What happened to me?
I’m back in Jersey building the business and threw a 3 year time limit before I head back to Tennessee. This initially was not in the plan. My goal was to leave Maryland, work for a company for a couple years, and then have them relocate me back to Memphis. But just like tomorrow, nothing is promised. I didn’t get that cushy biotech job that would have kept me travelling across the USA learning and earning.
After getting canned by this company, I decided to start a cargo van business which lasted for a total of 1 months and 7 days. The last 7 days was me trying to get out of cold ass Montana back home. Learned alot, but that’s ditch digging work, which I am not built for + the rates, overhead, fuel, mileage, rental van, edema, buc-ees chicken and other fast food, etc etc..
I grew up in Jersey. Kindergarten to 32 years old. Honestly it was all I knew. Loved the NYC life, loved the parties, the access - the “VIIIIIBES” - Coming back here now in my 40’s, I want nothing more than to get the hell out.
I have a 3 year plan for starting and scaling Smart Movers Club and my initial thought was take care of your elderly parents, help them get their stuff in order and then bid them all farewell. Well, I have just shaved off a year and it will now be two years flat.
Here’s what I dislike about this state now:
- taxes (finally opening the books on my parent’s property)
- traffic
- noise ( I noticed that I was not used to hearing people blow horns any longer.. afterall in a place like TN, noone’s blowing horns incessently a half a second after the light turns green)
10:30PM last night, a cab was on my block, blew his horn for 2 straight minutes. I was wondering if this is normal.
-faux busy bodies ( is anyone even doing anything to have a heightened level of anxiousness while moving around)
-zero hospitality (I used to find it geographically accepting, now I’m just wondering if people are a part of any society)
-spaceless… (I’m typing this newsletter from my mother’s dining room and if I reach out the window, I’m in their neighbor’s bedroom)
Ok. Don’t come at me - I know there are places, cities and towns in Jersey that offers peace, space and ex-urban benefits, but you’re still dealing with high income tax, high property tax, high business tax, high tax burden, high cap gains, high estate tax, - no wonder the state made weed legal. They were already high.
What happened to me? Yes, I got older but I was just talking to another 40 year old that said she will never leave this state. Well, maybe it’s preference. Maybe it’s because I lived in 7 states and none provided what I didn’t know I needed until I touched down in Tennessee.
Whatever the reason or whatever your reason for thinking about leaving the place you’re in, make sure you don’t just go off vibes, but actual data, that benefits your peace, space, quality of life, well being and opportunity cost. If you need help with the data part, we got you.
moving smarter,
Stacy
Founder, CEO - Smart Movers Club
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