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Settling Down After Being Nomadic for 6 Years
It is finally time.
When I quit my job to travel the world, I wanted to be nomadic forever. Before traveling, I struggled to stay in one place for over six months. I always wondered what else was out there, with the dream of living a nomadic lifestyle.
After all, being nomadic was in my blood; my parents were nomadic until they had children. Since I chose not to have children, I saw no reason to stay in one place; in my opinion, it was overrated.
Yet, I always had a steady job. I worked at one hospital for eight years and lived in Southern California for 15 years, which makes you think, well, you seem settled. I wish. I moved apartments every six months to a year; I must have lived in over ten places in Los Angeles.
That was my own defiance and a way for me not to settle. One year, I signed a year’s lease, and my friends were in shock!
When you live in one area, especially in LA, that is the only thing you see. When I lived in DTLA( Downtown LA), I never went to Santa Monica; it was too far and too much traffic.
