The Inadequacy of Departures

I’ve been living a fairly nomadic life with my wife and kids.

In the last 10 years, we’ve moved at least 10 times across continents — each time spending at least a few months, or a couple of years in one place, before moving again.

Today I leave Palo Alto for Singapore, and will spend about 3 months there before returning.

I said goodbye to some friends over the past few days, and locked the door to my apartment.

I will return of course, and the goodbyes will be forgotten.

But each time I leave — I will always feel, that there’s one more thing I could have done. One more goodbye to be said. One more thing to put in place. One more walk down a familiar street. One more, one more.

And perhaps this is one upside of a nomadic life — it reminds me that it will be near impossible to complete all my goodbyes… much less to finish everything I want to do before leaving.

And the only thing I can do — is simply to do my best.

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