So far, I am lucky to never have had a bad experience on a plane. I like flying. I like the views out of the window. I like realizing that I am safely sitting thousands of meters above the ground. But what I like the most is flight mode. Not just on the phone, but also in the sense of disconnection. No tasks. No to-do lists. Nothing. It all has to wait because I am literally crammed into an airplane seat and anything other than reading a book or watching a movie is just not feasible. For the duration of the flight, life is on pause. And that is wonderful. Down on the ground, I fall back to a priority-based existence like I guess most of us. A life in which something needs to be top priority among all other urgent tasks to ever be done.

Rain pours on Munich in the background after take off from runway 26L