March 1st marked an important milestone, my 15th year living in Los Angeles. This is the longest I’ve settled in one place in my life. However, in the years I’ve been here, I moved six times. I almost evenly split my childhood/adolescence/young adult and adulthood between Texas and California respectively.

Funny thing is, I don’t really consider much of my time in LA as settled down. So much felt transitional in my mind, despite having lived in one place for more than eight years. I still think of Texas as home when I return, but California is just as much a part of my life in this way.

Maybe it’s time I shake things up again soon, as I enter a new decade in my life very soon…