3. what's one experience that now you look back on made you think "wow, that really...

what's one experience that now you look back on made you think "wow, that really changed me." and it what way did it change you?

Disclaimer: My answer is cliche. I know this and accept it.

The morning after my last final at college in 1999 I boarded a plane to London with my backpack, a couple grand (mostly in traveler's checks, of course), a new pair of fancy hiking boots that could pass for "going out" shoes, a wool sweater, a couple pairs of jeans and some t-shirts, socks and undies. What was supposed to be this one-off transition from school to career-life turned out to flip my life upside-down.

Not right away - but sort of.

I'll spare you all of the pretentious details but the gist is that those 6 weeks that I was Eurailing/hosteling were the best 6 weeks of my life at that time - and it made me question EVERYTHING about my value system up to that point.

I didn't have any of the shit that I'd killed myself during school to buy. I worked full-time graveyard shift for 4 years during school. Work from 11pm-7am and then full-time school all day and just enough sleep when I could fit it in. I'd bought a house. Furnished it. Car. New golf clubs. Etc. Etc. And here I was, with none of this shit and having the best time of my life.

It took me awhile before I fully threw in the towel on trying my best to be a cog in Corporate America but I should have known all along that a regular path wasn't going to work for me.

And yes, it's cliche, but it all started with that one short post-graduation solo backpacking trip.

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