A conversation with my wonderful friend Emily Pauls. We dive into the various changes and transitions happening in her life recently – from quitting a 9-5 job to taking a really long walk from Mexico to Canada, getting off the trail after a five-month PCT thru-hike with no plan, deciding to become self-employed, and making up life as we go along.
Emily Pauls quit her accounting job in Chicago in 2022 to do the northbound 2500-mile thru-hike of the PCT. In this lovely conversation, we talk about when a choice that will change your life becomes real, how to transition into self-employment, the financial cost behind the hike, how we are all making up our lives, the comfort of consistency, and the challenges of shifting approaches to work and life.
Emily Pauls is currently making it up as she goes along. You can find her on Instagram @emily_pauls_.
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