Life, As I am Learning It

I was thinking of calling this Blog: "Life, as I know it", however everyday I realize that I know little or nothing about life. I am a professional educator, and have been pretty much my whole life. As an educator, I have come to realize that you never really "KNOW" anything. Life, like anything else, is a learning process. It is constantly changing, and one must learn to adapt to many different circumstances and surroundings. I have realized that Darwin had it right, life is survival of the fittest. If one can not adapt, they are not going to survive.

Here is my example of adapting: I am 31 years old, and I have moved 23 times. I have lived in 6 states, most on the Eastern Seaboard, one in the middle of the country (and only for 2 weeks). I would like to blame this transience on my parents divorce, or my mom's trek to "find herself", but the truth is, half of those 23 moves occurred when I no longer was listed as a dependent on my parent's tax returns. Is it due to the lack of stability I had when I was growing up? Is it the worst form of ADD ever? No, I think it is my trek to "find myself."

I am still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. Where do I want to live? I love the idea of living near a big city like Boston or DC. I love the idea of living in the country, where the closest neighbors are fields of corn, or whatever the local farmers are growing. I want my daughter to graduate in the same town that she started Kindergarten in. Or at least the same town she started high school in. I just can't figure out where that town is. I want her to be able to adapt to her surroundings, but I don't want her to be a chameleon, constantly changing so that she fits in. I want her to be comfortable in her surroundings. I want her to be stable. Who knew that stability would be what I measured a successful life against.