doing things that scare you - by tina zhang - digital tinz

I’m never more grateful for living in new york than when I’m away from new york. I think about this tension in the 30 minute uber ride between my hotel and san francisco office to ward of the waves of motion sickness. Before this trip I was dreaming of escape from the city— away from the crowds and loudness and the scenes. But for the weary traveler, san francisco can be incredibly stifling. Locals caution that I shouldn’t go for a run outside. A man lingers half a block behind me yelling when I try to take a walk. I wake up to a woman high and shrieking instead of drunk 22 years olds in the middle of the night. I take 400 steps all day, spend my time in ubers watching netflix and ordering doordash. The silicon valley dream. ✦✧✦ San franciscos’s only redeeming quality is that it’s consistently a city I feel young in. I’m always sitting between colleagues, trying to think of the appropriate responses to someone telling me a story about their kids. My daughter is three, a woman says to m

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