As our move to Oregon draws nearer, I am beginning to realize that what seemed like a daunting task is slowly becoming more and more manageable. This time a year ago, I had just found out about being accepted to the University of Oregon. We owned a house (and a bunch of other junk), had two secure jobs, friends and families firmly rooted here, and not to mention we had never even been to the Northwest...how could we even dream of moving there when so many things had us so tethered here?
Fast-forward to now. Our house has sold, we've gotten rid of a ton of our cumbersome stuff, we've put in our notices of resignation, friends and families will miss us but understand, we've got a down payment on a moving company contract, and fairly solidified plans to sojourn across the country on July 31.
I am reminded of a moment this past October in Portland, as we coffeed with an old friend from Carboro, Rafael. He made the east-west coast move about 6 years ago, and as we prodded him with our questions and fears about making such a huge move he simply said "You just do it. You do the deets" (deets, being details, for those of you who don't speak Rafael). And never has any advice stuck more than that.
We could live our whole lives never moving forward for fear of the intricacies and details that we would face along the path. When you have to do something, you don't fear it. You just do it. You deal with it and you make it work. Then it happens. When you encounter bumps along the way, you handle them. You do what you have to do and rather than butting heads with your resistance, you embrace the challenge and move forward. Thus is the journey, and doing the deets is all a part of it.
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