See you around

After finally catching up on the newest episode of girls, and Jessa's potential exit from the show, I was, first of all, pretty depressed. An episode about crappy home life and the ramifications this have on her life are the most depressing subject matter I've seen on girls yet.

However, the fact that Jessa once again exits the life of the other characters in girls after facing the dysfunctional truths about her family life by leaving Hannah, one of her best friends, a note that says "See you around love" is pretty indicative of the escapist tendencies of this generation in general.

I don't want to glorify Jessa's inability to hold a normal life, and tendency to flit off to various different places to avoid the problems of her real life, I can't say I'm not jealous. Even though I'm a fan of my job, there are definitely plenty of days I wish I could find a way to flit off to Paris and discover plenty of new places, and in the process discover things about myself. Right now, I'm sitting on my couch, knowing that Sunday will approach and then I start my weekly routine all over again, and I'm not one for routine.

Jessa is pretty willing to change her life because of her unhappiness, and though I get restless often, I would hope I don't have the desire to change my life up because I'm unhappy. Rather, I don't like routine and I understand that I'm 23, and there isn't any other time that I can do something like move to another country and discover the world before I get to the point where the kind of career I want and don't have the opportunity for that.

Now, I won't ever leave my friends with just a note that says "See you around", I think there is some admiration I have for someone who is ready to leave behind certain comforts to learn something new elsewhere. Jessa does it for all the wrong reasons, but there are a lot of broader reasons that exploring new places and life paths when you're young that are right

I've been talking about moving back to Paris for forever, for real, maybe I should.

MKD