Making things happen: On why I can’t move to a different country

My very good friend Minna Van (one of the cofounders of The Network Hub, the coworking space where my consultancy studio has an office) and I have a number of characteristics that make us very compatible as friends and very similar in our behaviours and attitudes. First, we both work insanely hard. Second, we are both very caring and focus a lot on our personal relationships. But third, we both like making things happen. Minna and I have a standing joke: whenever see each other and talk about a project, we both flail our arms and wave our hands in unison, while saying “let’s make it happen“.

And we do.

We have the ability to make things happen.

And that’s something I just can’t let go of.

Whenever I think back about what has happened to me in 2010 (perhaps one of my absolute best years), and in fact in the past couple of years, I think about all the wonderful things I have made happen. I ponder about whether I would have been able to co-organize Mental Health Camp Vancouver 2009 and 2010 if I didn’t have the support system I have. If I would have had the support for the BC Cancer Foundation that I did during my Blogathon in 2009. I wonder if I could have been able to face all the challenges and make all the things that I (in collaboration with a number of people, because nobody achieves things only on their own) made possible this year.

I am successful here not only because I work really hard but because I have the infrastructure, the framework, the relationships, the collaborative network, the friendships and love of the people who support my work. Moving back to Mexico (or moving elsewhere in the world) would mean starting all over again.

And I don’t know if I can or want to do that.

Maybe the hummingbird is not a migratory bird after all.

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