While Ray and Melissa were falling deep into their whirlwind romance, I started preparing myself for a cross-country move to start a new chapter and new challenge in New York City. And just like that, the stakes had changed. What would have been a no-brainer a month earlier, was now a choice with considerable implications.
It's not that Ray and I had taken the decision to quit our great jobs and comfortable lives lightly, it was that now there was another life that was going to be greatly impacted by our decision.
In the end, the decision came down to four relatively simple factors:
With the tough decision made, we had lots of work to do and loose ends to tie up. In addition to breaking the news to work and our roommates, we somehow had to obtain letters from our doctors and the FBI proving we were free of disease and criminal records. Against all odds, one month later Ray and I were granted visas and we set out on our journey to the other side of the world.
Although exhausted from travel (this place is seriously on the other side of the world), the excitement and adrenaline of touching down in my new home kept my energy and spirits high. As I made my way to the Airbnb, though, I started to get a little worried. I wasn't sure what I had expected, but as I looked out my window at a gray, dilapidated city, my excitement started to fade. Soon after, doubt and fear started to creep into my mind as I started to question our decision - had we just made a huge mistake?
It's not that Ray and I had taken the decision to quit our great jobs and comfortable lives lightly, it was that now there was another life that was going to be greatly impacted by our decision.
In the end, the decision came down to four relatively simple factors:
- We were a team
- We were more than just partners, we were best friends
- We had a great idea
- Ray had found himself an amazing girlfriend
or in other words-
- Either we both went, or neither of us went.
- We would support each other, however things turned out.
- Wolo
- Melissa supported Ray and told him to follow his dream, even if it meant moving 6,000 miles away weeks after she had just moved across the country to be with him.
Although exhausted from travel (this place is seriously on the other side of the world), the excitement and adrenaline of touching down in my new home kept my energy and spirits high. As I made my way to the Airbnb, though, I started to get a little worried. I wasn't sure what I had expected, but as I looked out my window at a gray, dilapidated city, my excitement started to fade. Soon after, doubt and fear started to creep into my mind as I started to question our decision - had we just made a huge mistake?
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