Life, Lately: August 2020

Hiya, how are you doing?

I know, I know, a loaded question. For me, it still changes every hour (sometimes multiple times in an hour 😂). But 5 months into the pandemic I’m starting to accept the constant roller coaster of emotions. Can you relate?

A lot has changed, in a good way, since my last little life update in June. Lots of exciting things to share with you today: some more details on the new apartment (!) and a new job (!!)

Let’s dive in!

Life, Lately:

I’ve definitely fallen into a summer routine that I’m really liking.

Wake up, workout in the morning on Zoom. Either go for a walk to get coffee or make coffee at home and sit down to do some work for the blog or class planning. Work until I’m hungry for lunch.

After lunch catch-up on anything else that needs to be done (I just started a new job so that work has been happening in the afternoon, more on that below!)

Around 3/4:00PM head out for second coffee and go for a long walk, weather permitting. I’ve mentioned before that my parents have an apartment in the city. Their building also has a pool that I’ve been taking full advantage of. Most days I’ll head to the pool after I’m all gross and sweaty from walking around. I’ll dry off and read until I’m inevitably hungry for dinner.

By the time I head to my own apartment it’s usually 8:00PM and I’m winding down after dinner. Eventually I go to sleep, and repeat the next day.

 

How Have I Been?

The hardest part for me has still been the loneliness through all of this. Most of my friends that left the city in March still haven’t come back. I wouldn’t say I had a thriving social life prior to the pandemic, but most weeks I’d have dinner with friends at least one night during the week and my job always felt super social since I was chatting with 100 or so students throughout the day. Some days the only people I talk to are my doormen and the barista at Starbucks.

I had spent SO much time focusing on how weird this summer would feel because of the pandemic that I didn’t acknowledge until more recently that it also feels weird because it’s my first summer that I’m not in a relationship in 9 years. Some days I feel unphased by it. But then some days, like today, it feels really daunting to just know that I’m going to spend the whole weekend essentially alone. I hate harping on this because I don’t want to come off as super negative when I know I have SO much to be grateful for right now, all things considered, but man, loneliness fucking sucks. It just does.

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This week has felt a bit better because I’ve gotten to see a few people. I went for a coffee walk with a friend that lives in the neighborhood. I also got to see a co-worker from one of the fitness studios I teach at yesterday

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As I said earlier… it’s a roller coaster, for sure. Some days I’m living my best introvert life. Other days it feels really challenging. But hey, it’s [still] a pandemic. All of that is to be expected.

 

The New Apartment!!!

I shared a few days ago that I’m moving to a new apartment soon! You can see a mini-tour of the apartment here. After 10 years of living in my current apartment, I’m so looking forward to a fresh new start and to have a bigger space.

I’m not sure when I’m moving yet, but I’m starting to get the new apartment put together. My plan is to live in this new apartment for the long run — I don’t plan on leaving NYC permanently any time soon. Because of this I want to really make the space feel like my home. I met with an interior designer this week. With my current apartment, I kind of haphazardly chose all of my furniture. Some of it works. Some of it definitely does not…

Since most of my furniture is 10+ years old, I’ll be getting mostly new furniture minus a few things that are still in pretty good condition. As someone that LOVES all things HGTV, this part is so freaking fun for me. I’ll be sharing more design inspiration posts in the upcoming weeks. I’ve been having way too much fun on Pinterest 😂

 

I started a new marketing job!

Prior to the pandemic I was starting to think about getting back into marketing and social media work. If you are newer to the blog: before I became a yoga teacher, I worked at a handful of start-ups doing social media and digital marketing. I also went to grad school for marketing as well with the goal of starting my own social media consulting business.

This week I started my new job as a Digital Marketing Specialist with a company that creates websites. I get to nerd out about all the parts of marketing I love — social media strategy, content creation, blogging, and SEO.

I’ve really been loving it so far and I’m excited to see where it leads me.

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WHAT I’M WATCHING: Canada’s Drag Race! Team Jimbo ALL the way. I’m also still rewatching Sex and the City for the umpteenth time.

WHAT I’M READING: Currently reading The Boys Club by Erica Katz which is about a young lawyer navigating the world of big law. It reminds me of a few other books I’ve read over the years on a similar basis, but I’m still really loving it so far.

WHAT I’M LISTENING TO:  the A Thing Or Two podcast. It’s absolutely delightful.