They Have To Clean The Bathroom Too

"The danger comes when you look around and see everyone else's best and think it's their always."  ~Unknown (some blogger, I'm pretty sure, but I didn't write down who said it!)

Sometimes, I catch myself thinking about what life would be like had I made different decisions.  Usually it is on a lazy Saturday when I am doing something horrendously ordinary, like cleaning the bathroom, that my mind wonders what might have been.

Had I gone to law school on the East Coast as was the original plan, until I woke up one day in late April and cancelled said plans and made new ones, all by noon.  I picture a quiet little townhouse in Georgetown and days spent wondering the neighborhood and running amongst the monuments.

Korean War Memorial - Washington, DC - 2011

Of course, I think of my beautiful little apartment overlooking the Bay in San Francisco.  With Saturdays full of trolley rides and Farmers Markets and weekend getaways to Napa.



Alamo Square Park - San Francisco - 2011

I think of a tiny village in Switzerland that stole my heart the first time I set foot on its ground.  The one with breathtaking views and bike trails and Coupe Denmark for dessert.

Cully, Switzerland - 2009

It's easy to get caught up in the what might have beens...so think about how life would be different and more glamorous and well, just more.

But then I realize, all of those people who made those choices that I did not?  They have to clean the bathroom too.  Because life is not always the grand adventure that we picture in our heads.  Because the paths untaken are not full of only fun in the sun and beautiful views.  It's true whether you are in a little town in Texas or a big city by the ocean.

And it does me good to remember that sometimes.