if you need to go then go...
i am fine with anyone that feels like california is the place they need to be... really. but go if you need to go. there is nothing in california that i need, want or desire. sure the weather is nice and there are a ton of things to do but it's just not where i want to be.
i don't want to live in or around LA with the kind of money i make. if i had a ton of money then i would live right on the beach and that would be swell. but living in an apartment in a bad part of town sounds like crap. especially since my father and brother and sister and aunts and cousins all pretty much live within driving distance or right down the road from where i live right now. in california i wouldn't have the connections i have here in austin for ANY of the things i want to do in the future. i would end up working to live and living to work and that would suck! at least in austin i have the opportunity to go into business with my wife and/or friends or start a band with people i know or whatever.
i have been to just about every major city in every state at least once (with my bands pop unknown and the cutaway) and some places multiple times. i know where the good places are and where i want to be. LA (and it's surrounding communities) just isn't one of them. chicago is cool... but too cold in the winter. nyc is cool... but i wouldn't know what to do with myself there. plus i would miss the trees, lakes and rivers that are abundant here in austin. san diego is cool... but even there i would be a lost soul.
speaking of loss... when i lost my mother in '98 i lost my "home". my dad moved into a new place down the road with his new girlfriend (then wife... then ex-wife) and his home was never my home. when i got married i believed that wherever i was, was "home". i believed that wherever my wife and i moved, that was our home and that was where we belonged. i never looked over my shoulder or longed to go anywhere else. i have been working on making our situation better and even loved looking for new homes in austin all the time to make our "home" a great place for our future kids. i still love the thought of buying a house and making it our home... here in austin.
for those of you who can't seem to find austin a worthy place to live or start a family or play music or whatever it is you want to do then perhaps you need to go where it is that will make you happy.
i'm ok with that... really.
but if you need to go... then go.
if you plan to stay, then make it a pleasant place for yourself. this will in turn make it better for those around you. and perhaps you will realize that home is where you are loved.
xo - tim
i don't want to live in or around LA with the kind of money i make. if i had a ton of money then i would live right on the beach and that would be swell. but living in an apartment in a bad part of town sounds like crap. especially since my father and brother and sister and aunts and cousins all pretty much live within driving distance or right down the road from where i live right now. in california i wouldn't have the connections i have here in austin for ANY of the things i want to do in the future. i would end up working to live and living to work and that would suck! at least in austin i have the opportunity to go into business with my wife and/or friends or start a band with people i know or whatever.
i have been to just about every major city in every state at least once (with my bands pop unknown and the cutaway) and some places multiple times. i know where the good places are and where i want to be. LA (and it's surrounding communities) just isn't one of them. chicago is cool... but too cold in the winter. nyc is cool... but i wouldn't know what to do with myself there. plus i would miss the trees, lakes and rivers that are abundant here in austin. san diego is cool... but even there i would be a lost soul.
speaking of loss... when i lost my mother in '98 i lost my "home". my dad moved into a new place down the road with his new girlfriend (then wife... then ex-wife) and his home was never my home. when i got married i believed that wherever i was, was "home". i believed that wherever my wife and i moved, that was our home and that was where we belonged. i never looked over my shoulder or longed to go anywhere else. i have been working on making our situation better and even loved looking for new homes in austin all the time to make our "home" a great place for our future kids. i still love the thought of buying a house and making it our home... here in austin.
for those of you who can't seem to find austin a worthy place to live or start a family or play music or whatever it is you want to do then perhaps you need to go where it is that will make you happy.
i'm ok with that... really.
but if you need to go... then go.
if you plan to stay, then make it a pleasant place for yourself. this will in turn make it better for those around you. and perhaps you will realize that home is where you are loved.
xo - tim
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