I have a question for you when was the
last time he was to the cemetery
or the last time you thought of walking
through one I know this is not an
everyday thing to do while I was
tracking the Everest get a mind to reach
the base camp I walked through a
graveyard there Mountaineers who died
chasing their dreams lay in peace at the
lap of the world’s tallest mountain one
tombstone red liver story that has
stayed with me ever since
let me walk you through my journey if
you like something take it home with you
if not let my mistakes redefine your
tomorrow in 2016 I saw six years worth
of stuff that constructed home clothes
books furniture everything at a local
flea market and left I quit a very
stable decent income job as an executive
and left I packed a few leftover pair of
hippie clothing into the 50 liter
backpack which was gifted by my best
friend and left
I booked a one-way ticket one way to get
to my soul and left 20 countries later I
stand in front of you with a heart full
of gratitude and a plethora of tales
from my time on the road
I personally face a lot of stigma when I
initially declared I’ll take on a
year-long sabbatical some friends
thought this was a futile way of seeking
attention after a bad breakup I wasn’t
an escapist or a delusional dream chaser
I was a realist traveler I remember it
was my birthday and I symbolically
wanted to give myself the freedom to
venture out spread my wings and fly on
to uncharted territories for that I
handed in my resignation and my manager
said this is the worst decision of your
career I was running between two jobs
saving every penny I could
yet I was termed as an ambitious recluse
and vagabond were the terms coming my
way of course none of this was true
because all I was doing was living my
story something that holds most people
back from going backpacking is that they
think they are too young as in my case
or too old and set in their ways right
wrong
I met a 65 year old lady on the Everest
Trail for her climbing that mountain was
synonymous to moving past a late divorce
and a young son’s demise
so really age is just a number
traveling dead is when we visit exotic
locations only further Instagram
friendly photo ops in today’s day and
age of globalization we like to call
ourselves the citizens of the world but
are we really do we understand people
the culture they are bringing the
background the kind of learning that
living on the road has given me makes me
a better conversationalist today in my
clients facing job it helps me to have a
deeper knowledge of finances and an
evolved thinking I’m not a mainstream
traveler why always fancy brunch at
Times Square
why not start your morning in Srilanka
being a mahute why your day revolves
around bathing him feeding baby
elephants why all this fancy bar hopping
in Singapore when you can spend some
time teaching English in Punjab I
remember I used to spend hours at the
holey carts of Banaras watching people
go about their rituals talk into local
pundits and it was right here
that I became familiar with the alien
concept of death please don’t get me
wrong I used to be a mainstream tourist
myself just that now I’m a believer of
exploring unheard of and offbeat places
traveling for 12 months with a single
backpack made me realize that how little
we need yet how much we crave for we
love our lavish lifestyles in the latest
trends and that was the perspective I
wanted to change in myself I had two
pairs of clothing I slept in cupboard
size rooms
I used local transport for most of the
time ate at local harbors and for most
of the time I was off the grid yes no
internet and I was happy what I’m trying
to say is we can adopt a sustainable way
of long-term traveling while backpacking
through Nepal I used to indulge in a lot
of local literature in one of those
books I learned from the most important
lessons of my life that everything is
impermanent people actions thoughts
everything let’s say you’re unhappy with
your life today you aren’t getting the
promotion you deserve your boss doesn’t
like you you’re not able to crack the
GMAT so on and so forth
all of this is impermanent don’t let
these little demons of thought stay in
your mind and heart rent-free kick them
out tomorrow situations and
opportunities will be different you will
be different and better equipped to
realizing your dream and closer to
living your story
it would just be hours that I’d meet
beautiful souls on the road and make
friends with them there is a lot of
beauty in simplicity it’s rewarding to
see how hearts can connect in bizarre
places and remotest of conditions just
like this I fell in love with the biker
in the mountains came back to
civilization to find out he’s in love
too but with somebody else
but that doesn’t make me afraid of
falling in love again Fez I must face
Nick high-carb Ozzy ich gebe Ozzy here
so like Abuja lagana hide dark esse
agar gk bukkake henna Hargett Gavazzi
Matney being loved is blissful showering
on others is mystical the kind of born
that room he had with shams of the
breeze exists in today’s technological
age you will find that out because I did
let me start this by painting a picture
for you imagine me with a backpack on
trekking pole in one hand camera in the
other I’m walking into white universe of
nothingness I can’t breathe I’m at
18,000 feet above sea level I keep
walking
I can’t breathe anchors are sung deepens
north there is no 4-trillion front of me
no human soul in vicinity I keep walking
I can’t breathe somewhere far omits the
mountains I see a flickering light that
figment of light promises me food and
shelter for the night that will become
my home I keep walking I can’t breathe I
did the exact same drill for the entire
year of my travel of finding home and we
all really looking for home coming from
the inherent musafir in me masaf it
being the Hindi Arabic Sanskrit term for
traveler so coming from the inherent my
software in me let me tell you you will
learn to create your mobile home
wherever the road leads you and home can
with people too so find yours and enjoy
living in it from Madagascar to Mumbai
from London to Ladakh I have come to
realize that solo or not you will find
travelers who surprisingly float on your
wavelength you will connect and they
will fall in love with your wonder
ability you might also fall in love
find soul sisters and best friends from
across time zones and continents all you
have to do is be open and accepting
having said that you are solely
responsible for your life trajectory so
star your boat mindfully these lines by
Vikram say it resonate with me for all
of you who sleep tonight
far from the ones you love no hand to
left alright and emptiness above know
that you aren’t alone the whole world
shares your tears some for two nights or
won some for all their years thank you
[Applause]
