I had a "bad" day at work on Tuesday. Working in customer service, I deal with a lot of unhappy people, so there are bound to be such bad days. Having a 22-mile commute on a very congested highway can influence those bad days, especially when an accident in a construction zone makes me an hour late. And of course, the pressure to study and perform well on an upcoming licensing exam is an ever present stressor.
I was at the end of my rope, emotionally, on the phone with a client. As he was filling out paperwork on the other end, he asked off-handedly where I was physically located.
"My office is outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."
Philadelphia.
The clouds lifted.
For two miserable years in the Washington D.C. metro area, I would have killed to say those words.
Suddenly the background stress faded and i felt relief.
Location, location, location.
That's why I decided to rename this blog. From a favorite quote from a favorite book by nabokov (a truth I maintain, on some level) to what it really is now, now as i blog about my life going forward.
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