Vintage suit from Awoke Vintage
DVF sweater
Iindaco boots

What do I miss the most since I’ve began quarantine? 

I definitely miss the energy of NYC. The energy is the reason why many of us left home to come live in this hustling and bustling city. It was a feeling we knew we couldn’t get anywhere else but here. I sure miss that feeling, but I’m trying to push the longing to the bottom of my stomach because I’m trying to be more optimistic these days.  I just wonder if it will ever be back to the way it was before, and I cant help but feel things will have to be different when the world starts to resume a sort of normalcy. The idea of normalcy will need to be redefined. The old energy will be there, but it will hazier for a lot longer than we will expect. That’s the feeling I have. And I will go with the flow once that day comes. I miss exploring Manhattan by foot and stumbling upon new restaurants. I miss being behind the wheel and taking road trips upstate. Heck, I even miss the daily annoyances of the subway. I miss my parents who are all the way in California. I miss the desert heat. I miss the feeling of grass on my back and sweat on my brow as I lie in the sun in the park. I miss browsing the bookstores for hours. I miss so much, I can’t even name them all. But here I am, beginning Week 6 of quarantine, and I’m sort of used to this new routine that I have going for me. What I am learning from these days and about myself are things that I won’t be able to shake post-quarantine. I’m learning about my patience. I am learning about my what drives my creativity. I am learning even more so that I am a true homebody. I am learning that the simple, small things have so much worth and value. I am learning that one doesn’t need to travel far and wide to feel knowledgeable and worldly. I have learned so much from talking to you all. I have learned that there is no such thing as loneliness as long as you make yourself your own best friend. There is going to be so much that I bring with me into life after quarantine, and it’s going to be for the better. I’m so curious as to where the world will really all go after this, and I just hope that it won’t just keep going as it WAS, but move forward with everything we are learning right NOW. Nothing is more important than right now.