Realisations

Often times life gets so busy that what is there in front of us today is all that matters- we just want to get through a task list, check things off and get ready for the next day. No more, no less. But what that also means is we may take life decisions that are ill-informed or at the very least half-informed and whose long term implications we are not aware of. I have always known  that we live in a small town- where everyone knows everyone, there is one big company that everyone works for and that there is limited opportunity here for anything else. But for  a long time these were just phrases. Didn't seem to impact my life in any way but positively. But of late as I evaluate my career options the full implications of this have come to dawn on me. Having limited opportunities means having to accept what you have today, whether you like it or no. It means having very little room to negotiate, and in order to expand your options you have to look at a significant impact on your daily life- whether it may mean commuting for work, moving to a new town altogether or changing your line of work.  It also means that any change you may be considering has to be done cautiously! This is not to say that I have all of a sudden started disliking my small town life. I grew up in a town which was even smaller than this so it is nothing new to me. I also love the familiar faces, the convenience and the simplicity that all come with living in a close community. But with careers taking new turns, this aspect of small town life is no longer so desirable. When we moved here, it wasn't something I thought of in any strategic way- maybe I should have.