I went through a lot of my life not being mindful of how I was living it. I wasn't mindful environmentally, or whether I was on track.

A lot of people feel trapped by circumstance, by the expectations of others or the perception that they need a lot of money. They would like to have a different direction in their lives, but they're held back by fear or desires that are incompatible with that freedom.

I am a rolling stone, never in one place for very long.

I'm not claiming to be anything out of the ordinary. I am not especially big or strong or brave or intrepid.

I just used to have a really normal life, working in an office.

Ocean rowing is very much what you make it. Rowing technique is pretty irrelevant on the ocean. It's the psychology that's important.