THORNDALE BEACH
A CHANGE IN SCENE(RY) BY SABREENA SALEEM
I LIVE ALONE NOW and this move came at a great time.
My Logan Square/Avondale situation wasn't working for me anymore. For one, I was in a garden unit w/ basically no sunlight; and if you're ever depressed you probably know how detrimental a lack of sunlight can be to your mental health. Two, I didn't live alone. Now, my roommate was the best roommate a girl could ever had. If I had to live with anybody ever, it would be this girl. But I was reaching a point where I really needed a space of my own - mentally. And three, I just kept doing the same shit ALL the time.
Exit on Wednesdays, Debonair on Sundays, East Room randomly when I was desperate. I'm not knocking anybody. Those are some of my favorite places to kick it. I love seeing you fools all the time. But s2g that shit was getting stressful. I'm always 90% convinced that everybody dislikes or hates me (and i'm not saying that for sympathy it's just really a thing i feel) and somehow I always got tangled up in some bullshit - usually my own fault too. Regardless, ya girl was TIRED. And it got to the point where I started to feel like there's no bar, party, club, or event I haven't already been to.
I'm at a super interesting point in my life. I turned 25, and while that's not old by any means, it's too old to be doing the shit I was doing. I've been wearing the same clothes since high school. I dress like I'm in high school. The other day someone asked me how old I was and "21" came out of my mouth. So.. yeah. I'm trying to make a change. I want to travel to new places, try new things, meet new people. And I already started! For my birthday, I DJ'ed (???), and played my own song at my set (????????). Nobody saw that coming lmao.. I'm really just having fun and exploring my own creativity. It's awesome. But it means I need to be on my shit and make time for all of that.
So I'm switching it up. Lawd knows I needed to. I moved to a beachy neighborhood far, far away - far enough away that most people won't want to visit. Far enough away that I can say "idk, that's pretty far away prolly gonna stay in." And far enough away that I'll actually make time for myself to read, write, and relax. And time for No Strings!
Anyway, I'm not making some huge, dramatic change. but things will be definitely be different for me on a day to day basis. I'll still be out in these screets u feel me? Just not as much. And I can't wait to see where these changes take me. Keep your eyes peeled cuz I may have moved but No Strings ain't goin anywhere ;)
-SS
