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May 19, 2013 14:31

Now that I'm back in Australia I have to re-adjust. The flight back was full of dread somewhat, reminders that I don't want to be here and the feeling like I've dug myself into a hole I need to get out of. I mean, I shouldn't have felt that way in going "home", but then this isn't home. It's just where I happen to be living ( Read more... )

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leicesterstreet May 19 2013, 11:58:25 UTC

I wonder if I'll feel the same way coming back from Europe!

bartok May 20 2013, 05:10:52 UTC

No, because you'll be somewhere new and in hotels and stuff it'll be different. This was visiting with family in the place I grew up in, it was a really huge break.

digame May 19 2013, 14:31:58 UTC

ANGST.

bartok May 20 2013, 05:18:08 UTC

I know, but it's different because it's me. :p

richie73 May 19 2013, 19:41:30 UTC

Your experience parallels our home buying experience. The home is ok-ish, but I still feel that ultimately, it's not what I really wanted. Driving back from Seattle, I was thinking too that the home we have is not the home I'd like to come home too, and it's more the place we're gonna be living in for the next 2-5 years until we can sell it and get (or build) something more to our liking.

I think it helps a lot to just acknowledge that and to say to yourself, I may have made a mistake here, but I don't have to be stuck with it for more than a few years.

Do you feel like moving back to NZ?

bartok May 20 2013, 05:10:12 UTC

Yes. Desperately.

We're already starting plans on how to get back, hopefully by the end of the year. Phil has decided to move away from research roles and instead look for quality jobs, which are far more plentiful.