I'm a very anti-vacation person. Because I'm always getting on planes for work, to me, a vacation is when I don't have to get on a plane.
In an industry where you don't always get to see your family as much as you would like, getting to hug your mom after the game is nice.
Since I travel to the four corners of this planet for work, I don't need sun holidays or that kind of thing.
I only go to places if I have a professional reason. I'm not a tourist.
By virtue of my job, I'm traveling. You get to spend very little time with your family. We hardly get to meet each other except on the one odd day we really get to spend time, have dinner together. And that's rare, and we cherish it.
I arrange it by working four days away from home, and three days at home with the family, so I work four long days rather than five shorter. But it's hard because everything is on hold. We have to restore the family life during the weekends.
That's the attraction of the conference circuit: it's a way of converting work into play, combining professionalism with tourism, and all at someone else's expense. Write a paper and see the world! I'm Jane Austen - fly me!
I'm extremely blessed because I travel extensively for my work, but I always try to incorporate a bit of leisure with business.
Do not miss your children's childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family.
I've been to every single Asian country apart from Myanmar, on work, listening to human interest stories, giving me a broad outlook on all Asian cultures.
I don't travel for fun, because I travel so much with my work; when I'm not working, I mostly want to stay home.