last time he was to the cemetery
or the last time you thought of walking
through one I know this is not an
everyday thing to do while I was
tracking the Everest get a mind to reach
the base camp I walked through a
graveyard there Mountaineers who died
chasing their dreams lay in peace at the
lap of the world’s tallest mountain one
tombstone red liver story that has
stayed with me ever since
let me walk you through my journey if
you like something take it home with you
if not let my mistakes redefine your
tomorrow in 2016 I saw six years worth
of stuff that constructed home clothes
books furniture everything at a local
flea market and left I quit a very
stable decent income job as an executive
and left I packed a few leftover pair of
hippie clothing into the 50 liter
backpack which was gifted by my best
friend and left
I booked a one-way ticket one way to get
to my soul and left 20 countries later I
stand in front of you with a heart full
of gratitude and a plethora of tales
from my time on the road
I personally face a lot of stigma when I
initially declared I’ll take on a
year-long sabbatical some friends
thought this was a futile way of seeking
attention after a bad breakup I wasn’t
an escapist or a delusional dream chaser
I was a realist traveler I remember it
was my birthday and I symbolically
wanted to give myself the freedom to
venture out spread my wings and fly on
to uncharted territories for that I
handed in my resignation and my manager
said this is the worst decision of your
career I was running between two jobs
saving every penny I could
yet I was termed as an ambitious recluse
and vagabond were the terms coming my
way of course none of this was true
because all I was doing was living my
story something that holds most people
back from going backpacking is that they
think they are too young as in my case
or too old and set in their ways right
wrong
I met a 65 year old lady on the Everest
Trail for her climbing that mountain was
synonymous to moving past a late divorce
and a young son’s demise
so really age is just a number
traveling dead is when we visit exotic
locations only further Instagram
friendly photo ops in today’s day and
age of globalization we like to call
ourselves the citizens of the world but
are we really do we understand people
the culture they are bringing the
background the kind of learning that
living on the road has given me makes me
a better conversationalist today in my
clients facing job it helps me to have a
deeper knowledge of finances and an
evolved thinking I’m not a mainstream
traveler why always fancy brunch at
Times Square
why not start your morning in Srilanka
being a mahute why your day revolves
around bathing him feeding baby
elephants why all this fancy bar hopping
in Singapore when you can spend some
time teaching English in Punjab I
remember I used to spend hours at the
holey carts of Banaras watching people
go about their rituals talk into local
pundits and it was right here
that I became familiar with the alien
concept of death please don’t get me
wrong I used to be a mainstream tourist
myself just that now I’m a believer of
exploring unheard of and offbeat places
traveling for 12 months with a single
backpack made me realize that how little
we need yet how much we crave for we
love our lavish lifestyles in the latest
trends and that was the perspective I
wanted to change in myself I had two
pairs of clothing I slept in cupboard
size rooms
I used local transport for most of the
time ate at local harbors and for most
of the time I was off the grid yes no
internet and I was happy what I’m trying
to say is we can adopt a sustainable way
of long-term traveling while backpacking
through Nepal I used to indulge in a lot
of local literature in one of those
books I learned from the most important
lessons of my life that everything is
impermanent people actions thoughts
everything let’s say you’re unhappy with
your life today you aren’t getting the
promotion you deserve your boss doesn’t
like you you’re not able to crack the
GMAT so on and so forth
all of this is impermanent don’t let
these little demons of thought stay in
your mind and heart rent-free kick them
out tomorrow situations and
opportunities will be different you will
be different and better equipped to
realizing your dream and closer to
living your story
it would just be hours that I’d meet
beautiful souls on the road and make
friends with them there is a lot of
beauty in simplicity it’s rewarding to
see how hearts can connect in bizarre
places and remotest of conditions just
like this I fell in love with the biker
in the mountains came back to
civilization to find out he’s in love
too but with somebody else
but that doesn’t make me afraid of
falling in love again Fez I must face
Nick high-carb Ozzy ich gebe Ozzy here
so like Abuja lagana hide dark esse
agar gk bukkake henna Hargett Gavazzi
Matney being loved is blissful showering
on others is mystical the kind of born
that room he had with shams of the
breeze exists in today’s technological
age you will find that out because I did
let me start this by painting a picture
for you imagine me with a backpack on
trekking pole in one hand camera in the
other I’m walking into white universe of
nothingness I can’t breathe I’m at
18,000 feet above sea level I keep
walking
I can’t breathe anchors are sung deepens
north there is no 4-trillion front of me
no human soul in vicinity I keep walking
I can’t breathe somewhere far omits the
mountains I see a flickering light that
figment of light promises me food and
shelter for the night that will become
my home I keep walking I can’t breathe I
did the exact same drill for the entire
year of my travel of finding home and we
all really looking for home coming from
the inherent musafir in me masaf it
being the Hindi Arabic Sanskrit term for
traveler so coming from the inherent my
software in me let me tell you you will
learn to create your mobile home
wherever the road leads you and home can
with people too so find yours and enjoy
living in it from Madagascar to Mumbai
from London to Ladakh I have come to
realize that solo or not you will find
travelers who surprisingly float on your
wavelength you will connect and they
will fall in love with your wonder
ability you might also fall in love
find soul sisters and best friends from
across time zones and continents all you
have to do is be open and accepting
having said that you are solely
responsible for your life trajectory so
star your boat mindfully these lines by
Vikram say it resonate with me for all
of you who sleep tonight
far from the ones you love no hand to
left alright and emptiness above know
that you aren’t alone the whole world
shares your tears some for two nights or
won some for all their years thank you
[Applause]
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