They were fine, a bit surprised at first, but they now know to expect something whenever I say the words "so I've been thinking...." No one who knows me really well was all that surprised that I did this. I'd always planned on living abroad for a few years, so every time I decided to stay longer there was less and less of a reaction.
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What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do -- especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.
William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways
Your toughest competitor lives in your head. Some days his name is fear, or pain, or gravity. Stomp his ass.
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