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Jack Cluth's avatar

Reading this, I was struck by how you're actually talking about life at two polar opposite ends of the spectrum. So, yeah, I can understand how you might be feeling a bit discombobulated. New York has so much to offer, but it comes with so much ubiquitous crap that it can seem as if you're up to your eyeballs. Small town Europe is a world away, and I can't think of anything more different- except for perhaps being on the surface of the moon...or on a lava bed in Iceland.

I'd imagine the culture shock alone would be staggering. I can't begin to imagine what the adjustment must be like. Know that I wish you the best going forward as you attempt to figure out which way is up. It's tough enough being a creative in this world. I suspect trying to do it in New York would be...challenging.

Mazel Tov! 🤗❤️

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Gary Herstein's avatar

"Untrammeled capitalism perches gargoyle-like on your shoulder and shouts at you to go faster, faster, faster." -- What is sometimes referred to (in evolutionary circles, based on Lewis's "Alice" stories) "The Red Queen Gambit": you keep going faster to keep up with the things going faster to keep up with you. It is physically (never mind logically) impossible to sustain, and the only "solution" is when the entire system experiences a catastrophic collapse.

As little pieces of my self start coming back to life at the prospect (still a painful week+ away) of living somewhere that isn't a trailer-parked-behind-a-pole-barn-in-Johnston-City, the thought of dating again hisses in my ear like the serpent in the orchard. You think its bad in your age-group in NYC ...

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