"I have always struggled with stillness. When I was young, my right leg would bounce uncontrollably, rustling the sheets at night. I was in high school when I first heard a starting gun: It rang, I moved. I traded Long Island for California; after graduation, I raced back to New York City to write. There was a life path I felt expected to follow - attend college, enter the workforce, get married, get serious."
"At 23, I'd never dated anyone seriously - or, frankly, wanted to - until I laid my eyes on Luke, who would make me feel like all the gates were swinging open. Within a week of our first meeting, Luke asked me out on a proper date. We met at a dive bar and kept seeing each other, bonding over mob movies, rock bands, and Indian takeout."
"Celebrating our six-month anniversary, Luke and I were on a road trip to the Carolinas, contemplating our post-graduate options. I'd be graduating from my MFA program in a month, and Luke was deciding whether to go back to school. "How do you pick a place to live or settle down?" I asked as we crossed into Virginia. "I want to live everywhere." "We could do that, you know," Luke said. "Just live in Airbnbs or something and not look back.""
A person struggles with stillness from childhood, experiencing physical restlessness and an impulse to move whenever opportunities arise. They moved from Long Island to California, then returned to New York City to write. They resisted conventional life milestones through poetry, partying, and avoiding serious relationships. During graduate school they felt accomplished yet stuck, then met Luke on a crowded dance floor at 23. The relationship opened new possibilities and, within a year, they planned to leave New York to live on the road together, imagining a life of living everywhere in Airbnbs and traveling the country.
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