| Just a few weeks ago I had the sudden urge to blow up my life a little. I started by eating a chicken sandwich for the first time in 15-ish years. It was unsatisfying, and it was not enough. Then I decided to move out of the suburbs of a major city to a neighboring city that is much smaller, but much cozier and still within commuting distance. I started looking for rentals. One day the following week I decided to just buy a place in this neighboring city. Two weeks later, I bought one. It all went very quickly, and usually my decisions are much more based on logic than a whim. I did think it through after acknowledging the whim - the move logistically, financially, and socially makes sense. But first and foremost, what I was pulled by was just a "vibe". A feeling that I had to just be somewhere different. I've done this once before, and back then it turned out to be a great decision. So to answer "How do you choose where to be?" - For me, sometimes (rarely) I just feel a strong pull to some thing or some place. I cannot explain it, but I can research and justify it after the fact. Unless I can tell that it is clearly a stupid decision, I try to follow that urge, because it is so rare. |