So shake it out

I met this woman a couple weeks ago at a conference. And she was a woman in her 60's, from a small town whose second language was English. One day, after her grand daughter was born she decieded to move from where she had lived all her life to a different city to be closer. She had never driven, only ever worked at a bank and lived alone. She said "all of a sudden it was like I came alive and bloomed, I learned how to drive, got a new job and even started dressing different. I have never been happier in my whole life." Here is someone who was set in her ways, did the same thing she had always done every day of her life, and then she got up and decided to change it. I was in awe, really inspired and really very proud of this woman.

I realize it really is time to let go of the things holding me in this stage, and to be honest its not much. Slowly bit by bit I am pulling up my roots, and I'm not as scared as I use to be, it doesn't feel like a distant daydream anymore. I can't wait for my life to begin, I have to make it happen, or at least make an effort. It's funny the little things you come across that serve like a wake up call, the signs you see when you were not really looking. Leaving things behind is easier than I thought, time to shake it all out and clean house. I'm not looking to burn any bridges, just pave the way.