When the joy slipped away

Last year, somewhere along the way, the joy slipped out of my work travel.   I went from exploring new places to doing the plane-hotel-plane routine on autopilot.   Miami was the wake-up... two days in a venue, not one step outside. I realised I wasn’t choosing joy anymore… I was choosing “get through it.”   So 2026 is different: more space, more presence, more moments that actually matter.   If the joy’s gone, what’s the point? Because success without joy isn’t success.