Because I haven't posted in a few days, and because I just feel like it, I decided to write a post that has little to do with India.
I'm writing about dreams. The extent that this has to do with India is limited to that when I get a bit down, I like to think about my dreams. But I do that in the US too.
I was getting to know my friend XiXi the first few days here, and she asked me, as a get to know you question, what would you do/how would you live your life were you to be able to construct it in your ideal, not limited by time, money, anything.
I think as a result of my high school experience, both the learning and leaving home at 14, I've come up with this dream that has stuck with me now for 3-4 years. If I were to idealize my future, it would be in a small house in a large field, where perhaps the only neighbor I could see would be family. I model it after New Hampshire, and the outdoor lifestyle there, though with an active organic farming community, cultural engagements, local friends, and peace of a simple rural life. One change, perhaps, would be the towards 3-4 rather than 5-6 months of winter. At the same time, I'm doing work in international environmental protection that actually makes a positive difference in some way. Don't ask me how, this is an ideal world. I generally say I commute into a city at least some days of the week else work from home. This dream is beautiful to me, and yet seemingly so much time must pass before I can realize it. But when the heat, humidity, dusty, drab, and dinginess of my dorm in India get to me, this green peaceful home is comforting.
I'm writing about dreams. The extent that this has to do with India is limited to that when I get a bit down, I like to think about my dreams. But I do that in the US too.
I was getting to know my friend XiXi the first few days here, and she asked me, as a get to know you question, what would you do/how would you live your life were you to be able to construct it in your ideal, not limited by time, money, anything.
I think as a result of my high school experience, both the learning and leaving home at 14, I've come up with this dream that has stuck with me now for 3-4 years. If I were to idealize my future, it would be in a small house in a large field, where perhaps the only neighbor I could see would be family. I model it after New Hampshire, and the outdoor lifestyle there, though with an active organic farming community, cultural engagements, local friends, and peace of a simple rural life. One change, perhaps, would be the towards 3-4 rather than 5-6 months of winter. At the same time, I'm doing work in international environmental protection that actually makes a positive difference in some way. Don't ask me how, this is an ideal world. I generally say I commute into a city at least some days of the week else work from home. This dream is beautiful to me, and yet seemingly so much time must pass before I can realize it. But when the heat, humidity, dusty, drab, and dinginess of my dorm in India get to me, this green peaceful home is comforting.
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