Something Told Me...

Something told me that this might happen. Deciding to leave New York was difficult enough, but I definitely knew I was ready for the change. What I wasn't ready for was the repercussions that would come about from me making that leap.

Living in NYC can be like being on a drug. The city is loud, it's crowded and constantly pulsing with life. The buildings are tall, the lights are bright and there's always something going on. So in leaving NYC after living there for three years, I'm seriously going through withdrawals. I'm having to come down from my 3 year high and I can't say I like the effects. DC is a great city, the type of place that's perfect for having a career and raising a family but as a young adult, it can be a tad bit (dare I say it), boring.

My biggest frustration has come from realizing just how straight-laced DC can be. In just riding the train to and from work I can tell how entirely different this city is. Most of the other riders are wearing suits(only black or navy for the most part). I no longer see the "colorful" transit riders that grace the MTA. While working in my current job which is at a store in DC "fashion district", Georgetown, I've had customers(yes with an 's') tell me that they wouldn't buy certain flashier items because they didn't know where they would wear anything like that in DC. Huh? What is this blue-blooded conservative city I've come back to?

Over the past year, I believe I've experienced a lot of personal growth and development, but I can't say that I was fully prepared for this type of shift. I went from living in my own apartment with 3 roomies, holding down a career driven job, and being surrounded by friends who were having many of the same life experiences I was. Now I'm living back with my parents, working a job that is truly meant to be nothing more than temporary and struggling to get a leg up on what my next step to what successful entrepreneurship should be.

I know that adjusting to this drastically new life will be difficult and take time. But how much time it will take, I don't know. I just know that I have to keep my ultimate goal in sight. Damn this quarter life thing.