geographic (un)happiness
So I am back in DC for a conference this weekend. It's been lovely to be back in the capitol and I am enjoying the city life...being able to walk to restraunts and having public transport at my fingertips. Thursday I had the perfect DC day with a trip to Julia's empanadas and browsing in Dupont Circle shops. And then Friday, I went to the Smithsonian Jazz cafe and heard REALLY good live jazz. So nice.
Anyway, the point of this story is that it has made me think about why I thought I was so ready to leave to DC last December and why I have in fact felt ready to leave every place I have ever lived. I always seem to find little things (or in some cases big things) wrong with every location I have been....and this means a lot of locations. For instance, Portland was not diverse enough (and the lack of jobs didn't help), DC was too cold, NY was too much city, Northampton was not enough city, Wyoming was too well, Wyoming, Namibia was too far from my family and American friends, Zimbabwe was in social and political chaos when I left and even more so now (ok, so maybe that is a legit gripe!), and you can see my previous posts for my feelings on Orange County.
How do you find balance and peace in where you live? Is it possible to be truly happy about your geographic location? Now that I am ready to settle, I have a big problem in deciding where to do the settling.
I am 26 years old and I am afraid I will forever remain in transition.
Any suggestions, send them my way....
posted by Shan @ 5:14 PM
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Hey! This is my first visit to the Great Shannon's blog. Way to go on the bar, by the way!! You done good! What a great feeling, to conquer such a life-sucking exam.
On to the topic at hand, I relate on the rootlessness. I feel the same way about the grass always being greener. I've never felt that Portland was the place because it was too big. But now that I've accepted it's the place for a while, it's really growing on me. For example, we have the best selection of bumperstickers in the country, bar none. Every week I see a new, brilliant gem. Today it was on a bike: "Environmental stickers don't mean shit when they're on cars!" Then there's the Bush campaign stickers ("W"-in-a-circle) spinoffs: WTF? and WAR (complete with flag in background). HA!
By the way, Portland is way more diverse than you might think. It only felt undiverse when we were living in the SW and SE. If you live elsewhere, there is a lot.
Hm, I don't know what the point it. Maybe that there might not be a perfect place.
KRue
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