"When I first moved to New York in 2017, I drank the Kool-Aid: work hard, play hard. I had just finished university and another journalism internship in Vienna, and flew across the Atlantic with one suitcase and my résumé in hand. It felt like a scene from a movie. For eight years, I lived a Sex and the City lifestyle on a budget: strutting down the streets in high heels, heading to my first corporate job with fire and hope in my heart."
"For eight years, I lived a Sex and the City lifestyle on a budget: strutting down the streets in high heels, heading to my first corporate job with fire and hope in my heart. I left for a scrappy PR agency, of which I'm now the Vice President. I also kept writing - not at a chic desk facing the window like Carrie Bradshaw, but in bed. My first apartment didn't have a living room."
I moved to New York in 2017 with one suitcase and my résumé after finishing university and a journalism internship in Vienna. I embraced a work-hard, play-hard lifestyle while living on a budget for eight years. I worked in corporate roles, then joined a scrappy PR agency and became Vice President. I continued writing from bed rather than a chic desk. My first apartment lacked a living room. Moving to Colombia felt like a breath of fresh air, offered greater purchasing power for my dollar, and followed earlier international moves that made the decision easy.
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