I have mixed emotions about my trip home to Melbourne ...
On the one hand, I'm excited about the prospect of the adventures that await me. I have a great flat in the city sharing with one of my best friends and a country retreat (my parents place) for when I want to escape the city. I've already been looking into studio spaces in Collingwood and have a list of extra-curricular activities that I'll be applying for at the start of next year. I've been receiving reports of the beautiful weather back home and of the clear and starry nights. I'll be able to mix music again, have friends to hang out with on the weekends and family just around the corner. I'm excited about the prospect of a new job, meeting new people and discovering my own backyard. I'm excited about Japan, Sydney and New Zealand and the many weekend adventures install for 2010.
On the other hand, there is a big part of me that is gonna miss London. I'm gonna miss the galleries, the large built up landscapes and the sheer efficiency of the place. But I think most of all, I'm gonna miss the people who I've grown to love here, the people who have welcomed me into their worlds and who have always found time for me. For me, my friends are the most important thing in my life ... They've propped me up when i'm feeling down, entertained and confided in me. I really couldn't ask for better friends and whilst it's gonna be sad to leave them, I know that I'll always be in contact despite the fact that I'm on the other side of the world.
At the end of the day, I can take solace in the fact that I have no attachments and that I could very well be back at any time .... who knows what happens! If London has taught me anything it is that there are so many places in the world that I would like to visit or even live. I see this move home as the start of a wider adventure, a means of collecting my thoughts so to figure out what my next destination in life will be.
1:04 PM, 7-Dec-2009 .. Posted by gareth lane