this title is a little “punny,” as it really has nothing to do with music & everything to do with the specific life moves & choices i’ve made that led me to this place in my life. but, i have been listening to a lot of classical music as of late, so maybe music did have some influence on the title. who really knows?
anyhow, i’m beginning to think my big move to san francisco began with my choice to study abroad in college.
jamie, one of my best friends, in a phone conversation we had after i got back from my trip, told me she was super proud of me for actually making it out of alabama. she informed me that she didn’t think i would be the person to do it–let alone come back with a job that took me across the us only a couple months after my glorious return to the states.
that conversation really got me thinking about how i agreed with her, despite my initial hesitations to the thought.
i’ve always craved adventure & boundary-pushing, but deep fears of the unknown & what ifs kept my roots firmly planted in alabama. i lived there, i didn’t apply to colleges out of state & i went to a college only two & a half hours from home. how can someone say they live for adventure when their comfort zone is so small?
this is what drove me to france (aside from the rumor of delicious cheese, bread & wine). saying yes to everything feasible took me to countries i’d never dreamed of seeing.
now, here, it’s like a whole new life for me.
sure, there’s still the things that i can’t escape. anxiety, stress, so on & so forth. but there’s a new movement inside of me that drives me forward & invigorates me. like something is just ahead of me, running at full speed & begging me to follow.
i’m working on my run. i’m working on catching up & running wild & free with the life ahead of me.