Bryan Johnson

Okay, just at the south pole.

Yeah.

So they got the ship all prepared.

They got all their materials, like enough food and materials for the entire duration.

They get stuck in the ice before they even get there, early winter.

And then the entire book is about this insane survival story, like what they went through and not a single man in his crew died.

But when you read what he went through, it's just unimaginable that they were able to endure these kinds of things.

And I know this is like, it's too dramatic of a comparison, but there was some similarities.

I was thinking before, like, what does it feel like to not have deep companionship in my life where I've had relationships and they weren't good, right?

They ended up being bad.

And then having something that is good, it felt like I'm sure what Shackleton and his crew felt like.

putting their feet on land after being adrift in the ocean for, you know, I don't know what the total duration of time, maybe a year, but just like stable, sturdy, solid, you know, instead of like, what's happening today?

What do I have to deal with?

Is my life at risk?

Like just all the emotional whiplash you get and like challenging.

And when you're by yourself, it's also harder to self-regulate.

It's harder to calm yourself down.

It's nice when someone else is there to kind of,

Be like a, Oh, get a hug.

Yeah.