After college, I had no idea what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. All I knew was that I did not wish to end up old and hanging out at the same pub every Sunday drinking and adding flat notes to everyone else's merry sing-a-longs.
However, it was a series of unplanned steps that resulted with me living a life pretty distanced from my family and youthful friends. I worked hard not to lose touch though. Being a bachelor for so long, allowed me to regularly visit my family in Florida and England, mainly. Although, they were in Indiana and Arizona for brief periods and I saw them there as well.
I traveled to see the friends, too, and had exciting times.
For all the coming and going, people often asked me how I could do it; wasn't it difficult to keep leaving family and dear friends. The way I managed it was simply to not view it as a departure: I was always looking ahead to the next visit, even though it was usually an unknown date in the future.
Now that I am older, and with less family and fewer friends to visit, I really will not give in to the idea of departing those people linked to my heart. I still plan to see everyone very soon.
