As some people may know i haven't been very happy or content with my life lately, actually I haven't been happy for quite a while now. Everyone always says that happiness is something you have to make for yourself and I think I've been looking in all the wrong places.
I've lived in Melbourne Australia all my life bar 6 months in Queensland. I love it here, I grew up in a great area, I know so many people here and it's where all my memories are. BUT. I'm not happy in my job, with where i'm living or with how i'm spending my time. It's too expensive to buy a house here, my friends are slowly spreading out and my depression/anxiety seems to be getting worse. So I decided it's time I take control of my life and where I'm headed. I don't know if it will make things any better but it's worth a shot right?
I've already spoken to my boss about it all and even though I know he's gunna hate me leaving hes supportive as hell, and he told me to do whatever I think is right. We've been working together for 4 years now and we're pretty close, hes a fucking top guy and he's always been good to me, in exchange I've always worked hard for him and gone above and beyond to help out. He's probably the best boss you could ask for to be honest, even his wife and kid are awesome and I've seen his son growing up since the day he was born so it will be kinda sad to not work for him anymore.
He told me there will always be a place in his company for me if i ever come back though so I know i will have work if i was ever to return to Melbourne, but i feel like once I leave chances are i wont come back.
This has been a fkn hard choice for me as I guess I'm scared of change a bit. I'm worried once I move i will be bored and regret my choice but, I regret a lot of things in my life and i think even if I did regret it this would be the least of them.
I currently live in Melbourne and am moving to Beechworth around 3-3 1/2 hours drive away
It's a nice little touristy town with only around 3000 people living there. It has a great cafe scene (mmm i loveeee coffee) and a few pubs and stuff. The closest biggish towns are Albury/Wodonga on the NSW VIC border with 106,000 and Wangaratta with 30,000.
My mum as some people may know runs a glamping business up there which she uses to support her wildlife rescue. She has a lot of snakes and lizards, goats, emus, an alpaca, a goose, a cat and dog and a saltwater crocodile. Currently in the rescue there is a kookaburra a baby lorikeet and a baby kangaroo, all very cute.
I would be helping with maintenance around the place, helping with the guests and working with the animals, which is basically my dream, to work with animals is something I've always wanted which is 90% of the reason I would move up there.
These are the "glamping" tents (Glamorous camping)
Pretty awesome, plus they have a legit pool and spa...
I need a serious change in my life or I don't know how much longer I can keep doing it, getting up everyday at 5 am and getting home at 5 pm, still not making nowhere near enough money to buy a house or get truly ahead. It's just not enjoyable here anymore. I'll miss a lot of things about living in a big city, but I think I really need this, for both my health and my happiness. If i'm wrong then so be it, but at least i can say i tried you know?
I'm kind of excited and kind of nervous at the same time, but who knows how it will all go.
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