The Real Reason I'm Moving to San Francisco

interesting Nathalie, I love the idea of bringing more creativity into everyday. that's a real thing for me, making sure that I love what I do every day, so I'm never *waiting* for the cool stuff.

Hum, I wonder what place has the most sense of me. I'm thinking it's not a place. Maybe it's my twitter feed.

thank you, some days that is all I need to hear.

#thatisall

I think it is great that you can up and move. It makes total sense though since your ex is moving there too. I know when my children were young their dad moved and it made it so much harder for them to see him. It is important that we do whatever we need to for our children. Everything else will fall into place for us.

Hi Elizabeth
Love your flowing style of delivering stuff and of course, your openness and sincerity is also an inspiration for me.
I have a feeling you will like it in SF.
since you love traveling, when are you coming to visit Tel Aviv?
Thank you
Josef

Hi Elizabeth, haven't watched the video yet but just these 2 questions had me agreeing with you. Elizabeth said: “So what do you need to do to restructure your life & business so you can meet your goals & design your ideal lifestyle? Do you need to move, change your business, modify relationships, get rid of your stuff, quit clubs, simplify your life?”
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I am in a 3-yr office lease with a partner which has NOT be conducive to building my online biz. So what do I do?
Find a new smaller office…which is quiet and has a magnificent view allowing inspiration to come to me so quickly. Yes I'll be paying rent for 2 spaces but this HAD to be done. Plus we just have 1 more year to go on that big lease and my partner will want to rent my space too.

This year is holding no punches for me. I am definitely changing what I need to change to build the business of MY dreams!!

Looking forward to watching the video!

Take care.

“Happy moving”

I think it is great that you can up and move. It makes total sense though since your ex is moving there too. I know when my children were young their dad moved and it made it so much harder for them to see him. It is important that we do whatever we need to for our children. Everything else will fall into place for us.

Great for you to figure things out and take a big step to move to San Fran! Speaking of that, I need to pack up and move myself…this Ohio is starting to get not so awesome. One thing that I need to do is move. At this point in time, I’m working on getting the funds and found a really nice apartment that the community literally looks and feels like a resort.

I figured, get a 1 year lease, chill there, and then off to some other state. Leaning towards Austin or out in Cali. Always had a pull to Cali for some reason.

I just watched the movie Up In The Air with George Clooney last night and your thoughts are so similar to the movie plot and ideas! His home is actually in the air. A lot of people thought he was isolating himself, but actually he did really like people. Fortunately the movie didn't have the typical hollywood ending where he gets the girl and everything is good. At the end of the movie he still had his home up in the air, but he realized that people were very important to him.

I know this is not you at all just saw the similarities in the comment I prefer my home to be the airport or on the road.

Sounds like you're making a great decision for what's right for you and Gracie.

For me, I really need a good clean out of all of our stuff. I normally don't buy that much stuff except for my kids, but it starts to pile up and it's time for a clean out.

Because my husband is a pilot he does most of the traveling, but while he is away I'm going to take Ori and your's advice about leaving like I'm a visitor in my own city as much as I can.

It's been a while since I've been to San Francisco, but I loved it when I went!

ElizabethPW! Love the video. I've missed them. After all, it makes us “love you.” So interesting that you should post this. I have been pondering how there is a part of me that wishes I could just release all attachments (ie: house, materials things, car, etc.) and just go camp the rest of my life. LOL. Of course, there is too much attachment to my home for me, so I live vicariously through others that can do that. It is true that so many stressors, like financial income, are related to our “stuff” and attachment to stuff. Stuff takes so much time and maintenance, too, which leaves little time for truly living in our magic. I'm talking about spiritual growth, connection to the earth, and being epic!

I'm so glad to see you stepping into it and allowing others, like me, to live vicariously through your awesomeness and adventure. I think it's brilliant to be so close to Gracie's father to give her the support and life she deserves. Love the idea of a shared nanny and a dog! I highly recommend Cairn Terriers, by the way. They're big dogs in a little dog's body. They're loyal, friendly, swim, play fetch, easily trained, and do tricks. They're an awesome dog.

