Hello New Friends!

I moved to the New York area about 3 weeks ago alone. It feels like three years ago. I suppose it kind of goes along with that saying, "Time flies when you're having fun." This makes sense because I'm not having very much fun yet. So maybe I got ahead of myself. Let me back up. My name is Annie. I'm 26 and three weeks ago I was living in West Virginia. If we back up even further, about three months ago I was online kind of browsing jobs like any other 20 something does these days. I was actually in the process of making a job posting for another position within my work. I happened to come across a job posting for a pretty prestigious, reputable company and decided to apply. Long story short, a million interviews and a couple months later I found out I got the job and would be moving up here. Sounds amazing, right? So lets fast forward to now. I feel like I'm living the dream of almost every millennial in the country. I finally found an amazing career opportunity. I have an amazing salary. I'm living in the greatest city on earth. So why am I complaining? One word: loneliness. NYC is such an amazing place and I feel like there are so many cool people here. Not to mention, theres a million cool things to do at any hour of the day. BUT... sometimes it feels like the loneliest place on earth. Every time I'm walking around the city there are so many families, school groups, and friends walking around. It just serves as a constant reminder that you don't have any of that here. I miss my friends and family all the time. When I was leaving everyone kept saying how brave it was to be going here by myself. I suppose so, but part of me also wonders if it was kind of stupid. Idk... tonight was just kind of overwhelmingly sad and I realized that maybe if i could blog about some of my struggles here it might help me clear my lonely head. Also, I am hoping it might help some other young soul trying to venture out on their own. Well I guess this is the end of my introduction. More to come!