Miles and Miles

Change is needed in every one's life. It keeps it interesting, it lets us feel like we're constantly moving and not just standing still.

I will be drastically changing my life soon, while somehow keeping it calm and happy at the same time. I will leave the area in which I was born and raised and spent literally 31 years growing and learning in. While I'm not leaving the state or the country, I'll still be moving into an entirely new space to start the next chapter of my life. To me, this isn't scary at all. I can not wait. I am comforted by the fact that I will be surrounded by everything I could ever want in a city and the person I love most.

Unfortunately, for the past two months, I've been living in two cities. Or should I say, paying to live in two cities. On one hand, I have this amazing life waiting for me and then I come back to reality. Traveling via car and or train every other weekend to spend a few quick days in my new home only to be thrust back into my normal routine a mere 48-60 hours later? It's hard, it's tiring and it's wearing on me.

I find comfort in the fact that I don't miss half of the things that clutter up my life in my old apartment. All that "stuff" that has been carried around with me for years are just weighing me down. While I obviously want my Guitars and gear with me. The only other things I want are my DVDs, Cd's, clothes and maybe a few favorite items that I've carried with me. I don't think about the piles of things I've collected. The books are great, but I could live without them. The toys from my youth are reminders, but I don't play with them. Even all the expensive boutique toys that I couldn't live without when I bought them are in boxes, easily forgotten. This leaves me to ask myself.

Do i collect just to collect? Or do these "things" really make my life better. I guess we'll see.