Come on an adventure with me, will you?! š² It was 3 years ago on this exact day (March 29, 2017) that I pulled out of the driveway and started my drive down here, to move to San Diego, CA from Walla Walla, WA. My first time living in a new state after spending the first 30 years in wonderful WA. I love where I grew up, and I do sometimes miss the lush, green, dense (but soft) grass, and beautiful evergreen trees š² but moving to San Diego has been the best decision of my life!
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After finally accepting that I didnāt like where I was living, wanted to move to San Diego, and had the ability to change my circumstances, I took a moment of courage on February 17, 2017 and announced to a very small group of people that I was going to move to San Diego by April 1, 2017. And while I hadnāt explicitly said this was āfor their ears onlyā š at the time, it was during my final weekend of leadership training, and everything shared there was supposed to stay there. I guess not everyone got that memo, and it wasnāt 24 hours later that I had a post on my public Facebook page, congratulating me on this new adventure. While her sentiments were sweet, I was a bit miffed, if Iām being honest š Why couldnāt she have just sent me a private message? It was NOT her place to tell the world my personal plans! And now it was out there for the world to see š
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I hadnāt yet shared with my own family that I was moving. Partly concerned of disappointing them (although my mind was already made up that I was for sure movingā¦and, they were wonderfully supportive!) – and partly the fact that I had just come back from a very intense/long weekend and I hadnāt acclimated back into my life yet. As it turns out, her post was indeed how they found out š¤¦āāļø
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This was supposed to be such a huge, brave, fun adventure, and, from the start, it didnāt go exactly as planned. It wasnāt as smooth as I envisioned. And it happened quicker than I thought, involving a few unexpected people. Isnāt that just so often the case though? We can make plans, and plan how itās going to look, and plan how weāre going share it with others, and plan this, and plan that, and plan some moreā¦.and then the simplest thing (or a huge curve ball) can totally knock us off track or discourage us.
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BUT, itās still up to us to keep showing up, even when things donāt go as planned. Even when we donāt know the how. I saw a sign the other day that said āstubborn on the vision, flexible on the pathā and it stuck with me! Let us be stubborn to stick to our vision, and flexible to know it can happen in a multitude of ways!
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It may not have gone how I thought, but Iām HERE, and Iām loving it! AND, I did indeed drive into town on April 1, 2017. Itās been an incredible 3 years! Whatās something youāve been wanting? What if you could look back in 3 years and say āIām so glad I did that thing!ā? Go for it!! Nowās the time!
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