Pandora's Backpack Wandering Desk

In this, the first episode, I talk about how I left the comfortable corporate life behind to go on a life-changing trip, and how this changed things for good, whether I liked it or not.
We cover a lot of ground, including:
The epicness of your first big trip ...  the personal growth that comes from travel ... reverse culture shock and re-acclimatising back home ... how travel expands your mind beyond its elastic limit (and how this is both a blessing and a curse) ... meeting people on the road ... stagnancy and losing your mojo ... the need to be part of a community ... adapting to cultures abroad ... how you ultimately gain insights into your own culture