it was never about running away from anything, I was coming back in 3 months to things and people I left there. It was about adventure, exposing yourself to new situations, cultures, people, everything. every single day. it gives you huge amount of time to see yourself, introspect, experience yourself in all kinds of crazy conditions, and discover that we humans are amazing, strong beings if we try a bit.

also that monetary wealth and happiness are almost mutually exclusive, but that's another topic :)

as for those goals - while hiking in nepal around annapurna, i met american guy, great fella, who unknowingly changed course of my life in many ways. planted some sort of idea-seed in my head. never expected anything like that to happen, there or anywhere. best thing in my life. but for this, you cannot plan nor prepare. for sure, it won't happen while staying at home.

> who unknowingly changed course of my life in many ways. planted some sort of idea-seed in my head. never expected anything like that to happen

Any chance you can expand on this? Would love to read a blog post.

> It's a good advice, but not everyone needs to run away from something.

I prefer to think of it as "running towards"...towards something new, interesting and different.

It's novel but it's an ephemeral novelty. It disappears as soon as you're home and back in your old ways. Better to understand the internal source of dissatisfaction and address it directly.