Yes, I’m immature, but had to document this unintentional perfection. My friends aren’t gonna enjoy this so had to show someone
Looking at this photo makes me so happy. I visited NYC in ‘09 with my band class, a small group of kids from a teeny <2000 resident Midwestern farm town. We stopped in Union Square and I didn’t know how to properly use my new point-and-shoot digital camera just yet, so the people came out blurry (which I love, feels so alive).
Fast forward to 2018, I just finished grad school in the Midwest and decided to move to New York City. After working here for few years I got a new job, right on Union Square. My office building is directly next to the glass building on the left side of the photo I took in 2009, just out of frame. I see almost this exact view every day after I get off the subway.
As a 14 year old, I never would have guessed in a million years that I’d be seeing my own future office building on this trip. It was a LONG, sometimes scary, difficult journey to get here, but funny how things work out. This sounds like some cheesy, predictable Rom Com but just wanted to share a happy story that sometimes life puts you in places you never expected 😁