[My answer for Prompt 12 is simply no. Please see Prompt 9, 100 mph.]
Today’s prompt? Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, today’s prompt. Scott Belsky asks me about my aspirations and what comes next. It’s like he was reading my mind for the past week while I have been CONSUMED with my next step but couldn’t focus on it due to illness and school.
New York.
The Big Apple.
Concrete Jungle Where Dreams Are Made of.
New York, New York.
I am currently consumed with Operation: Move to NYC in ’11.
Just like my dream to one day live on the west coast, this isn’t an overnight decision. I talked about how it felt like home and how I’ve been wanting to live there for years. At first, it was just a thought.
“Maybe in my 30s.”
“I need a job there. It’s expensive. I have to get more security.”
Over the last 3 weeks though, something has washed over me. This urgency and knowing feeling that there is no better time than now. I applied to a job here and there in New York as a long-shot but then…it just hit me.
It doesn’t have to be a long shot. I’m 25 years old, about to be 26 and if not now, WHEN?
2010 has been all about taking control of my thoughts and actions. It was about owning my feelings and letting go of doubt. It was MY year to grow.
I said 2011 will be about fulfillment.
So why hold myself back?
I have a boyfriend who is so supportive that he will, depending on the situation, take a job up there with me but understands my need to do this on my own. Moving to New York is MY passion.
Moving out and getting a place in D.C. was easy. I’d already been going to school and working in the city. It was familiar and safe.
New York? New York is the challenge that will be worth it beyond belief.
So I’ve been taking action. I’ve been actively applying to jobs up there with an unrelenting passion and hope. (I know this is doubly difficult because I’m competing against all of NYC while I’m down in DC] I’m using my most powerful tool, my love of networking to make connections up there now. [So if you’re in New York and aren’t following me on Twitter, you should go do it now.]
So Scott Belsky, founder & CEO of Behance, guess what? I am turning my ideas & passions into reality. You asked the perfect question for me today. It just might be fate and maybe you could give me a tip or two to make it in New York.
New York, be ready for me in 2011. You will be my home, where I spread my wings and make my passions a reality.
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Prompt: Action. When it comes to aspirations, its not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen. What’s your next step?