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<\/a><\/p>\n“Well, I hope you find what you are looking for…”<\/strong> is the common response from family and friends as I explain my\u00a0seemingly\u00a0snap-decision to move to the west coast.<\/p>\n“If You Don’t Know Where You’re Going, You’ll Probably End Up Somewhere Else”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I honestly do not know what I am looking for, but I am quite sure I will never know if I stay in my hometown Atlanta, GA.<\/p>\n
I do feel that this move is now-or-never, and I would hate to regret not giving it a try.<\/p>\n
What if I fail? What if I make it? Can I keep up with friends? Can I stay close with family?<\/p>\n
I think it is natural for us to worry about the unknown. My biggest worry being that I had everything I needed already, but didn’t see it.<\/p>\n
“Don’t it always seem to go
\nThat you don’t know what you’ve got til its gone”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
For some reason, I feel that I need to mix up my life entirely, in order to sort things out.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nWill moving to California allow me to find a soul mate, or land me that dream job? I’m not sure, but I want to try.<\/p>\n
The next few months will be interesting…<\/p>\n
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Tomorrow I change my life forever. Tomorrow I put most everything I own in my Civic, and drive out to California, to start a new life. I have lived in the same state (and almost the same city) my entire life. 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