The Line

[absoluteshine]

It was 2 years ago to the day that I left for LA. I remember it was a clear and mild Friday afternoon and the I-5 was empty. It was as if I was the only one on the road and that the stage was being set for me to alter history. Almost like being in the middle of one of those car commercials when all of downtown is empty or one of those morning

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[ddpriss]

If it's worth anything... I've also been contemplating leaving the OC for something more exciting... for a place where I would wake up every morning with content. Fact is... I'm scared to leave a place I've called home for the last 20 years...

[absoluteshine]

OC is great. I wouldn't want to leave there either. But, the hell with playing it safe

[leafcat]

hey hon, as you know I've done the "plunge" to a new city as well. I know the feeling you have, it's this constant itch that won't go away, but you just don't know where to scratch...you have to do whatever you need to do for YOURSELF that will make you happy. When you realize that, there should be no turning back :D

[absoluteshine]

Good point. I'm not really a me-first kinda person so this is an awkward phase

[xquisiteqt]

When you really want something to happen, the world has a way of making it so. They say that the longest journey starts with a single step. Congrats on finally taking it.

[absoluteshine]

*smooches*

[chromemolly]

Some time in my 20's I realized I had to get out of New York City - the place was turning me into something I didn't want to be, though it was where I was born, went to school, and had worked in up until that day... So I moved to Boston... and for the first two years, like you... I was filled with uncertainty and doubt... but oddly, that's when things began to change. I started to get a familiarty with the city, my friendships became more developed, and more than anything - I started to feel like I belonged. I left Boston after six years... but I came to realize much later that those six years of my life, though rocky at first, were when I started to get it all together.

Sometimes when you're in the middle of things you fail to see whats really going on... the big picture is occluded by the daily mundane. I urge you to stick it out and find whatever you were looking for. My bet is that you're closer to finding it than you may seem to think right now.

[absoluteshine]

Thanks Alloymolly for sharing your personal experience and your encouragement!

R

[hapadoll]

What a life without challenges? Face each day like its your first and end each day like it's your last :) Because you deserve nothing less.

[absoluteshine]

True. A little cliche but still valid.