And starts being: how.
How big? How long? How do I want to live here?
Because I can make it here. I have friends and things to do and sports I love and even though certain things have changed—car, CrossFit, co-workers—I am doing it. I am living here in Southern California.
The temporary culture shock has given way to real life, and now I look at my days and weeks and months and wonder how I want them to be spent.
I look at my job and how it’s going and how much there still is to achieve and also wonder how it will be in 3-5 years.
I look at my house for which I pay an absurd amount of rent and wonder how much it’s really worth, and if I move inland even by a mile will I miss my ten minutes on the beach every morning? I mean that’s what I moved here for.
Writing the piece I’m about to share with you late last year opened my mind, heart, and eye to what my life here is and has become. It just came out in this month’s issue of Orange Coast magazine and I’m excited to share it with you, please click here to read My O.C.: My Heart Transplant.
Also: how great is the illustration they had done for my essay?!