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Why Starting Over Feels So Hard, Even When You’re Ready

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Jo Barnes
Aug 01, 2025
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Looking out over the Story Bridge in Brisbane ❤️

In less than a week (as I write), my husband & I are setting off on our next big nomadic adventure. Phuket, London, Italy, Spain, maybe Cape Verde, and South America early next year.

With backpacks at the ready (and the knees a little less flexible than they used to be), we’re off to soak up as much life as we can.

And the other morning, looking out over the Story Bridge here in Brisbane, I caught myself thinking… how lucky am I?

But then I stopped. Because my lifestyle hasn't been luck. It's been by design.

The Decision to Live an Extraordinary Life

Fifteen years ago, I read The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss and made a huge decision to design my work around my life, not the other way round.

I left my “normal” behind, sold the house, walked away from my career, and took a leap into the unknown.

I didn't know much at the time, but I knew I wanted to live an extraordinary life.

I wasn’t going to lie on my deathbed full of regrets. I wasn’t goin…

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