and so it begins.....

I have either made the best decision of my life or one of the biggest mistakes ever and its going to take some time to figure out which option is going to be declared the winner. See, what had happened wuz.....

Work was taking over my life. Period. I didn't go out on weekends, I barely saw friends who live less than 3 minutes away from me, I spent more time on the couch at home than I did outside and all of it had some connection to the stress level which was actually rising at work. Something had to give and right around June 1st I found my breaking point. I won't go into details (mostly because there is a law that says I shouldn't) but that day I decided this was no longer the job for me. I called my boss the following morning and after a few minutes we came to an agreement that I was going to give my 30 day notice and we both now had one month to find replacements. At that point the hunt began.... I had a couple good interviews and one not so good one but I was not receiving actual job offers. So I started thinking.... do I really want to stay in Raleigh? What is holding me here? I had several long conversations with several different people and I came to the conclusion that this kid will be a much happier person if I move to the beach. Fort Fisher, NC to be more exact, and I am now in the process of selling everything I can and getting rid of anything unnecessary and moving to the shore by August 1st.

This is a really drastic change and aside from knowing where I plan on sleeping there are a lot of details to work out. The scariest part of this whole thing is that I have made a decision based on my perceived personal happiness and not based on financial stability or success. If I fail it is going to be colossal (and yes that's much bigger than epic)

So... in an attempt to track this life change, I have started this written record. I am sure some days will be full of fun while others will probably ramble with despair but either way my course has been set and its time to start the journey.