"While the decision initially felt right, I entered months of self-doubt and indecisiveness. In retrospect, it's obvious to me that my lack of clarity was social media-fueled - after all, it can make life feel like a competition over who can look the coolest and most successful. My own desires felt clouded by what I saw through small, digital windows."
"We'd wanted to go back to the Midwest largely because we both had family there, including my young nephews. It'd been hard to miss so much of their lives. My father, sister, and my wife's parents were there, too - all people who made up our support system. The Midwest also felt like home, and in the end, we chose to relocate to Chicago."
The couple left Savannah after two years to return to the Midwest to be closer to family. The move produced months of self-doubt driven by social-media-fueled comparisons that made life feel competitive and clouded personal desires. Family ties—young nephews, parents, and siblings—served as the primary motivation and support system for choosing the Midwest. The Midwest felt like home, leading to relocation to Chicago. The writer compared creative peers in LA and New York and considered Instagram-worthy landscapes, but recognized those options were expensive, distant from family, and not clearly better than the Midwest's own beauty and connection.
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