Used to fly a lot 5 – 10 years ago, not fully aware of the impact. Crazy schedules. From Europe, 3 days visit to Vancouver, 3 days to Vietnam. Used to shorten the visit to 2-3 days to avoid double jet lag. Crazy.

Reduced to only long trips five years ago (6-month visits to the US instead of lots of 1-week visits), mainly for family reasons at that time (everybody comes, flying for a couple of months and nice adventures).

Since the last year and a half – stopped flying. Hard to explain this to colleagues somehow, to refuse invitations to 15+ conferences. A nice part of the job disappears.

Still looking for the right balance. I will at some point take a Europe-US or Europe-Asia flight but for a long stay (6 months +). Need to find a clear set of rules…still looking for it.

Now rediscovering the slow travel experiences. We choose academia to manage our time and thinking, if we cannot travel slowly, who can?