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Although the notion of moving to NYC was completely out of the blue<\/strong>, I was excited and pretty much moved at the drop of a hat<\/strong>. This would be my third major move and I was knocking on wood<\/strong> that the third times a charm<\/strong>. I never planned on moving to a city as big and scary as NYC, but I was hoping that the city would be\u00a0all bark and no bite<\/strong>. But boy did I bite off more than I can chew<\/strong>. Moving to NYC has really\u00a0been as hard as nails<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Moving to a new city is always difficult and you sort of find yourself back at square one<\/strong>. We sold everything but the kitchen sink<\/strong> before we came, so we had to pretty much start from scratch<\/strong>. It’s hard to not get frustrated but you have to remember that Rome was not built in one day<\/strong>.<\/p>\n First things first, get a job. Luckily I hit the ground running<\/strong> and I quickly started getting interviews. Assistant jobs are a dime a dozen<\/strong> here. I didn’t find anything that really struck my fancy,<\/strong> until I got an interview at a flashy\u00a0company that I really wanted, \u00a0so I put my eye on the prize<\/strong>. I thought\u00a0the day I would get this job would be the day when pigs fly,<\/strong> so I didn\u2019t put all my eggs in one basket<\/strong>.\u00a0 However, I got the job! How did I get it? Well, your guess is as good as mine<\/strong>. I\u2019m not always playing with a full deck,<\/strong> but I think I went the extra mile<\/strong>, was at the right place at the right time<\/strong> and the job was in the bag<\/strong>!<\/p>\n Next thing, get an apartment. Finding a decent apartment here is like finding a needle in a haystack<\/strong>. Apartments in Manhattan will cost you an arm and a leg<\/strong> but somehow we managed to find a rent-controlled apartment in a great location. This only happens once in a blue moon,<\/strong> so we were as happy as clams<\/strong>. There\u2019s no room to swing a cat<\/strong> in our studio, but it\u2019s a place.\u00a0Found a job, an apartment, and we were like, \u201cThis will be a piece of cake<\/strong>!\u201d<\/p>\n Close but no cigar<\/strong>. Finding a job and an apartment were the easy part. Actually working and living here is the challenge. I know I\u2019m still learning the ropes<\/strong>, but NYC is a tough adjustment. Life in the city is loud and you just want to scream, \u201cPut a sock in it<\/strong>!\u201d\u00a0The city is full of people running around like chickens with their heads cut off<\/strong> and the over the top<\/strong> attitudes just add fuel to the fire<\/strong>. At the end of a long day, I am so exhausted I run out of steam<\/strong> and I go down like a lead balloon<\/strong>. Or if it was a particularly hard day, we\u2019ll drink like fish<\/strong> until we\u2019re dropping like flies<\/strong>. I think if\u00a0we had the means to paint the town red<\/strong> and wine and dine<\/strong> ourselves every night, the city might be more tolerable.<\/p>\n I could talk about the frustrations of the city until the cows come home<\/strong> but that\u2019s really beating a dead horse<\/strong>. The city has its challenges every day and I\u2019m learning to not cry over spilt milk<\/strong>. To make a long story short<\/strong> living in NYC is not a walk in the park<\/strong>. Everyday is a struggle but that’s the way the cookie crumbles<\/strong>. I know the grass is always greener<\/strong> but I don\u2019t think I could ever call\u00a0NYC\u00a0\u201chome\u201d. As for what’s next, I guess its back to the drawing board<\/strong>. Sorry NYC, I might be ready to pull the plug<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A figurative look at moving to NYC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[22,75,385],"class_list":["post-1157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nyc","tag-mt","tag-new-yorkers","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bottomlessmimosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bottomlessmimosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bottomlessmimosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bottomlessmimosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bottomlessmimosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bottomlessmimosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bottomlessmimosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bottomlessmimosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bottomlessmimosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bottomlessmimosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}