Goodbye Portland, hello Seattle!
I haven’t been on here in a hot minute, but life has been wild, and to get straight to the point, I’m making the move up to Seattle!
I’ve been in Portland for a few years now with my boyfriend. We moved here back in 2018 after graduating from Northern Arizona University. We spent the majority of our last semester looking for jobs up here, and headed up 2 days post graduation. He was from Vegas and I’m from Los Angeles, so we both thought it would be fun for a change of scenery.
We have definitely loved it here, but both decided it time for a change. As gorgeous as this state is, at the end of the day I don’t necessarily think it was our end game. Maybe I’ll do a more detailed post about this down the line, but there were a few things that kept us from calling Oregon our home.
To shorten it up, I think we both struggled meeting new friends here, and while that isn’t Portland’s fault, it led us to want to go elsewhere. We also promptly decided we weren’t the hiking type. While there are endless trails and adventures to go on here, we honestly weren’t up for most of the muddy hikes. We also weren’t obsessed with our jobs. There truly was nothing keeping us here.
Fast forward to two weeks ago, after a bit of applying in random cities (by “a bit” I actually mean hundreds of applications, dozens of interviews, and a hefty handful of mental breakdowns), I got an offer in Seattle. We accepted, hastily found a place in Seattle, broke our lease here (oops), and are now moving up this week. It has been an absolutely whirlwind but we are so stoked.
Things will most definitely be hectic and chaotic for a bit, but I’m hoping as things calm down, I can back to a bit of a routine. I have high hopes for seattle, and hope to have a fab time.
Let me know if you guys like to move around, or if you prefer to stick to one place! I know there are so many benefits to both, and would love to discuss!
Cheers to new adventures
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