This is all to say: it’s worth listening when a place calls to you. It’s worth thinking about whether the place you live enables your goals or stands in their way. And it’s worth noticing what surroundings speak of enchantment, cultivate the conditions you feel at home in, and aim toward them. Life is more malleable than we think. It’s a surprise to most people, including myself, that they can actually have what they want.Wherever you live should help further the dream you have for your life.

This is all to say: it’s worth listening when a place calls to you. It’s worth thinking about whether the place you live enables your goals or stands in their way. And it’s worth noticing what surroundings speak of enchantment, cultivate the conditions you feel at home in, and aim toward them. Life is more malleable than we think. It’s a surprise to most people, including myself, that they can actually have what they want.

Wherever you live should help further the dream you have for your life.

Tommy Dixon • surroundings that speak of enchantment

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