I am not talking about anyone, anything or any place in particular, though to everyone in a way. Now that everyone can know that we are moving, it seems to in a way be making this more difficult.
I know I am a picky person, I always have been, along with very opinionated and judgemental. Though those who know me (primarily those reading this) already know this, and hopefully love me all the same.
I have decided that it possibly boils down to ignorance in a large part that I hold little patience for. Those who think they must have meat in their lives, let alone everyday, or worse as part of every meal, as Alex said it during our lunch today, they simply cannot cook. To my thought, they are just lazy, uncreative, and unadventurous. (Please know that if you are invited to my house for a meal, there is a large chance there will be no meat, if there is, it will most likely be seafood and if not, it is only because Alex has talked me into some meat for himself and our "guest"). The thing that bothers me more of those who are frequent meat eaters is when they don't value what it is that they are eating, that it as a life, and has now been made into a meal to nourish and sustain their life.
I also have little patience for people that simply put clothes on their bodies as they need something to cover themselves and for no other reason. Those who excessively consume be it food, product, appearance, etc... I do know that I used to be somewhat the same, shopping to shop and I could not be more happy to have changed. I still have a love for shopping, fashion and all things included in that area, but I look at it much differently now, which I am happy about.
Though, I digress as my big issue at the moment is explaining to the British (or people living in London, why it is we are choosing not to live here at the moment), the Australians why we are not choosing at the time to relocate to their wonderful island or the Americans why it is where are not choosing their specific local for our future home. To some, the Londoners and the Aussies, why it is that they are not our current choice. We tend to go to "we can't afford it." though, in reality it is not that, or not that in it's entirety. We can afford to live there, we an afford to live anywhere we want to, but not to the standard of life we know we can accomplish elsewhere. We know we are capable of more and deserve more, so we will "demand" more of ourselves and of our lives. We refuse to settle or keep ourselves in a one bedroom flat lacking in closet space for too long, we could move to a two bedroom, especially when we wanted to expand our family, but that would make all other things more stretched, we could do some kind of house share, but when you look at what we grew up with, what we are used to, we would go mad. We didn't move to England to live in England, we moved here to live in London, to be at the heart of it all and really take in all that it has to offer.
It is all about finding the right amount of tact to try to say why it is we are making the decisions we are, trying not to offend anyone but not to beat around the bush so much that it becomes laborious.
I know I am a picky person, I always have been, along with very opinionated and judgemental. Though those who know me (primarily those reading this) already know this, and hopefully love me all the same.
I have decided that it possibly boils down to ignorance in a large part that I hold little patience for. Those who think they must have meat in their lives, let alone everyday, or worse as part of every meal, as Alex said it during our lunch today, they simply cannot cook. To my thought, they are just lazy, uncreative, and unadventurous. (Please know that if you are invited to my house for a meal, there is a large chance there will be no meat, if there is, it will most likely be seafood and if not, it is only because Alex has talked me into some meat for himself and our "guest"). The thing that bothers me more of those who are frequent meat eaters is when they don't value what it is that they are eating, that it as a life, and has now been made into a meal to nourish and sustain their life.
I also have little patience for people that simply put clothes on their bodies as they need something to cover themselves and for no other reason. Those who excessively consume be it food, product, appearance, etc... I do know that I used to be somewhat the same, shopping to shop and I could not be more happy to have changed. I still have a love for shopping, fashion and all things included in that area, but I look at it much differently now, which I am happy about.
Though, I digress as my big issue at the moment is explaining to the British (or people living in London, why it is we are choosing not to live here at the moment), the Australians why we are not choosing at the time to relocate to their wonderful island or the Americans why it is where are not choosing their specific local for our future home. To some, the Londoners and the Aussies, why it is that they are not our current choice. We tend to go to "we can't afford it." though, in reality it is not that, or not that in it's entirety. We can afford to live there, we an afford to live anywhere we want to, but not to the standard of life we know we can accomplish elsewhere. We know we are capable of more and deserve more, so we will "demand" more of ourselves and of our lives. We refuse to settle or keep ourselves in a one bedroom flat lacking in closet space for too long, we could move to a two bedroom, especially when we wanted to expand our family, but that would make all other things more stretched, we could do some kind of house share, but when you look at what we grew up with, what we are used to, we would go mad. We didn't move to England to live in England, we moved here to live in London, to be at the heart of it all and really take in all that it has to offer.
It is all about finding the right amount of tact to try to say why it is we are making the decisions we are, trying not to offend anyone but not to beat around the bush so much that it becomes laborious.
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