Everyone You Admire Is Also Figuring It Out — Anna in Antarctica

Anna booked a last-minute cruise to Antarctica from a random WhatsApp number on a Sunday night. No plan, no backup — just a hostel in Ushuaia and the beginning of a year-long career break that would change what she believed she was worth.We ended up as bunkmates at the bottom of the world — two women who each thought the other had it completely together. I saw her as confident and self-possessed. She saw me as someone who had it figured out. We were both wrong, and that was the most reassuring thing.Anna is from Germany, and she spent a year traveling solo through South America, Asia, and Australia — and is now renovating a 157-year-old house entirely by herself. In this conversation: what it actually feels like to leave everything behind, how a year of traveling and living differently changed her sense of self, and discovering a new love for penguins.New episodes every Wednesday. Discover more on Substack at youdlikeher.substack.com.Music by Universfield via Pixabay.