I wish I was raised in a suitcase. To have parents whose work would take our family everywhere around the world, and I'd have to go with them. Constantly packing and settling, only to leave again. I could leave *just like that* and never have to go back unless I chose to. I'd always be 'the new girl' whose history is as complex as herself. I don't want to belong, I just want to find myself.
"There's a common belief among anthropologists that you must immerse yourself in an unfamiliar world in order to truly understand your own."
- The Nanny Diaries
3 comments:
True. I never knew what a load of crap my home town was until I lived away from it for six years.
i feel the same way a lot of the time. but i just make myself remember that by staying here and going to school like a good girl i'm learning something just as important. eventually you'll get to travel. one day you'll go somewhere you know nothing about and just have an adventure.
that's very true. but then again, there are the people who are constantly, as you say, packing and leaving but as a consequence, are unhappy. of course, there are many reasons e.g. they can't have any stable and close friends, it's hard to settle down, etc, etc.
but yeah.. soz, just another pov.
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