This weeks guest is the fantastic Anne Ditmeyer, a woman who wears many hats, some may call her a “slasher” – designer/writer/traveler/consultant/coach. Others would say she has a portfolio career or even a multi-passionate entrepreneur. One thing is for certain she is not afraid to write her own rules.An American living in France, Anne runs the hugely successful blog Prêt a Voyager (translation: ready to travel; mantra: travel is not where you go, but how you see the world), that she founded in 2007 and because of it, she haven’t applied for a job in 10+ years. This blog is the fusion of travel and human connection and a love for Paris. During lockdown she launched her Write Your Own Rules workshop, and charted a new trajectory in her work and her 3-month workshop + community Mapping Your Path. She has worked with incredible clients around the world including Moët Hennessy, Louis Vuitton, Airbnb, IDEO, SignSalad, The American University of Paris, Parsons Paris, Design*Sponge, and Adobe. No two projects are ever the same. One day she may be extracting UX insights from global user research, and another writing a storyboard for a video script, presenting a workshop on storytelling, mentoring creative talent, interviewing someone doing inspiring work, or giving a tour of Paris to a team. In this episode we talk about the power of creativity, how you can start to map your own path to create the life of your dreams, how a banana can be a great map and Anne shares her story about her love of gnomes (these ceramic figures that we have in gardens in the UK and around Europe). Anne is a brilliant guest with so much to share from her experiences and her hope is that she can help others along their journey (even if it’s messy and not always straight forward.) Enjoy! Podcast edited by Victoria Spooner