Whether it is friends or family or even just a stranger that touches your heart one day, life's obstacles cannot be taken on alone. I consider myself a (somewhat) independent person. Moving to New York was probably the scariest thing I have ever done. In LA I felt comfortable with my life, I had a great group of friends, apartment, job and life. To sit back on your life as a 22 year old and feel comfortable scared the shit out of me.
I never voiced this worry to anyone. Comfortable left me happy, it was that simple. Once I decided to move to New York after buying a one way ticket two days in advance from my scheduled departure I felt unlike myself, a new me.
Moving to New York has been such an eye opener but it is not all fun and games like I show on my social media. There has been countless amounts of nights I wanted to give up or Friday nights spent alone in my bed with no friends eating fried chicken and watching Netflix.
I could have never gone through this transformation without a solid group of people on the sidelines cheering me on. Thank you mom and dad for listening to me cry on the phone and helping me get through the cold February days (with buying me down coats and seamless meals). Thank you Molly for listening to me vent at 4am about things you have heard over and over again. Thank you Yvette for coming to my rescue when my heart was broken and spending each and every day letting me open up to my new city, I will never forget us getting ready on top of my bed with a bottle of wine and Brit's playlist on full blast. And thank you Sara for coming on my birthday weekend when I had no one to spend it with forcing me to embrace each and every day and always giving me motivational speeches. I can't forget mister Frankie Sharpe who - to say it simply- I wouldn't want to have experienced this transition with anyone else by my side. Just a few memorable people who helped me transition into the (somewhat) New Yorker I am today.
I consider myself a new and improved me but I could have never done it without a handful of special people in my life. There are others who have touched me as well so don't feel as if I'm leaving you out but during the specific vulnerable times I have experienced thus far in the big apple these select people touched my heart in a way that I never thought were possible.
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