New Life
“… people take their same old lives wherever they go. No place is perfect enough to strip you of that. And some places have a way of magnifying your demons, or of, I don’t know, giving them pep pills.”
- Julia Glass
For some people, a change in environment, or sometimes an entire lifestyle change, is the only way to make something for themselves without any preconceived notions or expectations. I do not entirely disagree with that, although I imagine circumstances and the amount of change required would vary per person. This thought actually came from a very inconsequential event: At the badminton court one day, another person (this happens to me all the time) approached me to ask me if I’m OK staying in my corner without talking to anyone. I always suppress a laugh at times like that because I get it now. They just don’t get it. But should I take a speech pill from anyone just to make them happy? I sometimes imagine myself going to an entirely foreign place to act like somebody entirely different, someone who can’t stop talking to strangers, just to see how that plan will pan out. Of course, I haven’t taken that thought seriously; it’s too trivial. But I know people who have bigger problems to escape and see running away and making a new life some place else as the only chance for happiness. Despite what I quote, I understand the need for a life reset. I’m just not sure if that’s what I need, particularly.