Tastes and preferences in life can change due to circumstances or learning and evolution.
When I was young, much more than now, it was unthinkable for me not to live in a city, although not in a very crowded space, but I always imagined myself living in a neighbourhood within a city. Life changes, circumstances change and people evolve.
I have lived for 40 years in a quiet neighbourhood in a fairly large city, although not a capital city, then I moved to another country and here in Spain I have had to try living both in the centre and in the outskirts of the city, I have visited very touristy towns and others not so touristy and I have been able to experience what life is like there.
I am not the same as I was twenty years ago, I have learned a lot and I have seen a lot about society. Two words come to my mind, peace and tranquillity. I feel very connected to nature, a hundred times more than when I was a teenager. I think my inner change has meant that my tastes have changed radically and by this I don't mean being away from people, just that the city overwhelms at times.
My connection with nature and animals is stronger at this stage of my life and that's why I feel I would be better off in a more remote place, I don't know if it's really the countryside, but a quiet space where I can wake up to the sound of birds chirping or the sound of the breeze rustling through the trees. Or maybe listen to the waves of the sea near where I live. There are fields near the sea... I'm seeing it in my mind.
I think I said several times that I would love to travel and see places, especially places with amazing nature and historical places, but for that I have to communicate with people from all over, to be able to relate and find the best places. But when I come back home, I would like it to be a place with a lot of peace and quiet. I think a countryside near forest and sea would be ideal.
But if I want to travel I have to communicate, don't I? So I would combine living in the countryside with learning English, but not single words as I know now but fluent English that allows me to connect with people from different parts of the world, I think I would prefer that. As I write I am imagining all those trips and my return home, it looks perfect.
Learning something new also activates the brain and makes us better, well it depends on what we learn, but in this case a language would be a challenge, as the way I was taught in school, all by heart, not only didn't work, but had the opposite effect. And since I like challenges, I think it would be good for me. That... countryside and English, I think they go together perfectly.
I think about the woman I was, and the woman I am now and thank life for learning so much. And thanks to
@galenkp for these
weekend topics always so motivating.
Thank you all for reading this far, I wish you a spectacular weekend. See you soon.
Amonet.
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