The View

On one hand, the stress of moving can make you physically ill. Especially when you're riding in London's stop-and-go traffic mash up. But on the other hand, the joy you feel once you've hauled and lugged a car-full of clothes and books across the city and actually settled all those things into a new home, in your own room, it makes all the head-pain, nausea and vomiting you experienced beforehand worthwhile.

And then, THEN you see your view:

You have The Shard dead center and, off in the distance, you can see the Gherkin. That's when you know you are really in London. You're far away from a really, unimaginably rough past few months. The contrast between then and now is a stark as the experience of trudging through a torrential downpour during a London winter's night to a warm, cozy lounge, sitting with your cup of tea by a fire. Location - and the people at each - is certainly a significant factor that makes a huge difference.