#34 LIVE CURIOUS. LIVE KIND. LIVE GREAT
WITH THE JONESYS
“…our mission possible statement…live curious, live kind, live great.”
Justin ‘Jonesy’ Jones is one of Australia’s most well-known adventurers. Most notably for being the first to kayak unsupported across the Tasman Sea and traverse Antartica to the South Pole and back (also unsupported), and doing so with his adventure partner-in-crime, Cas.
These expeditions catalysed Jonesy into a career of keynote speaking, documentary filmmaking and following his FOMO into bigger and greater challenges. When he became a parent 2017 with his partner Lauren, Justin faced the reality that he may have to give up his adventurous lifestyle in order to support his new family.
“He (Justin) was loosing his psyche for going on that solo expedition. During that time, I was looking for my psyche to work 70-hour weeks and never seeing her (Morgan), and I really wanted to dive more into my purpose and keep honing that alignment between sustainability and business and family…so I guess we took this opportunity of a very challenging time when Morgan was born…” - Lauren
Together they are driven to challenge traditional conventions of what it means to ‘settle down’ and prove that adulthood, and parenthood can still be fun. Which lead them to embark on an Australian Outback Expedition for 90 days and over 1,8000km with their now one-year-old Morgan. Something that Lauren, a businesswomen specialising in sustainability, never expected herself to benefit from as much as she did.
“We were out in the heart of it, in the depths of it, but the depths of it which seemed impossible at the start, were possible at that moment. And that, I think, was the big mind-shift for me. That adventure made what was impossible, possible.” - Lauren
The conversation with these two convention-breakers was incredibly thought provoking for me. We touched on so many topics, finding similarities and differences between our three unique perspectives. I believe the conversation could catalyse you to revaluate your own values and beliefs. I really hope you enjoy this one!
Main Points:
These expeditions catalysed Jonesy into a career of keynote speaking, documentary filmmaking and following his FOMO into bigger and greater challenges. When he became a parent 2017 with his partner Lauren, Justin faced the reality that he may have to give up his adventurous lifestyle in order to support his new family.
“He (Justin) was loosing his psyche for going on that solo expedition. During that time, I was looking for my psyche to work 70-hour weeks and never seeing her (Morgan), and I really wanted to dive more into my purpose and keep honing that alignment between sustainability and business and family…so I guess we took this opportunity of a very challenging time when Morgan was born…” - Lauren
Together they are driven to challenge traditional conventions of what it means to ‘settle down’ and prove that adulthood, and parenthood can still be fun. Which lead them to embark on an Australian Outback Expedition for 90 days and over 1,8000km with their now one-year-old Morgan. Something that Lauren, a businesswomen specialising in sustainability, never expected herself to benefit from as much as she did.
“We were out in the heart of it, in the depths of it, but the depths of it which seemed impossible at the start, were possible at that moment. And that, I think, was the big mind-shift for me. That adventure made what was impossible, possible.” - Lauren
The conversation with these two convention-breakers was incredibly thought provoking for me. We touched on so many topics, finding similarities and differences between our three unique perspectives. I believe the conversation could catalyse you to revaluate your own values and beliefs. I really hope you enjoy this one!
Main Points:
- Co-parenting with a more adventurous partner
- Defying stereotypes about what it means to be a parent and explorer
- Defining your personal mission statement or philosophy
- Recapping their 1,800km, 102 day, family outback expedition across Australia
- Redefining success: for yourself and expeditions/missions
- Expedition mind-set vs. ‘city’ mind-set – Why do we gain mental strength out exploring and how that doesn’t always translate to helping us to handle daily life?
- Overcoming fear – “it’s not good, it’s not bad, it just is.”
- “The best change you can make is changing yourself”
- Future expedition plans for the Jonesy’s
“We were out in the heart of it, in the depths of it, but the depths of it which seemed impossible at the start, were possible at that moment. And that, I think, was the big mind-shift for me. That adventure made what was impossible, possible.” - Lauren
THE JONESYS
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