Rand Rambles

I live in Dallas, not exactly downtown but about ten minutes from it. Today, I’ve been thinking about living in the city, I really don’t like Dallas but something tells me that I would enjoy it more if I lived and worked downtown. A friend of mine confirms this. But I feel like I’m done with Dallas, I would like to move to another city, the main problem with doing this is that unless I have secured a job in any of them, finances are going to make it hard, way hard.

But, here are some of the cities that I think I would enjoy living in…

Dallas

New York City

Seattle

San Francisco

Chicago

Los Angeles

Orlando

Leave a comment at the end with which one you recommend or do not recommend and the place that you actually live in or a place that you would suggest.

Tonight, after being in New Zealand for 30 days, I am flying back to Dallas. Travelling like this is weird, mainly because the time zones are so far apart that it is like I am flying to the past.

For example:
Today is Thursday, January 21st in New Zealand, my plane leaves at 6:05 pm.

but…

I land in Los Angeles on Thursday, January 21st at noon.

Is that isn’t crazy I don’t know what is.

If you were wondering, I go from New Zealand to Fiji which is around 4 hours.

Wait in Fiji for my flight for 2 hours.

Then from Fiji to LA, which is more than 9 hours… on a plane. Ugh.

Then, LA to Dallas.

I like travelling, but I enjoy being in the place a lot more than the process. It can get very tedious, very fast. If you don’t know, planes are very uncomfortable, I am tall and my legs are long… so, for me the best thing to do when travelling is sleep. Lately I have bee able to do it in my flights quite a bit. Hopefully, on the one from Fiji to LA I will be able to sleep around 8 hours, that would be fantastic.

So, have a good night… and a pleasant tomorrow… whenever that is.

It’s Friday in New Zealand and I am being part of the #50Pic challenge. I will be posting 50 random pictures of my day. It’s funny because I thought it was gonna be really easy but sometimes it’s a bit difficult to find what to take photos of. If you want to know more on the #50pic challenge visit Joshua White’s blog and you can find the instructions.  It’s basically taking 50 photos during the day.I will be posting them in intervals, maybe 10 per group.

Enjoy!

Here is my 1st group of photos…

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2nd Group…

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3rd Group…

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4th Group

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Aaaaand the last group!

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I’ve been having a great time in New Zealand. I feel like I haven’t done a whole lot, mainly because that’s one of the reasons I wanted to come, to not do a whole lot. I came to relax, regroup my thoughts and plan at least a little bit of what is to come in my life. This is some of what I’ve done and want to remember from this trip.

• I went Skydiving. I always said I would never do it and all of a sudden my mind changed, even though it was scary it is one of the things I will always remember as being a badass experience.
• I have read three books. To Kill a Mockingbird, Angry Conversations with God and The Noticer. Great books, I didn’t know before choosing them but they would help me getting insight on some of the decisions I’ve been making.
• I killed my iPhone. Sad, very sad. I went on a boat, the iPhone was in my bag, the bag was on the floor, too much water came in the floor, iPhone dead. Two and a half weeks later, I still miss it and can’t wait to get another one when I’m back.
• I’ve been to the beach more than 10 times. I am not the biggest fan of the beach, I mean, i like it but I guess living in a coastal town for 24 years made me this way. Having said that, I have enjoyed been able to go to the beach here, since now I live in Dallas. Ugh. Photo 1. Photo 2.
• I cooked Puerto Rican food for Ben and his family. It was a bit hard since it’s difficult to find the spices that I usually use but i did it and they ate it all. Success.
• I have made a decision that will drastically change my future. More on this soon but I have finally decided to invest on what I want to do .
• I’ve been reading a lot of blogs. Some of the people whose blogs I follow are awesome. Enough said.
• I said goodbye to 2009 before most people I know. Since I’m in New Zealand, I’m living in the future and I’m glad I could say goodbye to 2009, not a great year. Watched fireworks in the Bay of Islands as 2010 rolled in, very nice.
• I’ve had some awesome conversations with my best friend Ben. We will no longer be roommates but being able to share things about our future and look forward into our awesome friendship is great.
• I’ve eaten some great food. The highlight I think was the Eggs Benedict that I had on my birthday, they were great.

That’s all I can remember for now but it surely has been a great time. Ben’s family is great and an example of some of what I want my family to be in a future. Ok, that’s it back to relaxing… I may read another book while I’m still at it.

I’m happy and felt like writing about it. I am writing this mainly as a reminder for myself because sometimes our heads can get crowded with thoughts about the future, decisions, changes and we seem to forget how good life is. Of course there are things that I want in my life in order to have a more… complete existence, but I am content with my life. I’ve been through a good amount of things that have been direct hits to my faith and perspective on life but at the end of it I have learned from them and plenty of good things have come from them. If we focus and give all our thoughts to problems and negative situations, that we have experienced or are currently going through, chances are that our days will be filled with disillusion and sadness. On the other hand if we focus on the positives and how blessed we are even in the midst of difficulties our days will be filled with joy and happiness. Easier said than done? Yep. But it’s worth it, I assure you.

Don’t worry, be happy.