why i heart new york so much

when you come to new york city, you usually have a goal in mind. you come for a reason. maybe it's to run away from problems at home. perhaps there is a job in the city that you absolutely must have. maybe it's simpler than that and you just want to buy some designer clothes. whatever the reason, new york is a magnet for possibilities, and it certainly attracted me with its promise and hope for bigger and better things.

when i was in college, it was mostly to run away from the fear of being nothing. i grew up in a small town, and the last thing I wanted to be was small. i was caught up in a surburban world that would always see me in a certain light... a rather nerdly light. my instincts brought me to new york via new york university. this time the high cost of education was worth it to me if it would dig up and shine the light on my artsy side. the city, i am happy to say, did not let me down.

what is wonderful and glorious and so addictive about new york is that literally anything is possible. the minute my family drove me up here for my first day of college, i could taste on the tip of my tongue the exciting times that lay ahead of me. though i grew up with a strict upbringing that prevented me from truly connecting with the real world, from truly connecting to my desires and dreams, i knew here in this relatively tiny stretch of land, i would find something... perhaps even discover myself.