Expectations of New York
I always wanted to go overseas, to experience new things, meet new people, visit new places.
Have a chat to Bec the other day, and when asked "are you really happy here in New York?" my answer was "it's ok".
Is New York what I expected it to be? What did I expect to achieve in the first place? Why did I want to come here?
Going overseas to me was always a chance to refresh myself, to get that "newcomer" perspective that I did not have when in Sydney. Part of the "living overseas" need was from friends who had made the jump aready, and their "experiences" and (when I was a single man) their "escapades" aka hoey stories.
Given that the hoey stories is now not part of the equation, what "experiences" would I want, especially in the New York?
It's strange, I haven't had the urge to read up on the goings on here in New York, prefering the trusty www.smh.com.au. I don't know what's happening, I don't know what's good to do. Lucky for me Bec has made a lot more inroads in this part, so I'm still able to get out there and do new things.
Work has been fairly slow, so it hasn't motivated me to any high level (damn delayed projects).
I would like to meet more people, and I'm beginning to realise that this is a slow process:
- Being a couple usually means I'm more than happy to chill out ourselves
- There's so many friends overseas that I would like to keep in touch with but do not so not much energy is expended on meeting new ones.
In the end, for me New York was a place, it sounded good, but I have no expectations.
No expectations => no way to measure results => no passion.
OK, gotta get involved then. Let's tick off some stuff:
- I promised myself that I would do some acting classes here (it's Broadway and all that) so will add that to the list.
- Picking up some volleyball will be good for me as well.
- Having got into the photography stuff, New York is a great place to capture life. I would like to take one scene in New York, and capture it every week and see how it changes
- Trapeze class! Wait till the summer
- Read up websites like www.nymag.com and see what's going on (oh the snarky gossip hurts to read!)
3 comments:
Mmm, I suggest going to more gigs. One thing I seriously love about Rondon and Europe is that there are sooo many more gig opportunities here than in Sydney. Never heard of Rodrigo y Gabriela before, but bought tix on a whim to see them last night, and they were awesome. So widen your horizons more music-wise and find out what gigs are on ;)
For me one of the best things about London is the convenience of it all - NY I imagine is the same.
Appreciate that u can 'pop out' to do so many more things just on a whim. You don't need to think about it at all, no need to think about parking, traffic, terribly late public transport etc - u decide to go check out a museum exhibition, or go for a walk at central park, or go to see a show - all of it is just a 5-10 min (cheap) cab ride away. Dinner - pop out your door and there are dozens of places to choose from right on your doorstep.
Appreciate that and you'll come to realise how much there is in the city that you love!
Thanks for the suggestions guys, I definitely appreciate the convenience!
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