No husband/partner
No children
No parents or siblings
No ties of any kind
Imagine if overnight any geographically limiting obligations or familial ties completely evaporated. Simply failed to exist.
How would you curate your life, given the choice?
I'd pack my suitcase and move to Edinburgh or Cornwall. I'd work as a land and estate manager on a beautiful property outside the city, or perhaps something in conservation/wildlife protection. I'd be outdoors for much of my day and would come home tired, windswept and content.
I'd travel several times a year and I'd date both at home and in foreign cities without the pressure to settle down. I'd enjoy intense, albeit fleeting, connections with different men.
I probably wouldn't choose to live with a man again.
I'd become a more adventurous cook without other people's dietary requirements and schedules to work around. I'd buy fewer material possessions and would spend more on good food and wine.
I'd go to the sea more often and get out on the water. Or perhaps I'd live near the river and scrape together enough for a little day-cruiser.
Where would you go? What job would you have if you weren't tied to your existing location or required a particular pay-level to support your dependants?
Is there anything you would do differently if you didn't need to worry about how your parents or siblings would perceive it?