I’ve had a lot of fun this summer, so far. Two things in particular that happened that I want to share include getting $40 orchestra seats to Oh, Mary! on Broadway and having the time of my life last night – hanging out with different people and sleeping in the West Village. 

The day of the show, I decided I wanted to try to see it. Tickets were expensive! Basically, I waited on the line as people entered the theater, next to a guy who was asking if anyone had a n extra ticket (He wanted one for free! I asked) and so I thought well if someone asks him to pay and he says no, then I’ll offer some money for the ticket. A lady asked if I was looking to buy a ticket, I said yes (she considered giving it to the guy for free.. but C’mon.. even I knew that was a shot in the dark.. you gotta pay. (I think!). I was skeptical about her at first but it all seemed right and it was! The show is AMAZING. 

Waking up in the West Village this morning was a dream come true. I’ve only ever done that once before, when I was 13. My cousin use to house-sit and my cousins and I would stay there a night or two. That was the first time I had a drink, actually. And what’s interesting is that now I’m 31. 13.. 31.. and I’m in my Saturn return. I thought that was interesting today. After saying goodbye to my friend, I went to Judson Memorial Church. It was great to be there in person. Then I went home and decided to go to Riis Beach. That was also everything. Now I’m home reading Dan Ariely’s Dollars and Sense and it’s great! I think it’ll help me be wiser with my spending habits.. or at least be more aware of them. 

Anyway, I just really had to share all of that. Even though I haven’t found another job and I do need more money, I’ve been having a lot of fun. Is there an opportunity cost on time? I wonder what Dan Ariely would say about that. 

I just planned my birthday trip to Puerto Rico this morning! I’m really excited about it because there are two goals I had in mind: Get a sense of how it would be to live there and be (mostly) alone. I’ll be in Santurce one night to get a sense of city life/ night life and then an eco-farm for three nights in Utuado, and then a mountain top stay for two nights. The eco-farm is suppose to allow myself to get a feel for nature in Puerto Rico; will it speak to me - does it want me to stay? The mountain top is suppose to give a luxe feel.. a more, if I worked hard to obtain monetary wealth and enjoy that wealth (low key, alone), feel. On my birthday, I’ll be leaving the farm and entering the mountain top. This is all suppose to help me get a sense of 1. What I want out of life and 2. Should I move to Puerto Rico? I understand it isn’t A LOT of time in x area but I think it’s semi enough to get a small feel for insight. Either way, I’m excited for August. I will find a way to make enough money this month (and some change) to support those dates I won’t be working. 

Maybe the reason why life is difficult is because we’re always gaining and losing something. If you think about transitions, they are normally a little shaky, unpredictable, emotional, uncertain. And I think in life, we are always in a transition of losing and gaining, learning, and un-learning. All of the time. Perhaps the only way to not experience that is to not live. That is, to never change.