Southern Charm in the City

A little background on me and where I am in my life.

I just graduated college and moved back to the city I once swore I would never return to. Actually, I lived in a suburb of the city through junior high and high school, and it never really felt like home. I went back to my roots and went to college at one of the SEC’s finest and had the time of my life. Why did I come back north? It sounded like a good idea at the time. I had some good friends that were in the area or were moving there, my parents were close and I could really see my life falling in place at the time. Well, it’s been 5 months and nothing is like I thought it would be!

Let’s recap what has happened in this time. I landed a great job to start my career, my best friend from high school got married, my best friend decided to move practically across the country and left 5 days later, and I bought my first home, which I move into next week! (Yea I’ve been living with my parents, back in the ‘burbs.) This has all happened more in the last 2 months. So mix the good with the bad, my life feels like it is constantly changing. It hasn’t been the happiest 5 months of my life. Getting close to friends again for them to leave, having so many close friends from school but our lives are going on different directions, and feeling like I have no idea where my life is really going has been quite stressful and even lonely at times. Don’t get me wrong. I know I am extremely blessed to have so much in my life and I do not expect it to be perfect. I just think this is the time for me to really live.

There it is, the reason for starting this blog. I am beginning a brand new chapter in my life. Next week I will be moving into my new house that overlooks the city, and I want to get out of the rut I have been in for the past few months. I hear that your twenties are supposed to be the best years of your life. Considering how much I loved college, these years have a lot to live up to! From this point on, I want to live with no regrets. No more of this “going through the motions” stuff. I want to document the journey of finding Southern Charm in my new northern city. (Even though I lived in the area, I’m moving to the city, an area completely foreign to me, so it’s new.)

The meaning behind the name. I am a southerner. That is where I feel at home. (It doesn’t matter where you actually live, it’s a state of mind.) So I am going to do my best to find home in this city. From meeting new people and making my house my home, to dating and progressing in my career (all of which will surely be separate posts themselves), I am going find a way to appreciate where God has put me. I am open to advice and suggestions, and I can’t wait to share this with you. Let the journey begin!