Hit Restart

We needed something new and different. I went on medical leave in August due to the stress of office politics, the job and everything. We took our vacation in Italy and it was a good break from everything normal. Then, shortly after my husband took leave. We were both stressed and not working just earning a tiny bit month by month living paycheque to paycheque. It was not an ideal life. I was sick for a while on and off in our first few months of marriage. Taking time off was great I finally sleeping more than three hours, I felt well rested that I have never felt before. The date of returning to work became more and more daunting. I’d have to go back to eating lunch alone and reading my book. The thought seemed so lonely and dark. I can’t trust anyone I work with, so I’d have to cope until I got a different job within the organization. We felt so stuck just same routine come home, watch tv and fall asleep and rinse and repeat.

Then, something changed it all started with a small town wedding of a cousin. My husband found a job while unable to sleep. It was a company that his brother worked for and he laughed it off simply because the thought of moving to a different province was overwhelming. Conversations started happening my brother in law found very affordable houses in the area and he talked more about the company and how good they treat their employees. My husband just needed an extra push which came from his uncle and his brother. I was willing to move, but I knew that convincing him to move to a new city would take a village. After the wedding we drove my brother-in-law and the entire car ride he talked about the potential jobs and all the possibilities it would open for us. We connected with a few people who had the job and the telephone conversations came out positive. They moved quickly to the interview process and then the phone call came. He got the job. Bam! Our lives changed. I felt a surge of relief and joy all at once. I cried from the weight it lifted. There was no question about it, we were moving!

We can afford a house tomorrow if we wanted to on a single income. I could have children and raise them without having to go back to work, I can get a job if I wanted to or I could be a stay home wife if I wanted. I can do anything I want and without feeling stressed about money. I can enjoy the outdoors and really embrace the mountain air. We can drive up to the beach after a long day of work or drive up to the hot springs.

Now, I have mentioned all the positives about moving but there’s obviously some down sides:

1) I will be so far from my family it’ll just be holidays where we spend time together.

2) I’ve never lived in a small town and I might hate it. I was born in a big city and the city is just getting larger and there’s always something to do.

But that’s it. We hit the big button of resetting everything, starting a new life in a new province. We will explore new hobbies which are close by and free. We might spend time skiing, hiking, biking, swimming, kayaking and seeing the great outdoors the way it’s meant to be experienced instead of waiting for time off to do those we can do it on a Saturday or Sunday. We can actually have a home to call ours all because of a shot we took. We get to shake things up and change things for the better.

So as I quote Wayne Gretzky “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” you need to risk it and take a shot you never know where the puck may land.