Trip around the World 3 🏝️

OKRs, meetings, deadlines, daily standups.

Today, my friend Manu reminded me of the harsh reality of life back home. Just like my girlfriend and I, Manu had taken some time off work to travel around the world, only to come back to Germany a month ago.

I've been wondering for months what it will be like to return home. Mostly OKRs, meetings, deadlines and daily standups I suspect.

I know that all that is waiting for me back home, so I try not to think about it too much.

Because today, I travel. I've been to so many countries in the last five months. I can go anywhere I want. South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, you name it.

Travelling is such a privilege. I already learned that when I set off, but I'm reminded of it every day. While it's a privilege even for the Austrian mind to be able to travel for one year without having to work a single day, imagine what kind of privilege it is for someone born in Vietnam or the Philippines.

Today, I don't have to worry about money or the places I could visit. I don't have to worry about OKRs, meetings, deadlines or daily standups.

Today, I travel. This might be the best year of my life. Will I ever be able to embrace a similar kind of freedom I found in this world out there? Will I just return to my past life and suddenly feel happier because I went on this trip around the world?

I don't have an answer yet.

All I know is this:

Today, I travel.

And this trip around the world is a nice way to escape the harsh reality of life back home.