This weird feeling of being in a place and feeling good about it.
Not wanting to run away, or to get the taxi to the airport and get the first flight out. Not wanting to shut yourself in your room and plug the phone out. Not wanting to fall asleep and wake up after the winter ends.
When you're sleepy, but in a good way. When you're tired, but only because you had heaps of fun. When you're working long hours, but it's something that fulfils you.
A feeling strange to me. Something I cannot connect with living somewhere. Travelling yes, but living no. It just seems strange that it all works out. You have to work, but you also find time to enjoy yourself. You're super stressed at work, but you meet up with your friends and put it all aside until Monday.
And even simply observing the people around me: people wake up early and go jogging, go to the beach for a swim, go to their physio... People invite you over for dinner, go out and see a movie, want to go to a concert by someone they're never heard.
So relaxed and yet responsible. So laid back and yet organised. So professional and yet so open.
Isn't it amazing how geography changes lives?
Not wanting to run away, or to get the taxi to the airport and get the first flight out. Not wanting to shut yourself in your room and plug the phone out. Not wanting to fall asleep and wake up after the winter ends.
When you're sleepy, but in a good way. When you're tired, but only because you had heaps of fun. When you're working long hours, but it's something that fulfils you.
A feeling strange to me. Something I cannot connect with living somewhere. Travelling yes, but living no. It just seems strange that it all works out. You have to work, but you also find time to enjoy yourself. You're super stressed at work, but you meet up with your friends and put it all aside until Monday.
And even simply observing the people around me: people wake up early and go jogging, go to the beach for a swim, go to their physio... People invite you over for dinner, go out and see a movie, want to go to a concert by someone they're never heard.
So relaxed and yet responsible. So laid back and yet organised. So professional and yet so open.
Isn't it amazing how geography changes lives?
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| After a swim at Porpoise Bay, Rottnest Island, WA |
The 1st yr is often the yr of disconnect - when you don't know whether you are coming or going. When a place might not feel like home but perhaps it could.
ReplyDelete2 yrs - now - that's when reality hits. For me tho, home is where my bags are :)
It's very interesting... I hope I'm leaving it enough room, just to see how it goes... But yeah, it will change heaps, I'm sure...
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