I’ll Never Forget the Trip That Changed How I Travel.
I’ll never forget the morning I landed in Europe for an important meeting and realized I wasn’t fully there.
I had slept on the plane. I had taken melatonin. I had followed all the standard advice. And yet, sitting in that conference room, I felt half a step behind every conversation. My body thought it was 2:00 a.m. My brain felt wrapped in cotton. I was physically present — but mentally I was completely in a fog.
This wasn’t supposed to happen to someone like me. I travel often. I understand performance. I prepare carefully. And yet every long-haul flight seemed to cost me the first 24 to 48 hours.
In the past, I tried everything. Adjusting my sleep schedule before departure. Timing caffeine more strategically. Forcing myself to stay awake after arrival. Some trips were slightly better than others, but nothing was consistent. Nothing felt controlled.
It wasn’t until I stepped back that I saw the real issue.
I wasn’t tired. I was biologically out of sync.
And that realization changed everything.
