I just got approved for my 4-year visa in France, and it hit me how much this place has shaped me. In this episode, I talk about French bureaucracy, living far from home, and growing older in a city that once felt like a dream and now feels like real life.

If you’re navigating your twenties, thinking about moving abroad, or just craving a slower, deeper way of living—this one's for you. I share thoughts on identity, courage, loneliness, and what it means to create a life you actually want in a country like France.

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Sharing my growth in writing every day for 90 days on Substack. I talk about how the challenge changed my views on creativity, the routines I changed, and the surprising lessons I learned over the 3 months. If you’ve ever wanted to build a consistent creative habit or find inspiration in daily practice, this episode is for you.📚 Follow my 90 days of writing on Substack: https://thejennijohnson.substack.com/📸 Instagram: www.instagram.com/jennijohnson

00:00 Start

02:00 Taking control of your life

04:00 Breakups

05:00 Starting over when you didn't expect it

06:00 Freedom

06:37 Authenticity

07:20 Finding yourself

08:01 Seek a teacher

08:20 Rule of Life

10:02 Creativity and atoms

10:35 How do you want your life to look