I wonder if some of your sadness and discontent about walking in LA now comes from the fact that your dream of Spain has a date, and as much as you have loved LA the siren call of Spain is now loud and clear. It's hard to keep settling for LA when you know Spain is offering you so much more at this point in time in your life.
Can't wait to read these stories and transitions. Upgrading my subscription and happy to along for the ride.
Thanks for the founding membership. I really appreciate it. You're all set.
I think you're correct. No doubt it's about the grass being greener in a case where, in many ways, it probably will be.
That said, if I took you for a walk and didn't purposely avoid certain streets and stretches, you'd be sad and depressed, too :-) My nieces are visiting in October, staying in a nice looking Airbnb in our neighborhood. In an even nicer, cleaner part of our neighborhood. I think about this in relation to them a lot. I think I'm going to show them everything!!! :-)
"Having a good life in a not-so-good city with a great partner doesn’t change the reality of the place." This is it for me in a nutshell.
I have so much to say about this topic in addition to the Stories of Sevilla article that I'm composing a piece on it, and guess what? I can't say what the two of you said any better than you both shared; but I'm so passionate about it I'm putting my own $2 in from another angle.
This was another great Pendola piece, thank you.
PS: my new favorite word: pendeja... I didn't wake-up today to be a pendeja. Something about the alliteration with 'positive Patti...' you get it.
Place definitely matters. Probably more than many people realize. There are worse places to live than Los Angeles, but there are also many better places :-)
Haha, if I have to roll my tongue it'll sound ridiculous. Its something i havent mastered yet. Most of the time i sound part German with spit coming off my tongue. TMI no doubt. I definitely like the definition of your word better than mine.
I feel fortunate to be employed in a role that matches my passions—writing in the health & human services sector. AND, it’s work that doesn’t take over my life.
Appreciate the shout and loved reading your thoughtful reflections diving further into the nuances of this topic. You're certainly in an interesting boat where writing about your life as a career means that you're naturally always 'thinking about work' but at the same time, it's a vehicle for you to be even more engaged and present in your own life. Without that acute awareness perhaps you never would have had the realizations you've had (and shared along the way) that ultimately led you to wanting to move to Spain. Looking forward to reading along as the move gets closer!
Over here in Switzerland there is a lot to like; things work generally, public services work, great but expensive quality of life.
That said I was sitting in what is sort of the village square a few weeks ago, eating a snack. In 15 minutes nobody I knew came by; there is nothing keeping us in the village. No reason not to go out and see the world.
So, the way I see it, we are retiring early / semi-retiring and, to use a term from NLP, neuro linguistic programming, we are running toward our new life not running from something.
And, our main house is now on the market and we have had the first viewings.
I wonder if some of your sadness and discontent about walking in LA now comes from the fact that your dream of Spain has a date, and as much as you have loved LA the siren call of Spain is now loud and clear. It's hard to keep settling for LA when you know Spain is offering you so much more at this point in time in your life.
Can't wait to read these stories and transitions. Upgrading my subscription and happy to along for the ride.
Thanks for the founding membership. I really appreciate it. You're all set.
I think you're correct. No doubt it's about the grass being greener in a case where, in many ways, it probably will be.
That said, if I took you for a walk and didn't purposely avoid certain streets and stretches, you'd be sad and depressed, too :-) My nieces are visiting in October, staying in a nice looking Airbnb in our neighborhood. In an even nicer, cleaner part of our neighborhood. I think about this in relation to them a lot. I think I'm going to show them everything!!! :-)
"Having a good life in a not-so-good city with a great partner doesn’t change the reality of the place." This is it for me in a nutshell.
I have so much to say about this topic in addition to the Stories of Sevilla article that I'm composing a piece on it, and guess what? I can't say what the two of you said any better than you both shared; but I'm so passionate about it I'm putting my own $2 in from another angle.
This was another great Pendola piece, thank you.
PS: my new favorite word: pendeja... I didn't wake-up today to be a pendeja. Something about the alliteration with 'positive Patti...' you get it.
I think you'll do a pretty good job of saying it.
Place definitely matters. Probably more than many people realize. There are worse places to live than Los Angeles, but there are also many better places :-)
I prefer cabrón, personally!
Haha, if I have to roll my tongue it'll sound ridiculous. Its something i havent mastered yet. Most of the time i sound part German with spit coming off my tongue. TMI no doubt. I definitely like the definition of your word better than mine.
I feel fortunate to be employed in a role that matches my passions—writing in the health & human services sector. AND, it’s work that doesn’t take over my life.
Appreciate the shout and loved reading your thoughtful reflections diving further into the nuances of this topic. You're certainly in an interesting boat where writing about your life as a career means that you're naturally always 'thinking about work' but at the same time, it's a vehicle for you to be even more engaged and present in your own life. Without that acute awareness perhaps you never would have had the realizations you've had (and shared along the way) that ultimately led you to wanting to move to Spain. Looking forward to reading along as the move gets closer!
Over here in Switzerland there is a lot to like; things work generally, public services work, great but expensive quality of life.
That said I was sitting in what is sort of the village square a few weeks ago, eating a snack. In 15 minutes nobody I knew came by; there is nothing keeping us in the village. No reason not to go out and see the world.
So, the way I see it, we are retiring early / semi-retiring and, to use a term from NLP, neuro linguistic programming, we are running toward our new life not running from something.
And, our main house is now on the market and we have had the first viewings.