I moved out during a pandemic!

New major milestone! This post is a tad bit late, but I’m officially a city girl, wooh! I knew that I wanted to spend my early 20’s living in a city, and for the longest time I didn’t know which one. I didn’t initially plan to stay in the bay. But with the circumstances, I had to go with the flow. So now here I am in SF!

While I could’ve toughed it out for another year at my parent’s house and saved money on rent, something in me just knew that it was time to spread my wings and live independently. I want this blog to be as candid as possible, so with full transparency, moving during the pandemic sucked! I don’t mean to be a Debbie Downer here, but along with the pain of having to pay SF rent prices here’s the reality I’ve had to face when moving amidst a pandemic:

I haven't been able to have full experiences

The main reason I decided to move to a city was because there’s so much to do here! But with lockdown, there’s nothing to do here! I was looking forward to going out to endless happy hours, spending my weekends at the park or beach with my friends, and having fun at the bars and clubs. Since moving, things have started opening up, but things definitely aren’t near normal yet.

I haven’t been able to meet people

I am very much a people person. I love meeting new people, making small talk, and learning from others. Not only were we on lockdown for a while, but everyone is obviously extra cautious when it comes to being in close proximity to others. It has been nearly impossible to meet new people here, which sucks because I feel like I need more friends who I can related to. I don’t mean to bash my current friends (I love them all to death), but having people who also live in the city and are early in their career would definitely bring more comfort and help me inspire me while I’m figuring out my way through this phase in my life.

I haven’t been able to leave my apartment much

Work from home has been in full effect, as we all know, which means I spend Monday-Friday, 9-6pm working in my apartment. I’ve been lucky enough to figure out a gym routine that gets me out of the house early in the morning, so that gives me some sanity, but I would prefer to have more time away from home. Just having more sights/views throughout my day would add a bit more excitement to my day.