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Moving vs. Staying. Instructions for Finding Your People and Your Place.

By Commander Logic — 2011

I sense two questions in your one question. The one you’ve spoken is “How do I decide which place to live?” but the one unspoken is “How do I find where I belong?” They sound similar, but they’re super different. Moving won’t necessarily mean you’ll belong at last, and staying doesn’t mean you will never belong.

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