What a crazy year it's been! Graduated college, signed a lease in NYC, got a job, met guy after guy after guy (and so the story goes), made new friends, discovered new places, learned the subway system (maybe my biggest accomplishment!), and overall grew up. Quite the whirlwind welcome to the so-called 'Real World' - does this mean I'm officially a grown up?
Lessons Learned:
1. To lose weight you can't eat. Anything. Ever. Period.
2. Prince Charming is NOT waiting for me on the corner (or at the subway stop or at the bar) so maybe I need to stop looking so hard
3. Always wear shoes in NYC
4. It is either ridiculously expensive to live in this city or you can find a free/cheap way to do almost everything you want to do depending on how resourceful you are
5. Amendment to #4: contrary to popular belief, the best things in life are typically NOT free
6. Red wine actually tastes good when it doesn't come out of a box
7. There is never ever a time when you will have more freedom and life will be more fun than in college
8. Take as many vacations as possible - mini, extended, or anything in between
9. Going back little kid style to sharing a room with my best friend is like having a slumber party every night
10. Laughter really is the best medicine
Cheers to spontaneity, dancing, high heels, guest "bartending", deliciousness, and pretty things. Cheers to living simply, loving generously, caring deeply, and speaking kindly. Cheers to all the fabulous people in my life who have helped me get to where I am today and who will be there for whatever craziness comes next.
XOXO
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What a wonderfully-well-put post. Love the bit on red wine and learning the subway system (Not as hard as it seems at first RIGHT?!)--just gotta figure out the main lines on each side of town and you're golden : )
ReplyDeleteP.s. I hope you never got stuck without shoes in NYC--that's awful...and gross. Ha.
Here's to a grand 2011...may it bring you everything you wished for.
I LOVE this as it allows me to relive my first years in the City after college. Well said - I'd only add that if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere ("it's up to you, New York, NEW YORK!")
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