anyone just feel like...

[Duff McCartney]

Yeah I think about that alot but I can't anymore...or at least I did before. Now I can't.

[CuckingFunt]

I've thought about it many times, actually. The idea was a bit more appealing to me when I was younger -- now that I have had the experience of being somewhat settled, owning a house, having a steady job, having a good social life, and having a grown-up relationship, I can really see the appeal of stability much more than I ever thought I would.

On the other hand, I've recently moved to a completely new part of my state and away from all of that comfort/stability and away from friends/family/relationship and I'm adjusting remarkably well. The grad school that most appeals to me currently is in Georgia, too, so who knows where I'll be in a couple of years.

[slayermin]

I think it expands your horizons. You definitely learn about what you don't want to be in life.

My only advice is to have a plan and some money to relocate. It's tougher when you have to struggle and rely on the good graces of family and friends. I speak from experience.

[BeerIsGood!]

If you're single with no kids and basically nobody depending on you but yourself, do it. After I graduated from UT I got a job locally and worked for 9 months and realized I hated the company and wanted something different. I started looking around for jobs and new places and got a job in Chicago. I got rid of most of my stuff, packed up the rest, and headed for Chicago. I lived there for just under a year while I met some really cool people and got to know a different lifestyle. I got to be at Wrigley for the Bartman game when everyone went from jubilation at the thought of going to the World Series to downright despair. It was an amazing experience, but one winter in that climate was enough for me. An opening came up in Dallas and I transferred.

Bottom line is don't be afraid to live your life. Take the ride.

[Sapphire]

Ahhhhhh, wanderlust. I think I am part gypsy, as I would love to pick up and go. I'd do it every year or so if I didn't have a family. It works if you are not so attached to your "things!"

Just remember, you can run, but you can't hide. Make sure you're not running "from" something, but rather "to" something. Other than that, I say go for it!

[Whisky Dog]

I'd love to live a year on the east coast, a year on the west coast, and 6 months to a year in Hawaii.

[atxrocker]

Just remember, you can run, but you can't hide. Make sure you're not running "from" something, but rather "to" something. Other than that, I say go for it!

who said i'm tryin to "run" from anything? i most certainly am not trying to "hide" from . what i am trying to do however, is find peace with myself and my surroundings. right now, nothing else matters, quite frankly.

[Sapphire]

who said i'm tryin to "run" from anything? i most certainly am not trying to "hide" from . what i am trying to do however, is find peace with myself and my surroundings. right now, nothing else matters, quite frankly.

I was actually addressing batman. I don't think I quoted you but I'll go back and check.

Nope, no quote.

[Whisky Dog]

I was actually addressing batman. I don't think I quoted you but I'll go back and check.

Nope, no quote.

[2Blonde]

I did that once when I was in my early 20's. I move from OKC to Dallas. Lived w/my sister & her family for about 6 weeks then got my own apartment. A couple of months later I realized I wasn't crazy about my job so I asked my company for an office job and they sent me to Austin. My first 4 months there I hated it and was ready to move back to OKC. Then I had a great weekend and made some friends and it became 3 years of heaven. Then I made another life-change and moved back to my hometown in OK to finish my chemistry degree so I could make a decent living. I was tired of living paycheck to paycheck.

A couple of years later I was married and finished my degree and got a great job. Then came the kid and life has been stable ever since.

That was fun when I was young but now I have no desire for it. I love owning a house that I know is MINE!!!

[angel_luv]

I really wanted to get away and start fresh back in the spring of 04 and so I relocated to Houston.

It was because of that move that I found this forum.
It will always be ironic to me how it was while I was away looking for better, greener pasture, that I ended up finding a whole community of great people from my home town ( and beyond )

As for Houston, I hated being there.
The people I had gone to live near turned out to be not at all whom they had said/ whom I had hoped they were.

While that was painful, it was not a wasted experience as being away showed me how much I love San Antonio and that ( for now, at least) it is where I want to be.

If you're not happy where you are, do it.
If you're happy but curious about what else is out there, do it.

You can always pack up and move again if you don't like where you end up.
And you gain new experiences and new friends.

Excellent advice .
I agree whole heartedly.

[Das Texan]

my time in dallas taught me that


a) dallas sucks

b) i actually really do like san antonio


would still love to go traveling, maybe have a home away from home out in the real west at some point.

[bigzak25]

home is where the heart is.