A lot of us spend more time thinking about living somewhere else than we do figuring out how to feel more belonging in the place we already live.
Kat Vellos • We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships
There’s a quote I like from Theodor Adorno, who said, “for a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes place to live." While I’ve never been a refugee, I still feel that quote really strongly, as someone who’s never quite felt fully at home in most of my ordinary life– always a bit of an alien, always an outsider, always a minority, always ... See more
Notes versus Posts
Home can be local, a matter of the city, the neighbourhood, even the street; or we can change the angle and see ‘the place we belong to’ as a community defined less by physical space and more by passion, interest or shared experience; or we can zoom out and see it as encompassing the whole world and even beyond.
Jon Alexander • Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
If you feel an undeniable pull to a city, don’t ignore it—go. I truly believe there’s a reason we’re drawn to certain places, and once you take the leap, things tend to fall into place. And here’s the thing: It doesn’t have to be permanent. You don’t have to plant roots for a lifetime; a year, eight months, or five years can be exactly what you nee... See more
home isn’t something you find or inherit. It’s something you build, piece by piece, when you stop chasing the next better version of your life.
One cannot teach this kind of thing. I can’t just tell you to stop chasing the next better version of your life, or pursuing the next girl, the better job, the bigger house—or perhaps digital nomading your w... See more