Also, I loved the “bare” truth at the end of the video – little or no makeup, and a messy car! Ha! Real-ness. No pretention. Raising the bar for all of us to live our truth. Love it!

Did I tell you that I love the video? Oh yeah, I did. I like the different scenes, too. Getting fancy.

Lisa

San Francisco is definitely a cool place to be. When I moved from Chicago to northern CA, I considered living in SF, Oakland and Berkeley since I thought of myself as a City Girl not a Suburban Chick.

I would have been working in Cupertino (near San Jose) 45 min from the closest of the three so opted to live nearby in Sunnyvale and ‘travel’ to The Cities for weekend fun.

I love all the neighborhoods, art fairs, restaurants (if you can call 5 tables a restaurant), shops in The City.

So I did the weekend ‘commute’ for a while until I almost dozed off a couple of weekend nights driving back home. Then I decided the suburbs weren’t so bad after all:-)

I spoke at a conference about a year ago that was based in an historic hotel on the SF Wharf. The 2 days I as there, the weather was BEAUTIFUL (unusual for November in SF). I wished I could have stayed longer. It’s a magical place.

Before you move though, make sure you find out where the fog pockets are. I need sunshine and SF has several microclimates so pick one that you’ll love before you settle in.

ElizabethPW! Love the video. I’ve missed them. After all, it makes us “love you.” So interesting that you should post this. I have been pondering how there is a part of me that wishes I could just release all attachments (ie: house, materials things, car, etc.) and just go camp the rest of my life. LOL. Of course, there is too much attachment to my home for me, so I live vicariously through others that can do that. It is true that so many stressors, like financial income, are related to our “stuff” and attachment to stuff. Stuff takes so much time and maintenance, too, which leaves little time for truly living in our magic. I’m talking about spiritual growth, connection to the earth, and being epic!

I’m so glad to see you stepping into it and allowing others, like me, to live vicariously through your awesomeness and adventure. I think it’s brilliant to be so close to Gracie’s father to give her the support and life she deserves. Love the idea of a shared nanny and a dog! I highly recommend Cairn Terriers, by the way. They’re big dogs in a little dog’s body. They’re loyal, friendly, swim, play fetch, easily trained, and do tricks. They’re an awesome dog.

Also, I loved the “bare” truth at the end of the video – little or no makeup, and a messy car! Ha! Real-ness. No pretention. Raising the bar for all of us to live our truth. Love it!

Did I tell you that I love the video? Oh yeah, I did. I like the different scenes, too. Getting fancy.

Lisa

I agree Elizabeth!

BTW love that you made this decision for the best of dear Gracie “the Champ!”
As a single mom myself, it's so important that us parents have a unified, agreeable, cordial relationship with one another…for the kids! And for our sanity.

I’m definitely with you when it comes to feeling most at home when traveling. I have such a need to move around that I actually set up in different coffee shops, parks, etc. all over Atlanta several days a week, just to have a change of scenery while I write. And I hate to admit this, because I’m thankful for my home; but one of my biggest regrets is buying a house in my 20s. Rather than feeling settled, I feel trapped. My husband helped me when he told me to think of it as my “home base” rather than my home. That works. When I finish grad school, we (hubby, sister, and baby nephew) will pretty much have our summers off to romp around like a band of gypsies. Can’t wait! Anyway… Hope there’s a tweet up while I’m in SF to present at a conference in November. Would be cool to meet you.

Love this vod and your explanation of your decision…and am cheering wildly for you…when my ex and I split 7 years ago, he moved 2 miles away and has been very involved in helping parent our son (now 16!)…I'm a huge fan of keeping both parents in kids' lives (geographically and otherwise) and taking advantage of the support system that having an ex nearby can provide…I hope that this works out well for all of you!! Did you get an apartment? What part of the city? What an adventure!

Looks like you are in my old neighborhood, Noe Valley! Yay! I spent 10 years there before moving to the south bay- yes, a different culture- -there are pros and cons to both. You will love it there. It feels like a village

um…and sf rocks. good for uuuuuu!

um…and sf rocks. good for uuuuuu!

great video…