For years, people have been craving change, restless in their everyday 9Â - 5 jobs, dreaming of getting ‘out of it all’, starting again in a new town – with new people, or in some cases a new country with a completely different culture.
Such dreams have spawned countless TV shows with titles such as ‘Escape to the Country‘ and ‘Relocate‘, charting the lives of families that do just that – change the direction of their entire life and move away from everything and everyone they know.
The dream that seems to be built around this idea is a very compelling one, of which I have seen first hand, this dream is the sole reason I am here, and why I have lived in Torquay for close to 9 years.
The idea of a life change sounds a good thing, and in many respects it is, if you can find happiness in somewhere new then grab it and don’t look back, but sometimes its not as easy as that.
Moving away is pretty much what I’m going to be doing in a little under 3 weeks time, although the ‘dream’ is slightly different, there are still parallels. When you strip away all of the overhead and take it to a simplistic level it all boils down to one thing:
Wanting a better lifestyle and to be happy while doing something that you enjoy
When push comes to shove this is what it’s all about, and in order to do it, you need to have the motivation and the ability to see through the initial disorientation and weirdness.
I thought I was at least half way down that road of understanding, but yesterday put a different slant on it. First of all I bumped into some people that I haven’t seen in a while (about a year), this was great, but it reminded me that I would be moving away from it all. Secondly I got an email from someone that basically said goodbye, although I never really knew her all that much, it was still quite sad to know that the era from which I had just left was now well and truly over.
I guess the point is that no matter what happens from now on, there will always be things that I will remember and people that I will always have had the pleasure of meeting.
I know what you mean i would love to stay in Torquay with the people i am currently with, but it just doesn’t have the Jobs or universities to keep me here unfortunatly. Lets just hope we have made the right choice after all of this.
you may feel u don’t wanna go but just remerber you can always come back
Some people might not have had such good times as you so appreciate what you have had whilst in Torquay
I know that change is hard to adjust to, but you will soon be at home in your new environment, plus you will have expanded your friendship groups etc, and hopefully you will have more good times too! I hope that made sense.. 
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That made perfect sense
and I agree with everything you said, and believe me, its great to be back 
I appreciate the comment though 