Jo Nemeth

And I knew that it meant that we would have to break up because he was looking to do the opposite.

He was thinking of moving back to Sydney and back into his kind of high powered money making lifestyle that he had come from.

I had hoped that he might be able to come part of the way, but yeah, no.

When I did talk to him about it, he was not very interested.

Well, the first thing that I did was I made a list of the things that I would need, actually need, not want, but need.

And it was very short.

It was surprisingly short.

We all know, I guess.

Yeah.

What was on the list?

Accommodation, food, water, pens and paper.

cooking equipment, clothes, toiletries.

Exactly.

So I had some friends who lived down the road who had a big farm, three young children, busy careers.

I knew that they had their hands full and I thought I would, so I decided to ask them if I could come and live on their farm and help them out.

When I first started talking to people about this, I was really nervous because it was such a strange thing to be talking about.

But they were immediately receptive and we started to make plans for me to move there and help them out in their market garden.

Yeah, so I was really nervous about not having enough food to eat.

So I had, before I gave up the last of my money, I had bought some, you know... Wait, sorry, you gave up your money?

Well, I just, I only had a little bit left.