i love my room at home. its spacious, quiet, reflective of my own style, and it has a big comfy bed. its easy to restore myself here. what i want to do is be able to restore myself wherever i am. after week 3 in thailand, i wanted to come home. i was bored, not sure what i was doing or why i was there anymore. i want to reach beyond that point on my next trip.

there is a great story i just came across about an ultramarathon runner. '"Somewhere along the line, we seem to have confused comfort with happiness," he says.'