I'm in NY!!!

I made it happen.

packed my life into suitcases, hopped on a plane, and arrived in west village, manhattan.

I love the smell of the city — the petrol, the dampness, the voices echoing in the streets.

I keep telling myself that it's not going to be easy. I'm bracing for the loneliness. and I know that will hit. and yet, as I sat in the taxi from JFK to this apartment, I couldn't help but marvel again at how easy it was. I bought a plane ticket and now I live in new york. in another universe, I moved to nyc right after graduation. in this one, I'm as untethered as a 22-year-old new grad, but have a lot more money and life experience. new grad me would have tried to wrangle her suitcases onto the subway and taken public transit from the airport. almost 30-year-old me gave navigation directions to the taxi driver without a wink of self consciousness at the miscommunication, and then tipped 20% for a $100 car ride.

and now I'm here!! I'm here to make sense of myself, to examine the world internal and external, to gain confidence, to put it all into words. I'm here to lay the groundwork for my long term future. I am in fact not here to watch broadway shows and eat fluffy bagels, but I sure wouldn't mind doing that along the way.

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