Holding Onto the Road's Teachings - Annette Birkmann

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4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2024

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

At 31 years old, Annette Birkmann left her career as a lawyer in Denmark, sold all her possessions, and set off to pursue her lifelong dream of riding a motorcycle. When she arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina she bought her first bike and spent eight months working in a motorcycle workshop. She then headed out on a solo year-long journey across the Americas and while on her trip she realized that even though she was in different surroundings, her problems had come along with her. On a quest for change, Annette found what she was looking for on the road, and more importantly, she discovered how to hold on to it all after she returned home. Photos and links related to this episode can be found in the show notes. Adventure Rider Radio and RAW are the longest-running adventure motorcycle and travel podcasts and we remain committed to bringing you new and exciting episodes every Thursday. Never miss an episode, be sure to FOLLOW the show on your favourite podcast app. Have a show idea or suggestion, send us an email. We'd love to hear from you! If you can, we’d love to get your support, please visit the Support page on our website. Thank you for listening!

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0:00.0	Annette Berkman went to law school, got a degree, got a job as a lawyer.
0:04.0	With that, Annette had money, success, status, and all the sort of benefits that go along with a professional career.
0:10.0	A great life by many people's standards, but it just wasn't doing it for her.
0:15.6	What she really wanted was something that she had dreamt about since she was a little kid,
0:20.6	and that was to travel by motorcycle. And the same time she was also looking for other
0:25.3	changes in life so she went and got her motorcycle license and laid it all on the line
0:30.5	her life as she knew it.
0:32.8	Going all in, Annette quit her job, sold her possessions, packed what little she had left
0:37.8	on a motorcycle and headed for South America on a quest for change.
0:43.0	Annette found what she was after somewhere on the road,
0:46.0	and more importantly, she found a way to hang on to it
0:49.0	after she returned from the trip.
0:51.0	What she found and how she hung on to it coming up. I'm Jim Martin. This is
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