My Next Move

Yep. It's true. Coral's Country is comin' home!!!!

For those of you new to my journey, allow me to give you the very, very brief 4-1-1.

1990-2013 Iowa

2014 Tennessee

[a brief chapter in Colorado]

2015 Wyoming

After having moved almost 25 times (that's an average of once a year since I've been born y'all-eff em el) and FOUR times in TWO states this year alone, I'm done. Tapped. Finito.

I've had this tiny house dream of mine since last winter and after the [actual] shit storm of a year I've had, I CANNOT wait any longer to get started on this project. First, I considered building it in Tennessee. I absolutely l o v e it there and long to go back. Plus, they're moving forward with the tiny house movement in some big ways down yonder.

Then there's Colorado. That's like the tiny house capital of the world right now and there are so many connections and opportunities. Not to mention, that's where I intended on living when I left Nashville in the first place and would like to have another go at it.

So....after much debate and debogglement and back and forth; I came up with three things that I need in my life, especially for my quality of life, right now:

1. A solid support system of friends and family (that's not 764 miles away)

2. A job that provides me with equal parts passion, worth, salary and benefits

3. A home that's not just another temporary house

The odds that I would have all three of these things at the age of 25 is fiercely against me, so I decided to focus on what is most imporant and attainable for me right now. Well, technically 126 days from now. While I love Tennessee and will forever call it my second home and still wish to (and will) extend my chapter in Colorado, I would be back to sqaure one with finding both a job and housing that fit the qualifactions above. Two HUGE headaches that have pounded my head on and off for the last seven years. Plus, doing a project this big without my friends and family there for support (and manual labor) would be nearly impossible.

The other benefit is that while I love Iowa with all my heart and every last red hair on my head, I am in no way ready to settle down there for good just yet. But when I do come back home, I don't want to spend it living in my mom's basement or crashing on a friend's couch. I want an actual, real life, all for me H O M E. I still plan on traveling this country in an airstream, so if ever I want to settle down for a bit, I'll have my tiny house either right where I am, or I'll know it's waitin' for me back in the home state. Win Win.

2016, is gonna be the start of my biggest adventure yet and I can't. fucking. wait.