The Road Warrior is Dead: How to Master Bleisure Travel and Actually Enjoy Your Life
The Road Warrior is Dead: How to Master Bleisure Travel and Actually Enjoy Your Life Let me tell you about a trip to Chicago about ten years ago. It was the epitome of soul-crushing corporate travel. I flew in Tuesday night, landing late. Wednesday was back-to-back meetings in a windowless conference room. I ate a sad, catered sandwich for lunch. By 6 PM, I was back in a cab to O'Hare to catch the last flight home, utterly exhausted and having seen nothing but the airport, the hotel, and the inside of an office building. I was a classic "road warrior." And I was burning out, fast. For years, I believed this was the price of ambition. The grind. The hustle. But I was wrong. It’s not just unproductive; it’s a relic of a bygone era. Today, the smartest, most effective professionals I know have abandoned that model entirely. They’ve embraced a powerful fusion of work and life that’s changing the game: bleisure travel . This isn't just a cute buzzword. It’s a strategic...