When did things change ?
So, I had to travel to Pune to meet my team. This was a trip that I had planned on my own. I was not forced to go there. Infact if I hadn't gone there, nothing would have changed. No one would have missed me. And yet, I found myself worrying about travelling. The packing, commute to the airport, the wait and the actual flying. Everything gives me anxiety. I am 40+ years old. I have nothing to actually worry about. I am smart, I know how to navigate uncertainities(to some extent) and I have money now. Then I sat to think about when I was younger. At 21, I had my first international trip to Germany for work. It was my first time flying alone and that too to a foreign country. I had to transit via Dubai, reach a land where I did not speak their language, get to my serviced apartment and figure out everything in that city. I did not know cooking, I did not know what to expect and most importantly, times were way too different back then - we did not have smart phones nor access to int...
