Cool account. I can certainly put myself in your shoes and see myself having exactly the same problems and seeking same solutions - and requiring same levels of courage and gumption. This is probably how I'd be living if I wasn't bound to London by parenting (which I celebrate too, btw). In fact, I moved to SE London after 10 years in NW London. Akin to landing in new city. Worked hard on building connections locally too, and continue to do so. Territory, for info: cafe staff, neighbours, gym groups, other parents, banya, meditation. It builds slowly and feels precariously small, but is what gives this place meaning.
I get it. A decade ago I experienced three losses. The end of my consulting business, being fired from the non-profit ED job I had, and the end of my marriage. After two years of working, I moved to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Between September 2014 and March 2020, I traveled to 15 countries on three continents and traveled across the US by car at least twice a year. I learned a lot. I established relationships with people who I had only known on social media and ones who become life long friends. I see that our similarities are greater than our differences. If you come this way, you’ll have a bed at my house.
Cool account. I can certainly put myself in your shoes and see myself having exactly the same problems and seeking same solutions - and requiring same levels of courage and gumption. This is probably how I'd be living if I wasn't bound to London by parenting (which I celebrate too, btw). In fact, I moved to SE London after 10 years in NW London. Akin to landing in new city. Worked hard on building connections locally too, and continue to do so. Territory, for info: cafe staff, neighbours, gym groups, other parents, banya, meditation. It builds slowly and feels precariously small, but is what gives this place meaning.
I get it. A decade ago I experienced three losses. The end of my consulting business, being fired from the non-profit ED job I had, and the end of my marriage. After two years of working, I moved to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Between September 2014 and March 2020, I traveled to 15 countries on three continents and traveled across the US by car at least twice a year. I learned a lot. I established relationships with people who I had only known on social media and ones who become life long friends. I see that our similarities are greater than our differences. If you come this way, you’ll have a bed at my house.