Jacinda Ardern

And I was, I was... You were ready. I was ready, but I was also afraid.

And I was, I was... You were ready. I was ready, but I was also afraid.

And I was, I was... You were ready. I was ready, but I was also afraid.

Yeah, I think when you're in politics, you're trained. You spend years being acutely aware of what everyone thinks. And it's part of your job. I didn't want to let people down. I didn't want to disappoint people. And so walking away, yeah, it felt like it was a lonely decision and it was a hard decision, but I've never regretted it and I've never felt like it was the wrong one.

Yeah, I think when you're in politics, you're trained. You spend years being acutely aware of what everyone thinks. And it's part of your job. I didn't want to let people down. I didn't want to disappoint people. And so walking away, yeah, it felt like it was a lonely decision and it was a hard decision, but I've never regretted it and I've never felt like it was the wrong one.

Yeah, I think when you're in politics, you're trained. You spend years being acutely aware of what everyone thinks. And it's part of your job. I didn't want to let people down. I didn't want to disappoint people. And so walking away, yeah, it felt like it was a lonely decision and it was a hard decision, but I've never regretted it and I've never felt like it was the wrong one.

That has always been my least favorite part. I mean, that sounds so silly. My least favorite part of politics is politics. You know, I was always attracted to it because of what you could do. Yeah, of the service. If you're one of those idealistic young people who wants to change the world, what better place than politics? It's incredible what you can do with it.

That has always been my least favorite part. I mean, that sounds so silly. My least favorite part of politics is politics. You know, I was always attracted to it because of what you could do. Yeah, of the service. If you're one of those idealistic young people who wants to change the world, what better place than politics? It's incredible what you can do with it.

That has always been my least favorite part. I mean, that sounds so silly. My least favorite part of politics is politics. You know, I was always attracted to it because of what you could do. Yeah, of the service. If you're one of those idealistic young people who wants to change the world, what better place than politics? It's incredible what you can do with it.

And I still believe in it now more so than even when I went in. But the day-to-day of it is difficult because that's what you have to do in spite of why you're motivated to be there. And I know I'm not alone in that. There are people who love the sport. And there are people who just love what you can do.

And I still believe in it now more so than even when I went in. But the day-to-day of it is difficult because that's what you have to do in spite of why you're motivated to be there. And I know I'm not alone in that. There are people who love the sport. And there are people who just love what you can do.

And I still believe in it now more so than even when I went in. But the day-to-day of it is difficult because that's what you have to do in spite of why you're motivated to be there. And I know I'm not alone in that. There are people who love the sport. And there are people who just love what you can do.

Well, two things. Full speed to slow speed. The great thing about, you know, running a country like New Zealand is that it's small and so you do get to maintain lots of normal things. You know, you're supermarket shopping and you're from time to time a drop off for Neve. I could still do that from time to time. But you're right, the pace, the pace of life suddenly turns off like a tap.

Well, two things. Full speed to slow speed. The great thing about, you know, running a country like New Zealand is that it's small and so you do get to maintain lots of normal things. You know, you're supermarket shopping and you're from time to time a drop off for Neve. I could still do that from time to time. But you're right, the pace, the pace of life suddenly turns off like a tap.

Well, two things. Full speed to slow speed. The great thing about, you know, running a country like New Zealand is that it's small and so you do get to maintain lots of normal things. You know, you're supermarket shopping and you're from time to time a drop off for Neve. I could still do that from time to time. But you're right, the pace, the pace of life suddenly turns off like a tap.

But even though the expectation wasn't there anymore, it didn't really change the way I behaved. And so I probably now have an issue now that the book is finished because for a while that was... That was what you were doing. At nighttime, I would write, you know, a spare waking moment, I would write. And it's only now after two years that I'm sitting still for a bit.

But even though the expectation wasn't there anymore, it didn't really change the way I behaved. And so I probably now have an issue now that the book is finished because for a while that was... That was what you were doing. At nighttime, I would write, you know, a spare waking moment, I would write. And it's only now after two years that I'm sitting still for a bit.

But even though the expectation wasn't there anymore, it didn't really change the way I behaved. And so I probably now have an issue now that the book is finished because for a while that was... That was what you were doing. At nighttime, I would write, you know, a spare waking moment, I would write. And it's only now after two years that I'm sitting still for a bit.

And I can tell you, my husband doesn't like it. No, I don't think he thinks it suits my personality particularly.

And I can tell you, my husband doesn't like it. No, I don't think he thinks it suits my personality particularly.