Dreams Do Come True

Life has a really strange way of working out. The older I get, the more I realize everything happens for a reason. Even though I will be leaving California on very bittersweet terms, and god knows I
will miss it terribly, I think I finally understand why things might have worked out the way they did and why I am leaving. I am leaving to fulfill a dream.

I am moving to NYC in a little over a month, and if there was ever a time for me to move to New York, it is most definitely NOW. After California. I feel so much more zen (go ahead and call the hippie police on me), and in a healthier place. If I lived in NYC even as little as two years ago, I would have been outta control. Going out all the time, endless mindless dates, getting trapped in the shallow "social scene", but now I think I will truly enjoy NYC for all the right reasons. Truthfully, some of things I used to love about New York has lost its appeal...like the hustle and bustle, the everyday grind, the constant stimulation, the city that never sleeps (lol I like my sleep now a days). But there is still a ton I love about NYC.... the fashion, central park in the fall, the museums, Halloween madness, the city decorated for the holidays, ice skating in Bryant park, etc. I am excited to explore my city with the right state of mind, and for all the right reasons. 

I know I am notorious for using (abusing) the #blessed, but seriously that is exactly how I feel right now. I have dreamed of living and working in New York City since I was thirteen years old! I remember all the times I tagged along with my dad just roaming around the city while he worked. I remember junior year of HS when I scouted out the potential NYC universities I wanted to go to, and being so upset when I made the financial decision to go to Rutgers. I remember all trips I made to New York in my college years, vowing to myself that one day I would live there. I remember graduating nursing school, and making a folder of my dream NYC nursing jobs. I remember when I chose buying my condo over moving to New York, and I felt a part of me failed myself for not seeing my dream through. And now when I least expected, and most ironically, when I least want it.... I am moving to NYC!!!!!! Not only am I moving there, I am going to be working at NYP Cornell in their Neuro ICU!! Someone pinch me. 

I always used to say New York is my first love. I don't know if the love affair still exists, or if it will be revived when I move back, either way I know this...It will be a very sweet visit to an old friend. And I don't know how long I will stay in NYC, or where life will take me next, but I know I will have a little more faith in it's plan for me. Because dreams do come true. Sometimes even after you have given up on them...and isn't that just a beautiful thing???

Feeling extremely grateful,
Nandu <3 nbsp="" p="">

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