I Nearly Gave Away $200 By Mistake (Best Thing That's Happened In Months)
Genoa PortItaly CountryNew York City PortSouthampton PortStar Princess Cruise ShipSun Princess Cruise Ship
I nearly gave away $200 worth of beer, wine, and champagne to my own friends, in my own cabin, and didn't even realize I was doing anything wrong until I was stopped in my tracks. This week I'm mid-crossing on a transatlantic voyage from Southampton to New York, on a completely different cruise line than the one I've spent almost two years learning by heart, nineteen months of full-time cruise life, and I don't know anything anymore. Wrong lines, wrong hallways, a sold-out Titanic VR experience I didn't think to book in time, and one very expensive lesson about what's actually included in a mini bar. But this episode isn't really about any of that. It's about what happens the moment discomfort turns into curiosity instead, and why getting completely lost led me to a grandfather and grandson working on a puzzle together in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, three days before I land in New York to see my own family for the first time in a long while. Today we're arriving into Genoa, Italy, one of the great trading ports of the old world, ships setting out for centuries into water they hadn't mapped yet. CHAPTERS 0:00 I Nearly Gave Away $200 By Mistake 0:32 Arriving Into Genoa, Italy 1:12 Why I Chose This Port for Today's Story 1:42 19 Months of Living Full-Time on Princess 3:28 Boarding a Completely New Ship 4:08 Lost, Late, and Locked Out of Everything 5:10 The Mini Bar Mistake 6:24 Why Being a Beginner Feels So Uncomfortable 8:13 The Moment Discomfort Turned Into Curiosity 8:47 Trying (and Failing at) Watercolor Painting 9:49 Finding the Puzzle Tables 12:53 What Mastery Actually Costs You 15:03 The Real Lesson I Almost Missed 15:49 A Message for Anyone Starting Over 16:59 Tell Me About Your Beginner Moment 17:23 Take Good Care of Yourself This Week I'd love to know, when's the last time you let yourself be a real beginner at something? Whether you chose it on purpose or it just happened to you, what did you actually notice once you slowed down enough to look around? I read every comment. #CruiseLife #TransatlanticCrossing #SundayReflection ▶️ Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCezCmLQfm5m1a-8cefMAWhA/join 💌 Postcards: https://www.jotform.com/form/260955535571060 🛍️ Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/shop/livingoncruisecontrol Ⓣ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61572283514391 ⭐ Star Princess FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1164071521929221 ☀️ Sun Princess FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/824496840358572 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/LivingOnCruiseControl