the difficult parts will manifest in ways you don't expect

The past few months I’ve been spending in San Francisco have been nothing short of eye-opening, life changing, and delightful in all the most unexpected ways. I came here with one view of how my life was going to be like — even the kind of person I was going to be and become — and I think I surprised myself a bit, too, with certain emergent qualities of myself and my environment. For example, thinking deeply about something is nearly frictionless now. Is this a function of my location, or is it of my circumstances? I also just really love this city. It’s like Austin in all the right ways, with a high density of really incredible people, and with pockets of nature not even 10 minutes from wherever you are. I don’t even care that I’m living in such a “terrible” part! I’ll miss the character and eclecticism of Soma when I move soon to the Presidio. I’ve learned that it’s definitely the people that make a place, not necessarily the cleanliness of the house or streets you live on or how exp

The past few months I’ve been spending in San Francisco have been nothing short of eye-opening, life changing, and delightful in all the most unexpected ways. I came here with one view of how my life was going to be like — even the kind of person I was going to be and become — and I think I surprised myself a bit, too, with certain emergent qualities of myself and my environment. For example, thinking deeply about something is nearly frictionless now. Is this a function of my location, or is it of my circumstances? I also just really love this city. It’s like Austin in all the right ways, with