After considering this for quite a while, I've decided to start writing a blog; a proper one.
I think it'll have many benefits on my life, not least is getting my inner thoughts out in the open. These days I really don't do that much of that, and even if no one reads, I still feel it'll be beneficial to me. I've experimented with blogs before, but it was a poker related one, not a general one like this will be. I became disinterested in it after just a few entries, (a bad habit of mine with a lot of things) but I plan on keeping this one updated regularly.
So a little bit about me. I'm a 23 year old (recently becoming) Sydney-sider. I've lived here for a little over a month now after living in Newcastle my entire life. I have further career goals, but right now I work for a company called RGIS. My two favourite things in life are sport and music. I'm an avid gamer, poker player and wanna-be hip hop writer. These are real basics, I'll disclose a lot more specifics as my blog progresses, but I don't wanna bore with details about my like/dislikes in my very first entry.
As I mentioned, I moved to Sydney in early of May 2013. This was huge for me. I've lived in Newcastle for 23 years, I have family and friends there and all sorts of revering for the city I grew up in, but I felt I had to get out. In the end, it was an easy decision for me. I just got out of a 4-year relationship which started when I was just a baby-faced 18 year old, I realised I could earn twice as much money doing the same job, and god damn if the allure of the big BIG city didn't completely hook me. So I was going to live in an area I have no idea about, with people I've never met before and work in a completely different environment than the one I was used to. Some people would find this scary, and I'm not gonna lie, it was intimidating. But I think all the best plans or experiences start with "Fuck it".
A lot of people dislike Sydney as a place to live, and understandably so. The cost of living is through the roof, with astronomically high house/rental prices, insane traffic during peak times and generally a noisy, busy ambience with people, people and more people. None of this truly bothers me, though. In fact, so far, I fucking love this city. There's a few reasons for this:
Firstly, fuck this place is big. You don't really grasp how big it is until you're driving around it every day. My work involves me working in a new place everyday, so even in just a month, I've driven to/experienced a TON of suburbs that this city has to offer, and it's still just the tip of the iceberg. The first and obvious benefit to this is that there's no limitations to what ever you want to do. I've already been to a few sporting events (theres plenty to choose from every weekend) and already bought two tickets to upcoming concerts. And all of it is withing a 30 minute train ride from where I live. I'm already sounding like a real estate agent who wants you to buy the house he's selling in Sydney.
Secondly, the people. Over 4.5 milly to be exact. Mostly everyone I've met so far have been awesome to talk to. Sydney is an incredibly multicultural city, and it's fantastic. Everyone I meet has a story to learn from, and I've already learnt a lot. For example, which roads are best to take at which times; the M2/M7 toll way has become my daily "kingsroad". I use it nearly every day, but only because *smirking* my work pays for the tolls for me. Fuck paying 5 hot dollars for a one way trip in your own damn car. It's mostly all smiles too. I feel like people are just generally nicer drivers here; always willing to let you cut in front of them so you don't have to wait 5 minutes for a gap in traffic. But that's my experience so far, I have plenty more driving to do while I'm here.
There are some negatives I'm slowly becoming used to here, though. Like I mentioned earlier, I just got out of a super-long relationship. I've also moved somewhere with no friends or family, and I struggle to get home often because I find myself always working weekends. I have two housemates, but they go home on weekends and my work hours generally conflict with theirs, so I don't see them much. I feel like I speak 1/4th of the amount of words I would speak while living in Newcastle, and most of it's work-related. This probably isn't healthy but I do try and keep distracted; I work stupid hours and try and read as much as possible. I'm try my best to keep in touch with my good friends/family in Newcastle, I'm working out as much as possible and even trying my hand at writing song lyrics. So I am keeping busy, but it's a lot harder to keep collective when you live more than 2 hours away from all your social connections.
I'll end this one here. Today has actually been a fantastic day, Kanye West's latest album just leaked and I've had it on loop the whole day. But I'll give my thoughts on that and more in my upcoming entries, and I'll try to keep em' more interesting as they go. Thanks for reading and continue to do so!
-Jamie
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