do what you want
Today I managed rather better, because fortunately my headache had petered out by early afternoon. Whew. I went on a walk to pick up some library books, and later I made dinner (red lentils with roasted sweet potatoes and carrots, regular potatoes, chopped spinach, and barley. it was healthy.), and chatted with my housemate Esther for over an hour as we finished a bottle of wine. I used my state of inebriation to strongly encourage her to go back to France before she gets a "real" job -- like, come on! you've just told me that you are financially stable right now and also that you've thought repeatedly about how much you'd like to return to France for a trip, I am pretty sure the only thing that's holding you back is your fear of what other people (ie parents) will think! I did a lot of pointing and dramatic hand-waving. I think she was inebriated enough to listen (though not so much that she won't remember the conversation tomorrow). Take it from me, One Who Knows: if you're financially able to travel, and also you have the time, and also you really want to?? Do it already! Those opportunities don't come around every day!
She tried to tell me that going back to France, to this place she wants to go and where she has been before, wouldn't count for as much, somehow, because she's been before and knows it's safe/comforting/non-adventuresome? More scoffing and hand-waving (and gesturing with wineglasses) from me -- as if returning to somewhere you've been before means you can count on everything (including yourself!) being exactly the same as it was last time. Again, speaking as One Who Knows, that's just not how life works!
Anyway, in short, I am so glad I had the opportunities to travel so much, and that had the guts to take those opportunities, and I'm looking forward to taking more of 'em in the not-too-distant future.
Also: Man, life is too damn short to spend it holding back because you're worried what other people will think!
And that's my two cents on this matter.
She tried to tell me that going back to France, to this place she wants to go and where she has been before, wouldn't count for as much, somehow, because she's been before and knows it's safe/comforting/non-adventuresome? More scoffing and hand-waving (and gesturing with wineglasses) from me -- as if returning to somewhere you've been before means you can count on everything (including yourself!) being exactly the same as it was last time. Again, speaking as One Who Knows, that's just not how life works!
Anyway, in short, I am so glad I had the opportunities to travel so much, and that had the guts to take those opportunities, and I'm looking forward to taking more of 'em in the not-too-distant future.
Also: Man, life is too damn short to spend it holding back because you're worried what other people will think!
And that's my two cents on this matter.