About Me

The Beginning

New York City, Center of the Universe. I'm a 20-something woman navigating this concrete jungle, actively climbing the corporate ladder at a digital advertising firm, living on my own in a tiny box that eats up half of my paycheck every month. Stability is not an option, but I've learned that if you can survive your first few years here without throwing in your hat, it turns out that you not only make it through, but you come out of the experience as a different person. A lot of that can simply be attributed to growing up.

We're forced to make difficult choices with limited resources, work hard & play hard, and basically start fresh with building relationships. There's a reason why they say that, while New York is the city with most life and people, it's also the loneliest. We proactively have to make a niche, and a mark, and that helps us more quickly define who we are that if we were living anywhere else.

One of the most important elements of making it here is ensuring that you have a group of people who you can trust, who are living and breathing this microcosm of a universe along with you. I couldn't have asked for a better one. Each one of them is an incredible woman - beautiful, highly successful, generous, caring, intelligent...well, you get the picture. And, each of them has helped craft the unique perspective that I hope to share with you within these posts.

• A is the honest one who doesn't mince words. A force to be reckoned with in the sports business, she tells it like it is and is always there to keep us grounded.
• R is our mother hen. She is a self-made tech mogul under 30 with wit, charm and impeccable taste, ready to conquer the world. She also throws the best parties.
• K is the quiet one, working in event marketing. Once you know her though, she's one of the best allies you'll have, as well as quite the outgoing companion.
• M is the spicy one, working in HR, constantly running in races and then joining us for drinks afterward. She is a great balance of saucy &sweet, and she's always got your back.
• T rocks our socks off, there's not much more that I can say. Between a job in accounting, volunteering all over the city, moving a million miles a minute &being the fabulous girl that she is, she keeps us inspired & smiling.

These are my people - we keep each other sane, and of course we have a blast together.

Now, I'm not claiming to be an expert on any of this, what it means to be who we are as we try to define ourselves here. To be honest, I'm not even close. But my friends and I have a story full of questions and qualms and lessons and aspirations, and we're living in a place that gives us the opportunity to start figuring it all out. So take it as you will, and I hope you'll come along for the ride.