Yes, in about 6 months, I will be moving to The City, The Big Apple, The Capitol of the World, Gotham, The City That Never Sleeps...New York City.
After a lot of phone calls and mailed resumes and nail-biting, I had an interview which secured my internship. I will actually be working just outside the city in a Westchester town, but my plans are to live in and commute from the city.
I'm so thrilled, for a multitude of different reasons! For starters, I will be switching to a lifestyle dependent on public transportation. I can count myself out of the gas-guzzling population of America. Second, the food. I could write an essay on the million ways that food in the city is superior to everything everywhere else. Not only is it a mecca for foodies and chefs nationwide (worldwide?), there are countless markets for me to take advantage of to bring out and develop my own inner chef. Third, the history, the art, the architecture, the culture...well okay so maybe that's several things, but it's really not easy to wrap up why the city is so amazing.
Now I just have to prepare for the changes coming to my lifestyle. I've already cleaned out my closet several times in preparation for downsizing (I'm expecting to live in something roughly the size of a shoe-box), and I could probably stand to clean it out again. Some things it's difficult to decide what to do with, like my massive collection of Disney VHS tapes. I know I can leave them with family for safe-keeping, but I do wish they could come with me! Also my ever-growing number of books. I can't help it, I like to read! I would consider some sort of e-reader, but when it comes down to it, I simply don't buy new books often enough to justify it. Plus I find great enjoyment in searching through the odd independent or used bookstore, whether I buy something or not. And then there's the matter of libraries. I know you can rent e-books from libraries for free now, but you can also rent physical books for free without the $200 cost of the e-reader. But we'll see. After several months of riding a train for an hour every morning, maybe I'll want something small and light to carry my book collection with me for the commute.
Anyway, when it comes down to it I simply need to simplify, and determine what are the important things I can't live without. So should all aspects in my life be, simple. Simple possessions, simple food, simple relationships...clutter and complication never helped anybody.
B is excited for my move, although this means some serious long-distance for probably the next two years. I'm not worried, considering most of our 7-year relationship has been long-distance. He went back to school yesterday pursuing his new scientific career in physics, and I start my semester this afternoon. This semester is going to be only more involved than the last, which means yet again I'll have practically no spare time. But in just a few months it will be over, the light is at the end of the tunnel, and for the first time in nearly 20 years I won't have to attend school! I'll just work at one; oh the irony.
So my mantra for the coming months will be "simplicity". If I can keep focus on that in all aspects of my life, it's only a matter of time before I'll be on my way to the next chapter of my story. Until next time...
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