Work From Home Nyc – Leaving home for NYC?
Work From Home Nyc
Question by vivienleigh06: Leaving home for NYC?
My parents are always planning always wanting me to do things their way. I love them & I know they love me, but I need an out. Suicide has been often contemplated, but lately I don’t think I am ready to die. I have always wanted to move to NY, but I know that if I tell my parents they will disagree. I am 19 going on 20 in September. I have about 2000 dollars in my bank account, and I have a friend who will be joining me. I just need reassurance. Anyone with experience. I don’t want my parents to hate me for doing this. Can anyone offer up any tips. I found a hotel in Manhattan starting at 79$ a night. I guess I am running away, but its not illegal since I am 19…but I just can’t tell my parents until after I am gone. HELP! I am driving myself insane.
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Answer by LJ
First of all, you are not running away. You are just moving out. You are of age. I was younger than you when I moved out of my parents house and lived on my own. And yes, I came to NYC.
But I came here to go to college. I had a reason to come here. I had a place to live. I had money to live on.
You are not in the same situation. The fact that you consider it to be “running away” is a bad sign. The fact that you have only $ 2000 do to this on is a bad sign. The fact that you are considering moving into an unsafe situation like a $ 79 room in a crummy hotel is a bad sign. the fact that you have previously considered suicide is a terrible sign.
You sound like you might be suffering from depression. Perhaps what you really need is to see a counselor. Yes, you should get out of your parent’s house, but in a more practical way. Try moving out to someplace near you, that you can afford, first. Find someone to talk to. And then, after taking care of your own well being, you might decide to move here.
But don’t move here to “run away”! You are only running away from yourself!
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Bayonne Bridge
Image by andy in nyc
From the archives. I’m not sure that I can adequately explain the thought process that went into taking this photo. I hadn’t uploaded anything to Flickr for a while, which always gets me itching to go out with my camera. It had been raining hard all the previous night. I’d also been working all day, despite it being Presidents’ Day, a holiday for most workers here, which put me in a somewhat irritated mood…
So out I went, late in the afternoon, in search of somewhere new to take photos. And as such, I ended up in the middle of a swamp, with a bag full of lenses and my tripod, photographing arguably Staten Island’s least glamorous bridge under threatening, overcast skies.
I was so muddy by the time I returned home I had to throw everything I was wearing straight into the washing machine – forgetting I’d left a 512MB compact-flash card in the pocket of my jeans until half way through the cycle. And yes, it still works. Consider that a strong endorsement for Sandisk cards…
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LJ’s 100% right. Make sure you’ve got your head and act together. And remember, once that two grand runs out which won’t take long, you’re going to need a source of income and the streets of any big city can be cruelly mean if you’re living on them. Sleeping in a park may sound like fun until you consider what can happen, and it’s surely no fun in the winter! You’ll find it’s no “romantic adventure” digging in a dumpster for food! You really need to think long and hard about this and definitely seek professional counseling. There is no shame in doing so,
I would recommend that you actually stay at youth hostel for half that cost.
http://www.hostelworld.com
You are old enough to move out, but following your dream to go directly to NYC is pretty unrealistic. $ 79 a night will not last for even a month, plus you’ll have to eat and pay room tax. You’re setting yourself up for failure. NYC is a very expensive place to live.
It would be a more realistic idea to take your dream one step at a time. Get a job, move out to a nearby place with roommates. Get some work experience, work towards finding a job that will pay well enough to live in NYC. It would solve your immediate problem of needing to get out, but it’s a more realistic plan then exiting directly to NYC and expecting to survive there.
Wow, lucky on the CF card! I love this shot and treatment. The angle, weather, distance, and location totally minimize what can be seen as a somewhat attractive bridge. I really like what you did and can relate to the mood that inspired it. Cheers Andy.
Tu fotografía es especial, nos gustaría contar con ella en Fotografia Digital"Naturalmente (Post 1 & coment 3)"
Your photography is special, we would like to involve them in Fotografia Digital "Naturalmente" (Post 1 & coment 3)
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This is a great photo!
Please add it to our group
Photography Lovers/ Amantes da Fotografia .
Tu fotografía es especial, nos gustaría contar con ella en Blues point of view. Your photography is special, we would like to involve them in Blues point of view.
Excelente imagem
Nós gostaría-mos de a ver no grupo… Através da Minha Lente..
Beautiful Image
We would love to have it on the group…. Through My Lens .
Nos gustaría contar con tu foto en "Los mejores momentos de tu día".
excelente imagen, buen trabajo!
Simply put: This works. (:
Hi, I’m an admin for a group called Bridges in HDR, and we’d love to have your photo added to the group.
From the Staten Island side it’s a difficult bridge to photograph. Your willingness to get stuck in the mud paid off. The perspective from this angle is so much better than anything on Richmond Terrace. There are very good views of the bridge from the Bayonne side.
spectular!
Incredible shot!
came across this pic at http://www.thousandpics.com 🙂
great shot!
wonderful shot !
The HDR works well!
Ominous sky!
Amazing shot.
I really like your photo and would like to invite you to join and post it to the "Best of Threee" group
Best of Three Award
Andy, another fantastic shot. It’s full of energy- from the heavy clouds down to the muddy ground. It’s very well framed and all the elements work well together.
Fantastic !
nice
Beautiful gloom! What a rich, dense sky. Excellent mood too. Nice pic!.
Oooo, i like this shot a lot! nice!
Congratulations! – This photo was #1 in the Top Ten photos of Feb. 2008 at Staten Island Defined!
Incredible shot…definitely worth some muddy clothes for this capture!
Very nice composition and treatment.
I really like your image of this bridge. Your chosen aspect removes the bridge from its urban setting. A wonderful capture and treatment.
Not sure why you consider this the least glamorous of SI bridges. I think it’s an elegant construction, certainly lovelier than the Goethals or Outerbridge.
Thanks Val. Re: glamorous, I probably didn’t word that too well… what I really wanted to express is that of all the bridges entering/leaving SI, the Bayonne seems to be by far the least-used (though that’s starting to change now as commuters seek an alternate route into the city via NJ Light Rail and PATH). My mother-in-law’s story of the day she "accidentally" drove over the bridge due to mentally drifting off while driving to work is always entertaining, particularly when she rants about the toll she had to pay to get back to SI. Sorry, residents of Bayonne, NJ, I’m sure no offense was intended 🙂
i never saw this bridge as pretty until i went to sydney and fell in love with this.
Those clouds are an amazing backdrop for the bridge, well worth slogging through some mud. Great story/endorsement for the SD card!
CONGRATS on having this part of the show at Pace!!!!
Congratulations Andy!
great photo!