The kind of people I always envied are the ones like the characters in a novel I’m reading who go on a drive to a neighboring country (in our context, it would be another state) to look for a French translation of a book to compare it to the English and Spanish translations they already have. I have the desire and the resources but I never had this kind of mobility, not once.
9 responses to “Envy”
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I’m not sure I understand the difference between resources and mobility here.
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I have the money to go where I want but I have to pick up Klara from daycare by 4 pm every day. And before I had her, there were always obligations that kept me in place. It would require so much planning and strategizing to go anywhere for a few days that it’s easier not to.
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Damn, it really sounds (from this post and others) that you need a break. And…I’m sure N needs one too, and I know his hours are longer than yours, but let him take care of Klara for a weekend and go do your stuff. It doesn’t matter that it won’t be exactly the same as what you dream the beautiful people are doing, but having at least a weekend now and then when you’re not randomly needed is necessary
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You’ve spent afternoons alone in St. Louis. What would stop you from going to different bookstores and libraries there?
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It’s a different kind of mobility that I’m talking about.
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It’s not having any obligations and not being needed at least for a moment that’s appealing.
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