So, Here's the Plan
Ok, several details factoring in here:
1. I'm not certain what type of writing out of which I want to make a career. However, I can write anywhere.
2. New York is expensive and I have debts to pay. However, if I find the right job, it can pay the bills.
3. I don't want to work in an office. I want to write.
4. I want to live with friends, but I don't have any who are either a) looking for for a new apartment or b) looking for a new apartment AND want to live with me. This is to my disadvantage.
5. I have a lot of good days here in Manhattan ... at least as many as the bad days. I do better in the summer anyway, so it's to my benefit that the spring is coming upon us. I can postpone any regional displacement decisions for another few months.
So, basically, here's how I see it:
As the weather changes, so too does my attitude and general mood. I'll enjoy New York more throughout the summer, especially if I find a place to live somewhere closer to people my age. So I need to move out and preferably further south on the island. I get a job as a waiter or bartender (I've done it before and I can do it again), pay my bills, and have more free time during which I can write. In September, I can decide if I want to move - to Maryland or to Los Angeles. This is in line with the time line I set when I moved back into Manhattan. I gave myself a year to test the waters here. If I didn't like it, I would leave. Maryland is a place to recuperate and re-energize, then I find my way from there. This gives me six months. I think that's plenty of time to find my way again.
I also have a few guidelines for the next six months:
1. I have to find and maintain a job. The reality is that, while I may not want an office job, I need A job.
2. No frivolous purchases - no HDTVs, no stereo equipment, no gaming consoles, no computer components. I have all of those already, so there should be no single item over $60 I "need" to buy.
3. I have to write for at least an hour every day. The goal is to get myself back in the groove and make it to three hours every day.
I think if I hold to these standards, I can get myself back into the swing of things and recapture the person I was before I came to NYU (and became apathetic towards fulfilling my lifelong dreams).
I've set one more guideline for myself for these six months, though. I won't actively seek a new boyfriend. If I come across something, I'll see how it plays out, but the next six months are about ME.
We'll see where I'm at in September.
*Edit* 1:16AM
Angi, Dan, and Kate - When are you fuckers gonna come visit me? I have no roommate until April 27th. Don't wait until the last minute, goddammit! Get yer asses up here NOW!
1. I'm not certain what type of writing out of which I want to make a career. However, I can write anywhere.
2. New York is expensive and I have debts to pay. However, if I find the right job, it can pay the bills.
3. I don't want to work in an office. I want to write.
4. I want to live with friends, but I don't have any who are either a) looking for for a new apartment or b) looking for a new apartment AND want to live with me. This is to my disadvantage.
5. I have a lot of good days here in Manhattan ... at least as many as the bad days. I do better in the summer anyway, so it's to my benefit that the spring is coming upon us. I can postpone any regional displacement decisions for another few months.
So, basically, here's how I see it:
As the weather changes, so too does my attitude and general mood. I'll enjoy New York more throughout the summer, especially if I find a place to live somewhere closer to people my age. So I need to move out and preferably further south on the island. I get a job as a waiter or bartender (I've done it before and I can do it again), pay my bills, and have more free time during which I can write. In September, I can decide if I want to move - to Maryland or to Los Angeles. This is in line with the time line I set when I moved back into Manhattan. I gave myself a year to test the waters here. If I didn't like it, I would leave. Maryland is a place to recuperate and re-energize, then I find my way from there. This gives me six months. I think that's plenty of time to find my way again.
I also have a few guidelines for the next six months:
1. I have to find and maintain a job. The reality is that, while I may not want an office job, I need A job.
2. No frivolous purchases - no HDTVs, no stereo equipment, no gaming consoles, no computer components. I have all of those already, so there should be no single item over $60 I "need" to buy.
3. I have to write for at least an hour every day. The goal is to get myself back in the groove and make it to three hours every day.
I think if I hold to these standards, I can get myself back into the swing of things and recapture the person I was before I came to NYU (and became apathetic towards fulfilling my lifelong dreams).
I've set one more guideline for myself for these six months, though. I won't actively seek a new boyfriend. If I come across something, I'll see how it plays out, but the next six months are about ME.
We'll see where I'm at in September.
*Edit* 1:16AM
Angi, Dan, and Kate - When are you fuckers gonna come visit me? I have no roommate until April 27th. Don't wait until the last minute, goddammit! Get yer asses up here NOW!
posted by Dave at 12:56:00 AM
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Can you believe it guys?! He's actually issuing threats to us on here now!
Got a problem with that, Angi? If so, please call our customer support line at 1-800-SHADDAP. ;-)
Bite me!
well David, I hardly ever post anything here, but I don't believe in global warming and don't want to piss you off about it. However, I have been following your saga these days and want you to know that I love you. Unconditionally and without a grain of guilt about it. Do your thing, write your book, screenplay, be the star you are. To hell with those who don't believe in you. We do.
Love, Mom, your Dad, Kate and Kasey
SOON... -Dan
SOON...-Dan
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