I love this place

I left my hometown for a year and truly loved it. I learned so much, stretched myself in ways I didn’t even realize I needed, and proved to myself that I could leave if I wanted to. But no matter how good that season was, there was always something pulling me back here.

There’s this quiet assumption that if you stay in your hometown, you must be settling. Like growth only happens somewhere else, or ambition requires distance. I’ve felt that pressure, even when I knew it wasn’t true for me.

I’ve worked really hard to make sure staying never meant limiting myself. I didn’t let where I live decide how big my dreams could be. You don’t have to leave your hometown to build a life you’re proud of, just like you don’t have to stay if your heart is calling you somewhere else.

Right now, my dream looks like living on an island in the woods, building a life and business I love, and watching the Northern Lights outside my window. That doesn’t feel like settling to me at all 🥹 Anyways, this was my view last night and I’ve truly never seen the Lights this bright to the naked eye!!! It was truly so amazing and I never get tired of seeing them even though I live here 🤎