For a number of years I’ve been interested in travelling as much as possible. I love seeing new places and I love the feeling of being on the road, being on my way somewhere. I assume that there are underlying psychological reasons for this: a sense of not belonging anywhere that makes me constantly search for something new. I’m not interested in correcting those issues though, since I like travelling! (Now, that’s a circular argument if you’ve ever seen one.)

Either way, one thing has led to another and through the years I’ve gone from solely private trips, to business trips that involved troubleshooting and customer assistance, to more varied tasks such as System Manager in an outsourcing case, and representative at standardization organizations.

What this means in practice is that lately I’ve been gotten my fair share of travels.

What it also means is that I’m having some trouble finding a good time to go on vacation.

I thought I had everything planned beautifully right now: China last week, France this week, and then I go on vacation to Turkey for a week this Saturday. Just look at the hotel! Susesi De Luxe Resort Looks wonderful! And look at the reviews on Tripadvisor. Sounds great!

Then irony struck. I’ve unfortunately never gotten to travel to the US on business – no meetings there, and no customers there so far. But lo and behold: I was asked if I had time to go to Seattle for a technical meeting with a potential customer!

…Can you guess when the meeting is? Of course, exactly the same week that I’m away at that lovely Ultra All-inclusive hotel in Turkey.

Sigh!

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