{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd","title":"#127 The Art of Quitting & Reinvention - Nina Simon on living \"off the grid\" in an intentional community, taking \"turns\" in marriage and work, having kids on an unconventional path & leaving her dream job at NASA","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/ad047b76\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4047,"description":"At each professional crossroad, Nina Simon has made the choice most likely to disappoint her mother. She left an electrical engineering job at NASA to design spy museum exhibits, said goodbye to a museum directorship to start a global movement for more inclusive cultural organizations, and now has put down her CEO hat to write crime fiction. Her first novel, Mother-Daughter Murder Night, will be published in 2023 by William Morrow. Nina lives off the grid in the Santa Cruz mountains with 20 people, 16 chickens, 2 trampolines, and 1 zipline.\nWe talk about:\nLeaving her dream job\nLiving in an intentional \"off the grid\" community\nWhat she learned from her ambitious days as a museum industry leader\nMarriage & kids on an unconventional path\nWriting her novel\nWATCH On YouTube\n\nFOLLOW NINA\nHer Website: NinaSimon.com\nTwitter: @ninaksimon\nTIMESTAMPS\n0:00 Audio intro\n0:12 Introduction\n1:37 The scripts Nina grew up with\n4:43 Did Nina see herself as creative growing up?\n5:39 Nina's education and why she hated her dream job at NASA\n12:17 Fitting your life into your job vs fitting your job into your life\n14:39 Nina's approach to money, building a marriage that supports entrepreneurship\n19:55 Writing books\n27:39 Giving herself a permission\n33:17 Making choices that are not \"the right choice\"\n38:37 The non-traditional paths and having kids\n46:08 Reinventing yourself, knowing when to leave\n52:42 Constructing backward narratives about our lives\n📕Buy Paul’s Book: The Pathless Path\n\n📲Connect + Follow Paul\nTwitter: @p_millerd\nPaul’s Newsletter: Subscribe to Boundless\nPaul’s YouTube: Subscribe\n🙏Further Ways To Support The Podcast:\nI use Transistor to host this podcast. It rocks. Launch Your Here\nI record high-quality videos using Riverside: Sign Up Here\nBecome a sponsor of the Podcast / Newsletter\nWant to upgrade your Zoom studio? Check out Kevin Shen’s Dream Studio Course\nWant to launch a course? Podia or Teachable are both great\nWeb Hosting: Skystra Fast WordPress Hosting\nHost your...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/bxqSvEwrE24wB3nKhC4eUviIyuHNTxixmwX4iLZPRv4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMyNDgwLzE2Njk1/OTkwMjMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}