The Universe doesn't give us any points for doing anything easy.

[dolari]

Sometimes I think about what I'm doing. Pulling up roots, moving clear across the country, this time dumping myself int he middle of world where I have few friends, and very little resources or trap doors waiting for me there.

I've done it before - I moved to PA for love, but I had a great safety net, and I needed it when everything up there collapsed around me. If everything goes to hell in Washington - things won't be as rosy as they were in PA...and it wasn't very rosy in PA.

But then when, I think of who I'm doing it for, I straighten my shirt, pull back my hair, and start walking straight into the hurricane force winds.

I worry a lot about this move. But I think it'll be worth it.

Comments

[labrat78.livejournal.com]

Don't look at the situation with worry and despair.....

.........look upon it as the new big adventure.

***hugs***

[debbie-ann.livejournal.com]

I moved from one end of the country to the other to transition, and went to live with someone I only met online previously (Kids, don't try this at home). Just reading that, it would normally set off about a zillion alarm bells in most people's heads, but it worked out well for me (not perfectly 100% of the time, but I'm still around to tell the tale). Sometimes we just need to have faith, to trust that we're doing what is right for us.

[red-pill.livejournal.com]

i live in the uk, but...

whatever happens me, and im sure the other people on the internets, are here. its not as good, but...

in any case. good luck with the move. i know everything will be fine.

[jessie-c.livejournal.com]

You won't be completely alone : )

[emilydm.livejournal.com]

:: hugs tight tight::

[gidget-ca.livejournal.com]

I sold everything and moved to a new hemisphere =) It costs me $2000 to go home and see my parents =/

Was it worth it? You bet =)

[amw.livejournal.com]

It'll be worth it. It is SO better to try and fail than not to try at all. Even if things don't work out exactly how you imagine, at least you've done something for you, you've made a move, you've pushed your boundaries, put some faith in the universe, grown a little more. I think it's when people just resign themselves to nothing ever working out and staying in the same spot that the real tragedy happens. No risk, no gain. Go for it and see what happens.

[laura-seabrook.livejournal.com]

Back in 1996 I moved from Perth, in WA, to Newcastle, in NSW, over 3000 km away. It was a risk, but my intuition told me that it was the right thing to do, and I knew that if I STAYED where I was nothing would change.

You have a better life waiting for you where you're going, and look forward to reading your posts about it. It's sensible to have doubts, but it's not sensible to let them rule you.

[nightshadepyre.livejournal.com]

i moved from san antonio to the northeast (new jersey) with just some money in savings. no job prospects, no real safety net, few friends.

it was scary when i dwelt on it... but taking a risk is living. people say it's better the devil you do know than the devil you don't. i'm of the opinion that if you already know what happens... that's no fun. i prefer the devil i DON'T know... because there's no set outcome.

so says i, professional wrestler, actress, student, friend.

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

::nods:: Good advice, and advice I'll follow. Thank you. :)