September 4, 2008
My Dream Life Abroad
Sometimes I dream of leaving this country. My friend and I have talked about it at length in the past few days. I really would like to but I’m hesitant for all kinds of reasons. Either I haven’t saved up enough money, I know it would be difficult to get as good internet bandwidth and I have a young child and girlfriend that have to agree with my decision on where and when to move.
I’m not to the point where I’m so displeased with the country I want to leave but I’m close. My primary reason is that I love to explore by nature and I want my son to grow up with more of a world view. I know I’ve discussed this on my blog in the past. I just want to mix things up a bit. I love Nashville but I get tired of the same things all the time and I’ve never lived in a place in my adult life for more than a couple years. I’m coming up on year 3 in Nashville on October 10th. I have a wonderful business and decent local respect as well as a few friends. But, not as many friends as I would like. Many claimed to be my friend or good acquaintances but then never call me or email. This is a phenomenon I have found regularly in the south. Everybody likes to stay in their own little click and not bring in new people.
It makes me miss the the west coast at the very least, where I had very close friends very quickly and not only that, they made me feel like family. It also makes my mind wander for satisfy my sense of adventure and possibly leave the country. I’m not sure that the west coast will satisfy that need for adventure as I’ve lived there before. But I’m moving somewhere before next summer. No more than 3 1/2 years in Nashville. I love you Nashville but we have to part ways because you are making me tired and it’s lonely not feeling like part of the city because I didn’t grow up here.
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