Bristol. What an awesome city. But it’s time to say goodbye. I’ve been here long enough. I’ve ridden enough of your trails, drunk in enough of your watering holes, visited enough of your surroundings, met enough of your people … and while there is probably a LOAD more awesomeness I could get from staying, I have a greater urge to move on than I have to stay.
Deciding to make a big move to a different country means resetting a load of dials of life. The dial that shows “amount of new experiences” is going from medium to max. The dial that shows how many of the layers of the onion we’ve peeled back on understanding our the depths and nuances of our surroundings is going from somewhere near medium, back to zero. The dial that says “sociable times with long standing buddies” is going from high to zero. On one side of the coin, that’s why we’re doing this. To shake things up a little. On the flipside, we’re going to be missing a load of good stuff. We’re going to be back at base one for a lot of things, and we’re going to be navigating our way through a lot of superficiality as we meet new people, try new things, and get under the skin of a new country and new society. But the compromises we make I think are going to be worth it. Onwards and upwards!
Road and Ocean 