No more long distance relationships
To Lisbon, once again.
On September 3rd 2019 I posted about my Long Distance Relationship with Lisbon.
At the time, I was the only person in my network working fully-remotely and I would go from Braga to Lisbon every once in a while to visit my 8 work colleagues. Those were simple times, where my job was much calmer and there were no global pandemics.
When I look back to that post, I can still feel the same love I felt over three years ago. I’ve since turned 30y/o, visited different cities, survived two lockdowns and the company I work at grew to 50 people. Much has changed but I felt I wasn’t moving.
You see, my friends, boyfriend and family are from Braga and I was pretty comfortable in my one-bedroom apartment right in the city center with my best friend as my front door neighbor. But every day I’d feel something was missing.
Time and time again I would have to convince myself I was actually happy to stay. That the city was ok. It had stuff to do and it was pretty enough. Except it wasn’t.
Today, I’m moving to Lisbon.
I left my apartment, said “see you soon” to my family and friends and took the leap. Will I be happier or more successful? Will all my problems miraculously disappear? Probably not. But if I have to struggle, I’d rather struggle under the Lisbon light.
