Did We Ever Doubt It? The Truth About Nearly Stopping

<p>The problem was never inspiration. It was hesitation. Procrastination. That fatal gap between deciding and actually doing.</p><p>This is the episode where we admit how close we came to stopping. The maintenance disasters in Colombia, Malaysia and Australia. The canal crossings where turning back was still an option. The businesses we folded, the friends we didn&#39;t expect to miss, and the identity each of us had to give up to leave. We also disagree about whether Starlink and remote work have made the modern version of this too easy.</p><p>Next episode we start taking apart the real reasons people don&#39;t go, beginning with the kids&#39; education.Cockpit Sessions is the podcast where we work through the book behind our eight-year family circumnavigation, one conversation at a time.</p><p>Cockpit Sessions Ep.06 — out now on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.</p><p>—</p><p>We&#39;re the Wood family — Woody, Irenka, Rowan, Darroch &amp; Yewan. 8 years circumnavigating on a sailboat with 3 kids • ~40,000 miles • ~40 countries &amp; territories • BOOK RELEASE July 2026 (working title): &quot;Mothership Adrift: A Dad&#39;s Guide to Escaping the Rat Race&quot;</p><p>▷ FREE SAMPLE: https://www.mothershipadrift.com/mothershipadriftbook</p><p><br></p>