No one ever told us that some of the hardest decisions we make are going to be the ones that are good for us in the long run.
Life is funny like that though.
Something you’ve dreamed of since you were 16 could finally become true only for you to realize it’s not at all how you dreamed it’d be.
Funny how a job you thought was a waste of time and energy could turn out to be one you miss not because of how it made you feel, but because of how you made others feel.
This post is harder to write than I ever thought it would be…
I know it’s been awhile, but I have good reasons.
As you read this I am officially no longer living in Brooklyn. Actually, I haven’t been living there for about 5 months now, just my stuff has been.
I’ve just moved to a town north of Albany, NY which is where I also work now.
I came to the harsh realization that the big city life just isn’t for me or who I’ve become in recent years.
I have loved New York since the minute we met, 6 years ago in late May 2012.
And since then I have visited more times than I can count on my hands, lived there for a semester while attending school in 2014, and lived in Brooklyn for 6 months.
I will always love this city; it’s energy and the way it seems to constantly pull me back in.
But for the time being, we have had to part ways once again.
The main reason I left New York is because I changed jobs. It was just time to move onto something else, and the something else that came along happened to be back upstate.
And trust me, it wasn’t for a lack of trying to find a job in the city that I would love. Everything happens (or doesn’t happen) for a reason. And a job just didn’t happen for me there.
I guess the other underlying reason that I left the city is because I just wasn’t happy there. And if there’s one piece of advice I give to you here, it will be this:
If you are not happy with your job and you are not happy with where you live, then something’s gotta give. One of the two has to change.
(Shoutout to my lovely Aunt for giving me this advice when I needed it most.)
In my case, both things weren’t going well. And because of the nature of the situation, changing my job also forced a change in where I lived.
I hope that clears up why I’ve been absent for so long, and I hope you all will still continue to follow me on this wild journey. I have no idea what the future holds, but I’m excited for right now.
Thanks for reading.
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