6 Months in Nashville!

I love acknowledging milestones in life…
6 months ago today, on 11/22/24, I arrived in Nashville, TN!

Why I came to Nashville…
My Facebook post sums it up, but to give some more context…

  • I was ready for a change of pace, and job, and wanted to be in one place to do a mind/body/life “tune up”.

  • Looking at a map of the US I thought… where haven’t I lived that intrigues me… and Nashville was it!

  • Although I had been to Nashville a few times before as a tourist, I wanted to see if it could hold my attention for awhile, so I visited in September to view it through a different lens.


Why I’m not ready to go…

  • Beautiful green nature is everywhere!

  • Music everywhere, all the time and usually free!

  • My TN Bucket List isn’t complete

  • More visitors planning trips to visit!

  • Country road drives have become a simple pleasure.

  • Southern Hospitality is a thing and I love it!

  • People & Community especially those I’ve met through my amazing Meetup: Nashville Social (30s-40s)

  • A new career/business venture! Here is a SNEAK PEAK :)

Music and songs have played a big role in my life…

  • I Lived by One Republic - is what I consider my life theme song.

    • “I, I did it all
      I owned every second that this world could give
      I saw so many places
      The things that I did”

  • The Life by Kenny Chesney - is a reminder for what is important in life.

    • “I said I make a good living back home where I'm from
      He smiled and said, "Amigo, me too"

      He said I fish and I play my guitar
      I laugh at the bar with my friends
      I go home to my wife
      I pray every night
      I can do it all over again”


This Music City chapter is no different…

  • Pictures on a Wall by Ira Wolf - Last year, while on a campervan road trip, I heard this song and it was my “ear worm” for most of the year. Upon landing in Nashville, one of the first things I did was hang some pictures and postcards on the wall.

    • “I've climbed the mountains in Montana […]
      And Washington will always be
      Begging for a piece of me to stay
      Maybe some things never change […]
      But I want to know how it feels to hang pictures on a wall
      Sleep in the same bed at night“

  • Am I Okay? by Megan Moroney - Shortly after arriving in Nashville, I started hearing this song on the radio and even though the song is about a guy, these lyrics resonated with me in thinking about my experience living here so far. Every time I hear it on the radio I do sing along…

    • “I think I’m really happy, I think I want to stay… oh my god, am I okay?“

Hope this was inspirational in some way! 

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