A Year in New York from Andrew Clancy on Vimeo.
Now, having spent the last year in New York, watching this was like emotional self- harm.
I have literally been in a constant state of depression for the last two months after returning to Ireland. The initial excitement of coming home quickly wore off. The anticipated catch- ups with friends occupied me for less than a week. Nothing much had changed in Cork- at all. And I realized that I had a much better relationship with my family when I was living 3,000 miles away!
So I did what any completely sane person would do- I spent an embarrassing amount of time watching movies set in Manhattan, flicking through my countless albums of pictures - basically trying to convince myself that I never left, in denial that I actually live in Ireland. I seemed to find NY anecdotes talking about the most unrelated topics, much to the annoyance of my friends and family who eventually became uninterested with my obsession.
After a couple weeks, I began to think I was in recovery. I came to the realization that I was a Fourth Year College in UCC, no longer living in Gramercy or Brooklyn Heights. I needed to get over it. I unsubscribed to my various NYC newsletters, Groupon accounts and emails. It took a while but I eventually did the inevitable and changed my current location on my Facebook and Twitter accounts from New York to Ireland.
However, once my mouse hovered over that play button, I was done. Looks like I’ve fallen off the wagon anyway.
Expect a few of nostalgic, New York- related posts as I hopelessly indulge my addiction.
Awwwhh I'm glad there is some one else out there feeling the same as me... I'm still pinning after ottawa and want to relive the year all over again. I can 100% relate to you wanting to delete all the things that remind you of NY.. I've started to delete groups on Facebook, my uOttawa account etc.
ReplyDeleteAs for the "having a better relationship with your family" comment..it's so true!!! My mum says on a regular basis that we used to talk more when I lived in a different continent and jokes about wanting a skype!!!
Good Times..
Wasn't abroad last year but spent 6 months in Dublin on placement so can relate in certain ways! The freedom of living independently is something you really take for granted until you move back home!!
ReplyDeleteHopefully once we're finished final year we can all head off on our travels again!! :)
Laoise - haha, that's hilarious about your Mum and Skype...not a bad idea, I might even start emailing them when I have a feeling we're about to get in an argument...much less stress, probably a much quieter alternative too, haha....
ReplyDeleteMegan - Oh totally agree...so much freedom!
Must say though, I definitely missed my home-cooked dinners, don't think my stomach could have taken any more microwave ready meals!
That video depresses me & i was only there for the bones of a weekend:(
ReplyDeleteAnd you were drunk/vomiting for most of it...
ReplyDeleteSo depressing Julieanne - barely made it through the whole thing!!
ReplyDeleteHaha...All the signs of a good night - Georgi style ;)
Oh Julianne, Jen was telling me you loved the song in the background...in case you haven't found it, it's 'We Don't Eat' by James Vincent McMorrow!
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