Saying goodbye to work was difficult, I feel like I grew quite a bit and made so many good friends at Yankee. I had a comfortable job and a good life and I was giving it all up to move to a country I've never been to, with a language I don't speak. While I've wanted to live in another country for years, I can't really explain the motivator. Perhaps I felt too comfortable? Change and growth can often be painful, but without it I feel stuck. And this time I felt really, really stuck. Something had to change and it needed to be drastic.
So I find myself paring down my wardrobe to 2 suitcases. Ok, 2 suitcases and one tub of shoes I'm putting in storage. Somewhere in the last couple of years I became a shoe girl and I just can't bear to get rid of some of my favorites, so they'll be in Whately waiting for me. The process of reducing my "stuff" to one storage facility has also been pretty liberating. If it weren't for a couple of pieces of furniture that are family heirlooms, I'd probably donate the contents of the whole unit to Goodwill. Having few belongings is freeing - I feel nimble, agile, and ready to take any opportunity life offers up.
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