Did that play a role? Like, did you have a mantra or anything that you were kind of had in the back of your brain while you were while you were doing this?

From the beginning, I wanted the row to be a meditation.

And I wanted to use it as an opportunity to learn how to be comfortable in an uncomfortable situation.

And so most of my mental preparation for the row did come from my yoga practice, physically practicing yoga, and then also reading a lot of books from Zen Buddhist monks like Thich Nhat Hanh and Pema Chodron.

So that's the framework I leaned on while I was out there.

And when I did have tough moments and tough days, I used the Plum Village meditation app, which was very helpful.

And I listened to a podcast called The Way Out Was In.

journey, this, you know, this experience with people? Or was it the opposite, like a motivating factor or like I'm putting this out in the world and that's going to motivate me to keep going?

Or even brighter than others.

Yeah.

There were moments that were just technicolor.

The sunrises and the sunsets were gorgeous.

Bright pinks and oranges, and e- the entire sky would fill up with color.

There was a day a whale swam underneath my boat, and it took a breath right by me, and it was so gentle, and then it swam off.

And dolphins always came and visited me.

Have you experienced the other side of impermanence yet?

What happens?

I would wake up a couple hours before sunrise, and that varied, and I would row.

Then I would have a little bit of breakfast, so normally that was a granola bar or some crackers and fruit snacks.

And then I would row some more until noon, and every day at noon, I would take a fix of where I was at.

So I'd write down my longitude and my latitude in a little captain's log and make any notes of things that had happened to me or the boat in the last 24 hours.

Then I would do some systems checks just to make sure everything was working.

I would check the auto helm, which helped me steer, make sure that that wasn't overheating.

So when you're on your last day, or maybe second to last day, the, the last night, like, what did it feel like knowing you were gonna finish? Like, you only had a few miles to go.

What do you think?

It was such a surprise.

When I started the row, I had 2,000 followers on Instagram, and I made these videos every day basically as proof of life for my friends and family that I'm on the boat, I'm doing okay, I'm actually having a lot of fun, and here's a fun fact about ocean rowing.

But about halfway through, I posted a video, it was day 27, and it had been my hardest day at sea.

It was scary.

There was huge weather.

I had hives all over my body from sun exposure.

Obviously, I'm sure that this gets brought up a lot, but you gotta learn all of the how to row, how to navigate, how to anchor, how to deal with storms, how to pack your food, all of those logistics, but can you learn how to be by yourself?