to keep for my own records

I was thinking the other day while reading my book, Fieldwork by Mischa Berlinski, if someone who to ask me why anthropology? What/how would I answer. Thank you Berlinski for giving me my answer so eloquently;
"...they interviewed her for the local newspaper and asked her why she wanted to go and live with a tribe of nomadic boat dwellers in the islands of south Philippines. "You mean other than because it's incredibly fun?" Karen said, almost babbling. "I guess because it pays off for your psyche. It pays of for your psyche when you are able to tear down your own system of belief. You've got to undo your preconceptions about the world, about who you are, about yourself, about community, about everything. Because when you study a foreign tribe, you've got to leave your world behind, you have to be totally open and empty, which is - almost impossible. I mean, you're trying to get into another soul. But it is also a great deliverance. It's the best chance you can have to know who you are."