Once in a while the intriguing thought crosses my mind that I might never live in California again. At least, not in my young adulthood.
I wonder what the next ten years will be like. I wonder where I'll do residency (imagine The Powers That Be bounding you to a job in one city not exactly of your choice for 3-7 years, or more). I wonder if I'll settle down here in the Midwest. I wonder if I'm destined to follow in my parents' footsteps, which I said I'd never do, but history has a funny way of repeating itself. I wonder if any of my friends "back home" will ever meet my future spouse.
Back home. I wonder what it would be like to completely reinvent myself. It would be all too easy to fall off the face of the planet and never look back.
2 comments:
Maybe that's a good thing! How much fun would it be to live in different cities during your 20s? You'll know which cities you don't want to live in when you're older, which cities are tolerable, and which cities are more amazing than you ever could have believed! You'll gain more perspective, which will help you relate to patients and develop rapport. :) Plus, you can always return to CA later in life if you determine it's the best place in the world. ;)
I'm thinking about that too. It's such a scary thing to move across the country. I almost want to abandon my plans and stay because it's so nice and safe here!
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