I packed up my life in Australia and moved onboard my parents boat!

For as long as I can remember I've had this strong pull towards a different kind of life. Away from the status quo, away from the norm, away from the 9 to 5 hamster wheel, away from suburban living and towards something that actually felt true to me.

I grew up sailing and as a family we sailed from Sweden to Australia over 3 years and that journey gave me a glimpse of what is possible. Of living completely off the grid, of a different rhythm, a different kind of freedom, a different way of being in the world entirely.

When we arrived in Australia I settled back into the system. School, university, jobs, my own business. But throughout all of it that pull never left. It just sat there quietly in the background, patient, waiting.

I understand now through my Human Design why challenging the status quo has always felt so essential to me. I carry the channel 28-38, the channel of struggle and meaning, which at its core is about having something worth fighting for (whatever that is for you). Something that gives life real depth and purpose and living inside the system, following the expected path, never quite felt like something worth fighting for, for me… But a life that is truly mine? That does.

Sailing is a big part of who I am. Something about that life just fits me in a way that is hard to fully explain. It always has.

It is not a life for everyone. It holds some of the most rare and magical moments I have ever experienced but it also holds a lot of unpredictability, discomfort and challenge. It looks like a luxury lifestyle from the outside and yes it absolutely has its moments of that. But it is not for the fainthearted.

After carrying this pull for so many years and watching my parents set off on their third sailing journey, something in me just knew, I had to go. Not because I had it all figured out but because I needed to find out once and for all whether this life is actually for me. If it is, I will find a way to make it happen. If it is not, then at least I will finally know.

And here is the thing. As a Splenic Projector my intuition does not arrive with a logical explanation or a clear roadmap. It arrives as a quiet, present moment knowing in my body. A nudge, a pull, something that says go, even when the mind cannot fully justify why. That is exactly what this was. My splenic intuition had been nudging me towards this for years and at some point I decided to stop arguing with it and just listen.

So here I am. Onboard. For however long… my intuition will tell me.

Do you have the courage to follow the pulls even when it doesn’t make logical sense?

Big Love,

Nic xx