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The best thing I've ever done was move to San Francisco completely alone when I was 20. It was a little scary, lonely, and nerve-wracking at first, but it was one of the periods in my life where I experienced the most immense personal growth. Going there wasn’t a straightforward decision at the time - I had no close friends moving there so I roomed with random strangers from Facebook Marketplace in a tiny room, and the start-up I was interning at was so early we were working out of their friend’s apartment as a makeshift office. SF was one of the places that felt very far out of reach for me as a Canadian, and a place I’ve always wanted to go to, especially after hearing about it and seeing it on shows like Silicon Valley. But after I went there once for the first time, I found myself coming back three more times in the span of six months - two for weekend events I was invited to, and the third time for another internship. The flight from Toronto to SF didn't feel as far after all, and

The best thing I've ever done was move to San Francisco completely alone when I was 20. It was a little scary, lonely, and nerve-wracking at first, but it was one of the periods in my life where I experienced the most immense personal growth. Going there wasn’t a straightforward decision at the time - I had no close friends moving there so I roomed with random strangers from Facebook Marketplace in a tiny room, and the start-up I was interning at was so early we were working out of their friend’s apartment as a makeshift office. SF was one of the places that felt very far out of reach for…

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