⁘ 8 weeks into NYC - arin p

“Aren’t you stressed? I would be so stressed if I were your in your position,” my friend asked, followed by a series of aggressive mouse clicking in the background. I instinctively respond in a lighthearted and rehearsed manner before shifting my attention back to the game at hand. “I’m doing just fine!” I say. This was my first summer staying abroad without any routines enforced to me—days full of potential but saturated with uncertainty. I dove straight into New York Tech Week the moment I moved into my sublet apartment in New York, unsure of what to expect in the coming weeks with my new title of “unemployed”. That was swiftly followed by more conferences, networking events, roundtable discussions and presentations by various organisations. In early June, I spoke to Olya about writing on Substack as a way to document and process all the noise and information we take in. It’s incredibly convenient and easy to get caught up with the endless slew of events that happen in New York every

“Aren’t you stressed? I would be so stressed if I were your in your position,” my friend asked, followed by a series of aggressive mouse clicking in the background. I instinctively respond in a lighthearted and rehearsed manner before shifting my attention back to the game at hand. “I’m doing just fine!” I say. This was my first summer staying abroad without any routines enforced to me—days full of potential but saturated with uncertainty. I dove straight into New York Tech Week the moment I moved into my sublet apartment in New York, unsure of what to expect in the coming weeks with my new ti