Learn how to free yourself from anxieties w/ the step of creating relationships with new hobbies.

Growing up, into an adult who has a ton of responsibilities is harder than it may seem. If your not 21 yet or in that stage of your life when your parents start bringing up leaving the house, when you start questioning what you will do with your life, and the unknown becomes your friend is a very intimidating time and no one really prepares you for it besides yourself. This move made me realize a lot, but it especially made me in tune with the adult world and all it entails. Bills must be paid on time, your laundry should be done twice a week to eliminate the build up, gas is expensive af, clean your dishes right after you use them or some yuckiness starts to grow (and smell up your new place), and getting a 9-5 job does not come with going to college. Even with a college degree, a 9-5 is hard to obtain; especially in a new state where you know nobody and barley have any connections to anything around me. I had the hopes of finding a job pretty quickly once arriving in California, this was not the case. I applied to over 50 jobs and attending many interviews. Good and bad. I was finding that either the job was something I actually was not going to be too into doing everyday or the people that were hiring me were not treating me with the respect that I thought i deserved being a college graduate. Finally, after almost giving up i was invited to a BBQ with my old boss and- I now have a job of my dreams that I love. I work with an amazing start up company is L.A with a bunch of young and caring workers. But, during my transition of moving from New York to Los Angeles and going from having a steady income per week to no job or no income at all left me pretty lonely and questioning my entire move. I had this amazing apartment that I loved and felt very comfortable in but nothing to do in it, no job and no friends. Nowwwwww whaaaatttt?! I looked around and beginning to flip my body upside down in all types of directions. I had a blank wall that had no use, and decided to put it to good use and get good at yoga during all this spare time I now had. I realized that if in adult life its harder to make friends, keep friends, find your people in a new place, and feel happy doing these new things you need to find strength within yourself to find activities or hobbies that can be your friend and your go to whenever you are new somewhere. Weather its new to a new state or new to a new interest- anything can be your friend if you let it- and especially in adult life its important to still maintain relationships with new hobbies and new interests. I heard a quote that I'd like to share with you reflecting these anxieties of mine when I first transition- it really helped me then and its helping me even now. "One day she finally grasped that unexpected things were always going to happen in life. And with that, she realized that the only control she had was how she choose to handle them. So she made the decision to survive using courage, humor and grace. She was the queen of her own life and the choice was hers." #change #anxiety #yoga #workforyou #workforyourself #selflove #stronger #fitness #grow #losangeles #la #hermosabeach #redondobeach #manhattanbeach #newyorker