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2 Months Ago

If you would have talked to me two months ago (December 17th) and told me where I would be today, I would have laughed in your face.

Two months ago, I imagined by now I’d be living here in New York and I’d have some sort of stable income, preferably a full-time job with benefits. The words “relationship” or “boyfriend” weren’t even in my vocabulary, let alone something I was searching for. I hadn’t even thought about actually being unemployed for longer than a couple of weeks. I mean, that really doesn’t happen, right? I was living in my own world, on that high of graduating college and finally basking in the success that was.

In reality, I have been unemployed since the end of last semester. I have been trying to find more freelance gigs to fill my unemployment, but I haven’t had any luck because all jobs seem to want coders or coder/designer hybrids with amazing coding skills. I actually do have my first full-time position interview tomorrow, which I am crossing my fingers for because it’s a position that would fit me perfectly, I believe. I have been on a master job hunt for the last two months that I believe would leave the average person exhausted.

I came to New York to find a job, however, within my first few weeks here, I found myself in a relationship. I have been with a boy I met for a little over a month now. Even though a relationship really wasn’t what I was looking for when I got here, I welcomed it with open arms- It felt like like it was the right thing to do, and the right time.

A lot has changed in my perception of New York. It’s a lot harder here than it seems!