Lessons From Biking 245 miles Across France

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This piece is more reflective on my time spent in France vs an analysis the economy. I will have an economic centric piece coming out in the next few days - and have economic content almost daily on TikTok, Instagram, etc and YouTube

Last week, I was in France for 5 days on a bike trip.

Zooming around the countryside, drinking espressos, and eating bread. It was an incredible experience - it was my first time (!!) leaving the United States, my first non-work trip since I graduated college, and it was built around one of my favorite things, biking. 

• I had spent the week before I left - (1) moving (yes, again) (2) speaking at conferences in DC and Kentucky (very fun!), and trying to deal with some panic attacks (not so fun).

• I don’t like saying that I was stressed, but there was this deep rooted frustration that showed itself as anxiety - not uncommon to feel.

So I book this bike trip to France, a bundle of sadness and anger. I felt stuck, felt like a lesser version of myself, like I was …