It may be where I'm from.. but it's not where I want to be
By SomeCowgirl
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
United States
September 3, 2012 8:55pm CST
Another's discussion here really made me think of this. I have memories of the community I live in, and they are great memories, but it doesn't mean I want to be here the rest of my life. I see myself just a bit further down the road in a place in the country, somewhere that I can feel the fresh air and wake up to a beautiful day.
I'm not saying it's not pretty here but there are far too many houses and not enough "space" in between them. I want to be able to have a small garden, a little place to call home, and I can see myself there.. with it.
I am grateful for where I come from, my roots, for they have helped me to see where I want to be.
My family is from the mountainous region of my state, and my values growing up and heritage screams the traditions that I was brought up on.. I want to continue those things...
Are you happy where you're from, but not where you are now?
10 responses
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
4 Sep 12
I used to want my own house on a large lot where I could have several gardens; one for roses, one for cutting flowers, one for herbs and one for food plants. Now I'm not too keen on having to deal with all that upkeep. Seeing the debris that people have had to clean up from the recent storm has made me less envious of large yards.
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
5 Sep 12
If I was to have a very large garden I'd be asking for people's help, hiring them to help me tend it or offering a trade, help me tend, you get to reap some of what you sow. I agree though, big gardens are beautiful, but too much to maintain alone.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
6 Sep 12
You could do that, but not everyone has the interest or the time to help. You would most likely have to hire help. We have a lot of community gardens here, and some grow food plants. Over time the gardens kind of come and go as far as the upkeep is concerned. It's almost like a job, really.
One of our local farmer's markets is also a mini farm and if I had the time I would like to work (volunteer) there to contribute, but also to learn more about organic food growing.
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
4 Sep 12
There is nothing wrong if you want to be in a different place. Change is constant in our lives. It is you right to be where you want to be for as long as it is where it makes you happy.
I live just about 15minute drive from my parents. I didn't go that far, but still this is a different community which I have adopted myself for the past 18 years.
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
5 Sep 12
Where I ideally want to live in only 20 minutes to an hour away, and that's the way I'd want to keep it as well. I wouldn't want to be too far from friends and family, but far enough to feel content and be out in the country as well. I am lucky that I am so close to that.
@Gesusdid (1676)
• United States
4 Sep 12
I so agree with the subject and statment , to me what ive noticed now is its sorta looking inside of a fishbowl yet your on the outside while everyone else is content , i just want differnet things for self , its weird is what others will say , but as they say life is what you make it thats why i always read and continue to be interested in differnet subjects and things
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
5 Sep 12
Sometimes we may not agree with what our friends or family want to do but it's not our lives to lead it's theirs. We can't say some of the things we do arent' considered crazy either. I definitely understand and agree with you, sometimes that fishbowl view you see such a great beauty and yet you aren't yet content with your own life.
@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
4 Sep 12
I've moved half way around the world from where I grew up. As much as I'm happy to be where I am now, I think that I might find myself back to my hometown when I'm old. I don't expect my children to come with me, but it's a definite possibility for me. I think I'd like being near the ocean again.
But that's a distant future for now.
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
5 Sep 12
Grr mylot is being glitchy!
I'll have to just make this short, though the other comment wasn't so long. I used to want to move to Belgium, I am not going to say I never will, but it's not something I plan to do anytime soon. I love languages and want to be fluent in three or four of them, it'd be nice to live in the countries that these languages I want to study, where it's spoken, but I'd still want to come home again.
Hopefully that one day when you want to move back home, your family (children) will follow.
@toyota4k (1208)
• Philippines
4 Sep 12
I may not be living in my birth place but I am at this time residing about 50 kilometers afar with the same environment. fresh air where greenery abides along the mountain slopes and hillsides- where I can raise range chicken and a place wide enough to walk my dog and lie on the grass.
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
5 Sep 12
That sounds like where I want to be. Somewhere that is semi close, but still far enough away to be out in the country. I've got a few places in mind just not the funds yet. Though I have an idea of what I am going to live in.
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
5 Sep 12
So you would rather travel to different places then live too far away from friends and family? I can understand that. I won't move too far myself, but just far enough to be content.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
6 Sep 12
Yes, they are expensive, but so lovely...
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@angelkarah050182 (4980)
• Philippines
4 Sep 12
Yes, I'm happy about my hometown. My family is there and that's where I met my husband and settled our own family. However, I'm happier where I am now because of the opportunies I can get. I want my husband and my child to transfer living here but my husband always diagrees with me. He wants to stay in our hometown. I can't force him so I just travel every weekend to see them. I hope there are more opportunies in my hometown so that I can go back there and be happy with my family. Happy mylotting.
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
5 Sep 12
I couldn't imagine being away from family like that even if you do go back every weekend. Can't he and your children move somewhere in between to be a little closer and make it where you don't have to commute? Oh well either way I hope you can work something out.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
8 Sep 12
I would like to be in a more rural area but the place I am at is much like the place I grew up in. I have traveled, but the mountains have always called me home. I am quite a bit more settled now than I was before. Maybe I have come to a certain peace with myself.
@xiaopinggai (483)
• China
4 Sep 12
I was born in a remote rural,where is very poor ,backward and desolate.
But i love it,it gave me a clear river to play when i was younger,it gave me so many mountains to climb ,it brought a gorgeous childhood to me.I was happy.
However,with its development,the river were disappeared ,the mountains were bare.
And because i have to study around,i left my hometown when i was 12.Now i lived in a big city to continue study ,i like it too.No matter where i will go ,my heart is quiet,namely,i know i will do my best to achieve my dream.
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
5 Sep 12
My family is from the mountainous region of my State in the United States. I guess my heart is back where the country life is, not so much all the way in the mountains, but somewhere close enough to be far away. I understand how you feel, though I can't ever say I'd want to live in the city. it scares me.
