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Camilla Dugonjic's avatar

Yes to all of this. I really get it. Moving to Europe shifted a lot for me too, but we live in a very rural area so food production and storage is really important still. My parents moved to Trieste, Italy, where they can get their daily bread and butcher cuts, and while I love our wild life, sometimes I really would prefer to not do it all myself. There’s a different cadence to city/town living and more social interaction for sure.

I think I operate sometimes out of a fear of scarcity, which is a good motivator but perhaps not the best mindset to be in. When I’m in Italy, all I sense is abundance and celebration, even in the smallest things.

Beautiful, thoughtful words, as usual. Thank you. ❤️

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Staci B's avatar

As someone with a chronic illness who can’t do as much physically as I want to mentally, I have taken comfort from a Tolkien quote for many years, “Little by little, one travels far.” We all can benefit from your post and going a little more easy on ourselves when things are too much. ❤️

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