S1 E6 End goals, journeys and the detours we take

Have you ever felt impatient to arrive — only to realise life is happening while you’re waiting?
This is a gentle pause in the middle of midlife’s big question

In this Thinking Out Loud conversation, Margit is joined by her partner, Clarkie, for a spacious reflection on one of those ideas that sounds simple but deepens with age: journey versus destination.

Together, they wander through midlife experiences of career, purpose, responsibility and reinvention — noticing how easy it is to fixate on goals, timelines and comparisons, and how quietly we can miss the life unfolding right in front of us.

Rather than offering answers, this episode lingers in the in-between. It honours detours, potholes, false starts and unexpected turns — and invites a kinder, more curious relationship with where you are now, and where you might be heading next.

In this episode we explore: