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I am from Sioux Falls, South Dakota but I go to college in Missouri. I chose to leave home because the people, weather, culture (or lack of it), and monotony of day to day activities drove me absolutely insane. I could not handle it anymore.

What have I realized since moving away from home?
I have realized it is the same EVERYWHERE. I could be in China, Hawaii, South Africa, Brazil, or Finland and it would be the same. Everything is better somewhere else. The grass is always greener…

Now that I am someplace else, I want more than anything to go back home. It’s quiet there. I know people there. People are crazy, but it’s the kind of crazy I know and understand. It is the kind of crazy that I am myself. The people here possess a whole new kind of crazy that I have never seen before. They are selfish and conceited. They are lazy and passive. They are liars and cheaters and everything I never want to be. I want to go home.

But I can’t. If I go home, I have failed. Failed myself, my family, my friends. I left to go do something with my life and be someone better. But this place and these people are not making me better. They are tearing me down and ripping me apart bit by bit. I’m exhausted and need a piece of home.

I have completed this goal. I appreciate South Dakota more. I appreciate South Dakota more than I ever thought possible. But now I have a new goal…

MOVE BACK TO SOUTH DAKOTA.

I already have one tattoo.
But I feel like people make a bigger deal out of it than it actually is. Yes, get something meaningful or important to you. But don’t wait. If you want a tattoo, get one. If you spend your whole life waiting for something profound or amazing to happen to you, you will never get one. Nothing will be good enough to tattoo.
I also think it is really unfortunate when people regret their tattoos. If the design is truly meaningful to you when you first get it, I think there is nothing to regret. It might not last a lifetime, but it serves as a reminder of what was.
I got my tattoo a few months ago and I don’t even think about it anymore. The experience of choosing a design, artist, and the actual process were way more meaningful than the actual design could ever be.

It marks a time and place in my life. And I would get another one in a heartbeat.