[rolandal]

I think that your #2 - traveling - is something that is highly valued as an activity that people want to do/do more of by insiders in the tech industry. It's interesting that even though you now have infinite ability to travel, it even wore off after only 6 months.

Was it because you visited all the places you wanted (bucket list), were you traveling alone or with a partner/companion and it became boring, or the fact that you don't really have a "homebase" when you're traveling.

The reason I'm curious because I see myself working as hard as I can to be able to achieve the freedom to travel whenever/wherever I wish - and hope that it lasts a lifetime and not just for a short 6 month period.

[OafTobark]

Everyone is different so I can't comment on how it'll turn out for you. I traveled with friends and my girlfriend so company was definitely not an issue. I didn't have a bucket list, more of just places I wanted to travel to after it became possible that I could.

I think for me, it was one of those things that sounded great on paper but in practice it wasn't as awesome as I thought it would be. It was definitely fun and exciting at first but then it just got redundant. I dreaded getting on long flights. And although there were lots of places to go and things to see, at the end of the day, it's still relatively the same thing. You can only do something so much before it gets boring. Sure you go site seeing and parasailing, jet skiing, etc... Eat all the local foods... But eventually it's the same thing masked under a different place/time. Maybe for others that is exciting but for me the honeymoon mode wore off.

Plus half the time I couldn't stop my mind from thinking about doing stuff. It's like a disease you acquire, being active on doing something was just constantly a part of my mind (something as in another project, startup, business, etc)