapy to help me process all of the change.
While I lived through an extraordinary series of events, I began writing as a way of finding more meaning in the everyday, routine moments of my life — and to help others do the same.
That’s the very theme of my lastest book, “Living Forward, Looking Backward.” Through it, I help others understand the greater purpose behind their own life’s ordinary days.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love to read anything by Donald Miller or Bob Goff. I really appreciate how they’re able to blend the Christian narrative with the art of storytelling. They also fall into my favorite genre – memoir. I suppose I have a bit of a bias because that’s the genre I fall into, but I’ve found I really enjoy reading about life events, and how they shape us.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
Well, if we’re being honest, we’ll admit our days are filled with normal routines, like eating cereal and sitting in traffic. We often wonder, “is this it?”
But do we really have to quit our jobs and travel the world to find a fulfilling, purposeful life? Is it possible to find significance in our daily routines, right here and now?
After experiencing a rapid series of major life changes within a single year, I stumbled upon a reality that’s shared by us all: there’s profound meaning in our ordinary, everyday moments, but we can’t see it.
Through painfully-honest storytelling and candid conversation, I share how years of mistakes and missteps uncovered a simple framework that reveals the greater purpose behind our everyday lives, and why the answers to life’s deep questions are often backward from what we expect.
I cover all of this and more in my latest book, “Living Forward, Looking Backward.”
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