Dream job, dream house, dream car, dream life, dream wedding, So she moved to Atlanta and fulfilled all her dreams?

Well, Yes and No. Her Dreams were that of all small town girl who had never had much to begin with. She hadn’t dreamed Big enough.

The dream wedding never happened. She called it off 3 months before the scheduled date when she finally came to realize he would never be her dream man. She left him and moved out of that dream house, sold all her dream furniture and belongings, and eventually left that dream job. She knew she was unhappy when she was holding these Dreams so tightly but she didn’t know what it was to actually be happy until she found it. Until she let them all go.

I spent the next few years finding my way back to the path I had been detoured from. I regained my confidence, found my happiness, and started figuring out my next move. Atlanta had given me more than I had ever dreamed of having but I also started to see that I would reach my Max in Atlanta just like I had in Tuscaloosa. Meaning, my dreams would outgrow what the city had to offer me. Meaning, I would yet again have to leave for a bigger city. Atlanta was never meant to be the final destination and I was rerealizing this as I got back on track to my Life’s path.

By 2013 I had started plotting where my next move would be. Texas was the number one contender. Ironically, California was still my dream goal; yet it still seemed so far away, so unrealistic. Texas however, was more feasible and was still along my road to California as it would get me further west. I was worried about the money though, worried about not having a job, worried about having to struggle again. Then in 2014 an opportunity presented itself. An opportunity for me to leave Atlanta for a bigger city at virtually no cost to me and with no worry of finding a new job. I jumped on it, didn’t even hesitate to think it through. I was going to leave. Then the deal fell through. Just like that, no move. I actually felt glad, I wasn’t ready to leave yet. I slowed down on my path then but I still kept trekking ahead.