My mind is busy today, yet often I find that I am thinking about nothing altogether as well. It’s just one of those days I guess and I am utterly exhausted too, but the one thing that keeps crossing my mind, as it does every month, is thoughts on moving…
For several years now, I have contemplated moving… moving somewhere completely different. Not necessarily looking for a new start but, rather, more so because I’m tired of my surroundings… buildings, traffic and too much “busy-ness” all around me.
I have had three main locations in mind: the Western Cape, Vancouver and Los Angeles. Each of these is a potential “easy enough” move for me, although two are very expensive… especially considering that I WILL NOT move without my pets. Where I go, my babies will go with me. But as time passes, I’m finding that I’m narrowing down my options more and more for varying reasons… ultimately, it looks like the Western Cape will be the place I would ultimately move to, when I finally decide to take that jump. Cape Town, itself, ultimately won my heart in 2014 anyway…
I have stayed in Johannesburg most of my life and I have had only one thing keeping me here but, now, that reason might not be a reason to stay any more. My Mother and I have talked about moving to the Western Cape together for several years but, recently, her circumstances have changed so I doubt she will be going anywhere, at least any time soon. But now, is it my time to move? I have a gut feeling I will ultimately move, but when? I have a few things I’m currently “waiting out” that keep me in Jo’burg, so it’s not like I can exactly pick up and move straight away…
I do not have “gypsy blood” nor am I a nomad in anyway. I don’t like moving. I’ve done it too many times in my life and it’s tiring. I always just wanted to be settled… but oddly enough, now living in the same place for 5 years, I still find myself wanting to move again… but for the last time. Maybe it’s because I never ultimately wanted to be in Jo’burg still, so that’s why the thoughts still keep hounding me. I want… no, I need… a more peaceful surrounding and a “stress-less” pace of life. I know moving will not eliminate stress but I know others who have moved to the Western Cape and life became better for them, in many ways.
I have no idea where I would move to, or if I would rent or buy again… I honestly have no idea from start to finish, except that I know I want to and my babies will be coming with. I suppose that’s enough for now… although I know I need to do my “homework” again on costings, etc, because prices have gone up. I suppose, though, the next step I should actually take is to go down to the Western Cape and “look around”… put my feet in the sand and see where the footprints stay…
Just rambling thoughts…