If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
Confession: The day my husband gets a transfer order, I become suspiciously happy. 🤭If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? My answer is never as simple as naming one place.
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Most people hear the word transfer and immediately think about packing boxes, changing schools, endless paperwork and starting life all over again.
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I hear transfer and my brain goes,
“Ooo… where are we going this time?” 😄
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I know.
I sound slightly crazy.
But after all these years, I’ve accepted it. I don’t just enjoy new places…
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I actually look forward to them.
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So when today’s prompt asked,
“If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?”
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I realised something.
I don’t dream about one perfect place.
I dream about the excitement of discovering the next one.
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I Think Change Is My Favourite Adventure
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I’ve never been someone who can happily stay in one place forever.
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After a few years, everything becomes predictable.
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I know which road has the least traffic.
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Which grocery shop has the freshest vegetables.
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Which neighbour will ring the bell without calling first.
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Which bakery sells the softest bread.
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And strangely…
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that’s exactly when I start craving something new.
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Not because I’m bored.
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But because I love that feeling of being a beginner again.
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Thankfully, I married someone who understands that feeling.
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You know that saying, “Ram milaye jodi…”?
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That’s us. 🤭
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One transfer order…
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Two overexcited people.
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Every New City Comes With New Stories
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I’m not saying moving is easy.
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It’s not.
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Packing somehow creates three times more things than we actually own.
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School admissions deserve their own Olympic event.
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For the first few weeks, we open ten boxes before finding the one thing we need.
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And somehow…
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the scissors are never in the box marked “Stationery.” 😂
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But then comes my favourite part.
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The first walk around the neighbourhood.
The excitement of discovering a tiny café.
Finding the vegetable market.
Learning shortcuts.
Getting lost anyway.
Smiling at strangers who slowly stop becoming strangers.
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Every city has its own personality.
Some wake up early.
Some come alive after sunset.
Some welcome you with amazing food.
Others test your patience with traffic.
Every place teaches me something.
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And every move quietly reminds me that I’m far more adaptable than I thought.
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If You Could Live Anywhere in the World, Here’s My Answer
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If you asked me to choose one place for the rest of my life…
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I’d struggle.
Not because there aren’t beautiful places.
But because I know myself.
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Sooner or later, I’d look out of the window and wonder,
“I wonder what life is like somewhere else.” 🤭
Maybe that’s why I don’t believe home is a city.
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Or a house.
Or even an address.’
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Home is wherever my family is…
and wherever life gives us another chance to begin again.
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So, if I could live anywhere in the world…
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My answer would probably disappoint everyone expecting the name of a country.
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I’d simply say,
“Wherever the next adventure decides to take us.” ❤️
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And honestly…
I can’t wait to see where that is.
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Until the next beginning,
Rajeshwari 🧿💕
© Nihshabd by Rajeshwari
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