![]() ![]() ![]() I’ve often wondered what kind of life I’d have had if I’d been a little braver and left. When I reflect, this place, my home, was the one sure thing in my life. The irony of my current situation – being between jobs – and moving out isn’t lost on me. I felt I needed to be here.Įven after those times passed, the uncertainty about my life – what I wanted to do, contract jobs, study and a million other things were all reasons to stay. When I was at an age where you think about doing that – things happened. I’ve lived with my parents a long time, well past the age most people move out. ![]() What will be different is me and my address. And yet everything will change. In many ways my life won’t change, I’ll still walk the same streets, go to the same places and see the same people. To be honest, it feels like possibilities and change, and asking myself who am I really? I’m not sad, I’m not moving far enough away to be sad. And one day there’s your home and it’s maybe not exactly what you imagined when you choose your colour scheme a year ago but still it’s full of possibilities and it’s shiny, bright and new.Ī few people have asked me what it feels like to be leaving home after 40 years. You’re not 100% sure what’s going on but you turn up and there’s stuff like walls or tiles. Until recently building a house hasn’t been all that stressful. But still it will be a different kind of life. I’m not going far, a little over two kilometres away. After 40 years of living in the same place, I’m moving out. ![]()
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