Now that I am twenty-two, I am seeing many people begin their life after school. Getting married, career advancements, and even havings kids are some of the things that I see as I am scrolling on my social media accounts. The one problem I have is that they have never left the safety bubble of their hometown.

Now don't get me wrong, I have nothing against these people and I think that if this what makes them happy, then good for them. If this is what makes you happy, no one can be mad at you for that. I just could never live a life of staying in the same town from crib to tomb. To give you an idea of the type of town that this is, there are street names named after some of the families that have been here the longest.

And I refuse to be a part of that type of community.

I didn't have the best time in high school, which shouldn't come as a shock, and at the same time shouldn't mean anything when it comes to wanting to move away. I don't have the same desire to drive down the same streets, go to the same stores, and see the same people every day.

Don't you want to see the world?

Don't you want to gain perspective?

You can't stay connected by staying in the same town you grew up in, you had your first at everything in that town. First school dance, first day in high school, the first day you rode a bike by yourself. So many first have been within a thirty-mile radius. That is nothing compared to what's out there. What you could be experiencing for the first time rather than the unnumbered quantity.

But you can also have the first day at something new.

Again, if people want to live in a comfortable place, who am I to tell them how to live and what should make you happy? I just don't believe I could live a fulfilling life if I were to stay in one spot, get married in the same town, and to watch my children go to the same schools that I went to.

I don't want my future to be my past.

I want to live in a constant state for exploration and bettering myself based on the environment around me.