day #21: i hear 30 is a good year

did i mention that during this 30 day challenge, i am also preparing to move? in less than 2 weeks, i'll be moving out of the apartment i've called home for the last 4 years and heading out to LA for the summer on a freelance gig. i'm not moving back to LA - it just happened that the job coincided with my lease ending and i knew i didn't want to re-sign. so i've decided to sell a bunch of my stuff and put the rest in storage.

it kills me how timely and poetic this all is. like i'm selling off little pieces of my 20s, while still holding onto a few key items that can transition with me into the next decade. the bookshelves i bought at crate and barrel can stay. the dresser with the drawers off their runners and a knob missing, cannot. adult! of course, i'm already getting nostalgic about everything. leaving my only NY apt i've known, leaving the lower east side, the pickle guys, the stupid bar next door that i hate, the really unfriendly chinese bodega down the street, and how could i forget my nosy neighbor susie (she almost deserves her own entry). i keep telling myself it's not goodbye forever - just goodbye for now. but it's still hard.

all that said, i had a minor freakout yesterday thinking about everything and thinking about all the work i still needed to do, so i didn't really accomplish a challenge. meh. but in keeping with it's spirit, i did try and do small acts of kindness where i could. i said hello to my neighbors, held doors open for a strangers, donated to a few online causes that friends were hosting, smiled a lot, and in general just tried to keep a pleasant attitude to put out some good vibes.

after the freelance job ends this august, i'm headed to kauai with my sister for a week, and then off on a cruise to mexico for my best friend's bachelorette party. and then we shall see where work takes me after that. will i stay in LA a little longer, or will it take me back to NY? wherever i end up, i know that a lot of good things are coming. i think i'm really going to enjoy my 30s.

as my good friend ali says - i hear 30 is a good year.

day 21 - complete(ish)!

xoxo
meags