I've decided that I need to start being more grateful for what I have. Like my fingers, toes, and the fact that I'm a fully functioning human being.
Today, I'm most grateful for the sunlight flooding into my room.
When I first moved to New York back in July 2010 I was lucky enough to have found a great apartment in one of the best areas in Manhattan, SoHo, thanks to my long lost friend Jessica, who, after seeing my post on Facebook about needing an apartment in the city, came to my rescue and said her room was available.
PERFECT! I thought.
Not only do I already know the area but I'd be living in a duplex, two-story apartment with 3 other girls. What a great first experience. And it was except for one little thing. There were no windows the room was the size of a shoebox.
For those of you who have ever lived in New York, you know what I'm talking about. You pay big bucks for a 3’ x 5’ space and you're LUCKY if you have extra room to store things. It also doesn’t help when you’re living in these conditions during the HOTTEST summer EVER! So not having windows is MISERABLE!
I would go to bed in the dark and wake up in the dark and sometimes even sleep in way past normal morning all because it was so dark. My body couldn't tell what time it was and that made me late to a lot of things.
I would consider myself a morning person. I enjoy the early morning hours when no one is awake yet when the streets are quiet and the sun is just peeking over the hills, or in this case, the cement skyscrapers. So waking up to the natural light of the sun is crucial to my morning-person-ness.
I would find myself making every excuse to not be in the apartment. Which worked well for my thighs because, to avoid my room, I would choose to just walk around.
Long story short, I ended up being so depressed in the dark, hole of a room that I took a cruise ship contract and yes I did have some credit card debt I needed to take care of and I did, but a cruise ship was the LAST thing I wanted to do. That was how badly I wanted out of there. Which only solidified how important natural light is to me.
Fast forward several months and enter my new sublet bedroom on the upper west side. I'm now on the third level and have, not one, but TWO windows facing the street. I can't tell you how grateful I am and what a difference it makes to have the sun creep into my room in the morning. I wake up feeling free and refreshed.
So, yes, I am grateful for my two lovely windows and yes, it's so simple but sometimes it's the simple things in life that really bring you the most joy.
We can start by being happy we have all of our fingers and toes. So simple, yet, what would we do without opposable thumbs? Really, though.
Today, I'm most grateful for the sunlight flooding into my room.
When I first moved to New York back in July 2010 I was lucky enough to have found a great apartment in one of the best areas in Manhattan, SoHo, thanks to my long lost friend Jessica, who, after seeing my post on Facebook about needing an apartment in the city, came to my rescue and said her room was available.
PERFECT! I thought.
Not only do I already know the area but I'd be living in a duplex, two-story apartment with 3 other girls. What a great first experience. And it was except for one little thing. There were no windows the room was the size of a shoebox.
For those of you who have ever lived in New York, you know what I'm talking about. You pay big bucks for a 3’ x 5’ space and you're LUCKY if you have extra room to store things. It also doesn’t help when you’re living in these conditions during the HOTTEST summer EVER! So not having windows is MISERABLE!
I would go to bed in the dark and wake up in the dark and sometimes even sleep in way past normal morning all because it was so dark. My body couldn't tell what time it was and that made me late to a lot of things.
I would consider myself a morning person. I enjoy the early morning hours when no one is awake yet when the streets are quiet and the sun is just peeking over the hills, or in this case, the cement skyscrapers. So waking up to the natural light of the sun is crucial to my morning-person-ness.
I would find myself making every excuse to not be in the apartment. Which worked well for my thighs because, to avoid my room, I would choose to just walk around.
Long story short, I ended up being so depressed in the dark, hole of a room that I took a cruise ship contract and yes I did have some credit card debt I needed to take care of and I did, but a cruise ship was the LAST thing I wanted to do. That was how badly I wanted out of there. Which only solidified how important natural light is to me.
Fast forward several months and enter my new sublet bedroom on the upper west side. I'm now on the third level and have, not one, but TWO windows facing the street. I can't tell you how grateful I am and what a difference it makes to have the sun creep into my room in the morning. I wake up feeling free and refreshed.
So, yes, I am grateful for my two lovely windows and yes, it's so simple but sometimes it's the simple things in life that really bring you the most joy.
We can start by being happy we have all of our fingers and toes. So simple, yet, what would we do without opposable thumbs? Really, though.