YAY! You're very cute when you laugh!

Your plan makes sense, sure. But are any of us (not just US, I mean people in general) EVER done with their personal issues? Okay, maybe Ghandi was. But sometimes a good way to get over emotional obstacles is to take charge of a situation. Sometimes we can find that we're stronger than we think.

I share with you an example...

About 2 years ago, completely on a whim, I signed up for a sprint triathalon. Mind you, I hadn't dipped even a foot into a swimming pool since I was 10, and I NEVER used to run. I rode my bike a lot, felt like I was in decent shape, but certainly wasn't an athlete by any stretch of the imagination! So on a Tuesday, I bought some girl's registration after seeing it for sale on my favorite website, craigslist.com, and did the triathalon that Sunday. It was wacky! I was the only person there without a wetsuit (and it was in a river in Sacramento, fed by glacial melts from the Sierra Nevadas). I ended up having to compete in the 20-24 year old age group because of the original entrant's age (and I was 32!), I got a late start, so little ole' me was VERY visible since I was swimming by myself, and I did the entire thing doing the backstroke! It was too cold to keep my chest in the water! Then did the bike, did okay with that, then came time for the 5k run, and my legs, by this point, were like jello! But the fearless LMo pressed on! Would NOT be defeated! And I finished in the middle of the rankings! Not bad for someone who didn't train! And I was ELATED!! I was on a high for about a month!

So what's my point? I don't know... I just wanted to tell the story! Just kidding.. there is a point... my point is that if I had trained my butt off, then I would have had this big expectation that I would do well, and if I didn't then I would have been competely disappointed and have felt like I failed and actually I probably would have talked myself out of doing it altogether. But just forging ahead made it exciting, adventurous, and since I had no expectations, I ended up having a spectacular time!

Now, moving away from your adult life is a MUCH HUGER move than doing a stupid triathalon on a Sunday. But I'd think that one could get caught in a rut planning and waiting for the time to be JUST RIGHT. And sweetie - you have SOO many options! Just look at Craigslist.com! You can move in with a roommate that already has the furniture, the kitchen stuff, who can introduce you to some friends, until you get on your feet and can live somewhere by yourself!

Your friend who has plenty of extra forks and who swims one hell of a backstroke with no advance preparation,
LMo

We are ALL going to be a-ok!