Get Ready, NYC!

So, it’s official.  I have my plane ticket and I quit my job. PHEW! That took a lot of stress off my chest; I can breathe a bit easier knowing that it is actually happening.  I am moving to New York City. 

I never, ever expected that to be in my plan.  Which is great because I have a problem I need to work on and it’s that I plan too much.  These past few weeks, my brain has been absolutely crazy trying to figure everything out.  Just constantly running through lists in my mind of what needs to be done.  The hardest part of it is that so much is out of my control. In the midst of my control freak panic I have already had my bags packed for three days.  Sweaters, scarves, and anything layer-able and warm has been vacuum sealed in SpaceBags and stuffed into three suitcases. 

The job I was expecting to get me there has been delayed; hopefully it will come up soon because it seems like a good opportunity.  But right now I am in need of work.  It’s been pretty impossible trying to find a job while in Arizona.  I am really not picky at all and am actually kind of looking forward to where the search will take me.  Ideally, I would love to work for a nonprofit with youth or women – realistically, I am willing to walk your dogs and sell you clothes.  So my plan is that I don’t have one really.  I just am going to keep applying, keep calling, keep networking, and then walk my ass around New York, resumes in hand, smile pasted on my freezing face, hoping someone wants to give me a paycheck in exchange for me busting my ass.  Which I will do.  In whatever way I can.  Because it’s New York City and that’s what you do there.  Because it’s New York City and it’s worth it. 

After having a 9-5 M-F job for the past three years I actually wouldn’t mind some odd hours and a couple part-time jobs.  That’s what being young is about.  Wherever my no-plan-plan leads me I have faith that it will add some interesting moments and useful skills to my life. 

I have 16 days before I leave!  It’s so crazy.  Like the beginning of most big decisions and events that have happened in my life, it doesn’t feel real.  And I know it won’t until I am actually there for a while, until I get settled and figure it all out.  So, for all my friends who I will be seeing over the next couple weeks, it might be the last time for a while.  I love you!