Comment by robocat

> whereas the article is largely about recreating Neverland where everything is childish

That seams like a rather uncharitable take.

To me it came across as being an adult about simple pleasures and joys. Not fantasy.

Perhaps it is because I super admire my friends that enjoy the simple things (one in particular has been rather successful as well). Other friends have big goals - I struggle with them - too often it looks to me they are partaking in a frustrating game of elusive status. Although as a geek, my status games are quite different from theirs, so perhaps it is just that I am misunderstanding them.

> various phase shifts/epiphanies in my understanding of myself, life, the world etc

That's interesting, and I've had that too when my purpose of traveling is to learn about myself (versus traveling just for pure fun).

> traveling

I've done a huge variety of traveling and long term backpacking (the luck of being paid well for a geeky childhood). My opinions about my experiences really don't match what you have written.