
…time when I truly believed that New York City would be the gateway to the life I dreamed of living. I’m the kind of person who’s never exactly had career goals but I’ve always had a strong idea of what I wanted my life to look like: full of cosmopolitan friends who pepper intellectual discussions with pop culture references, weekends busy with brunches and museums and orchestral concerts, and a job that is challenging-but-fulfilling, and combines my passions with my talents. I graduated from college in 2008, and after spending eight months backpacking around Europe I could…