This post has been a few days in the making but it's because it's quite important to me. The time for my New York trip has come to a close, and I'd like to take the time to reflect back on my experiences that I've had now that I'm back home in Florida.

I was born and raised in that city. I went to school there, my entire career before I went out on my own has been there. My best friends in the whole world are there (or close enough). New York City was my whole world, and I loved it. I got married when I was living there, and I thought I was going to spend the rest of my life there. But a year or so ago, I decided to move to Miami with my wife. This was certainly not an easy decision, but it allowed me to take on a new direction in our lives. I can honestly say that life, on an aggregate basis, has been so much better since we moved there.

How? How can a person who loved every single second of being in one place fall in love with a different place entirely?

I've personally come to the conclusion that loving being there was a function of comfort rather than emotion. What I mean by that is this: it's impossible to grow without discomfort. Rogan always says that the best way to get things done is to become comfortable being uncomfortable. It's certainly not an easy thing to do, nor is it something that can happen overnight. But I have to admit that the biggest leaps I've made in life were because I chose the uncomfortable path.

There's something I've been thinking about a lot over the past few days, and that's the concept of static vs. dynamic. We're used to things being static, or still. That doesn't necessarily mean it's a bad thing: being still allows us to develop relationships, allows us to plant roots, and allows us to delve deeper into things that take time. Most importantly, though, is the fact that things that are static in life are very much able to be worked in with dynamic things. Things that are dynamic are fluid, and by definition "un-sticky". They allow for personal growth, exploration, and flexibility. But the things that are the benefits of being static are strangely the things that are the detriments of being dynamic. So how do they work together?

In my estimation, you need to pick and choose the aspects you want to be static and the aspects you want to be dynamic. I can only speak for myself here, but if we dive into the move from a completely static lifestyle in New York and choosing to up and move to Miami and travel the world, that's a huge shift. However, the "static" parts of my life in New York are still sparking a fire within me and in my life: my relationships with my family and friends, the energy of the city, the culture I grew up with, and much more are all things that I take with me. They allow me to be a hard worker, to see the value in things both economically and morally, help me judge right from wrong, and guide me like the subway maps of the city to get to the right destination.

The dynamic aspects of my life, however, are all new and undeveloped, as it were: travel, meeting new people, and experiencing new things are all untested waters for me. But my "static" aspects of life help me navigate these waters with a sense of calm and with correct vision. I am grateful for the life that I lived in New York being surrounded by those I love not least because they influence me in living life to the fullest but in the right way. It allows me to be the person I grew up to become while allowing me to grow into the person I'm yet to be.

I love New York, and I'm forever grateful for the city (no matter what my opinion is of it now, but that's a separate conversation). Thank you for all you've done for me. I hope that one day, I can repay you back in the way you've given me everything. Though the time has come for me to not be there (for now, at least), I'll always be a New Yorker at heart.

I ❤️ NY.

Let's get after it today and revisit our thoughts tomorrow.

Vivek.

This post has been a few days in the making but it's because it's quite important to me. The time for my New York trip has come to a close, and I'd like to take the time to reflect back on my experiences that I've had now that I'm back home in Florida.

I was born and raised in that city. I went to school there, my entire career before I went out on my own has been there. My best friends in the whole world are there (or close enough). New York City was my whole world, and I loved it. I got married when I was living there, and I thought I was going to spend the rest of my life there. But a year or so ago, I decided to move to Miami with my wife. This was certainly not an easy decision, but it allowed me to take on a new direction in our lives. I can honestly say that life, on an aggregate basis, has been so much better since we moved there.

How? How can a person who loved every single second of being in one place fall in love with a different place entirely?

I've personally come to the conclusion that loving being there was a function of comfort rather than emotion. What I mean by that is this: it's impossible to grow without discomfort. Rogan always says that the best way to get things done is to become comfortable being uncomfortable. It's certainly not an easy thing to do, nor is it something that can happen overnight. But I have to admit that the biggest leaps I've made in life were because I chose the uncomfortable path.

There's something I've been thinking about a lot over the past few days, and that's the concept of static vs. dynamic. We're used to things being static, or still. That doesn't necessarily mean it's a bad thing: being still allows us to develop relationships, allows us to plant roots, and allows us to delve deeper into things that take time. Most importantly, though, is the fact that things that are static in life are very much able to be worked in with dynamic things. Things that are dynamic are fluid, and by definition "un-sticky". They allow for personal growth, exploration, and flexibility. But the things that are the benefits of being static are strangely the things that are the detriments of being dynamic. So how do they work together?

In my estimation, you need to pick and choose the aspects you want to be static and the aspects you want to be dynamic. I can only speak for myself here, but if we dive into the move from a completely static lifestyle in New York and choosing to up and move to Miami and travel the world, that's a huge shift. However, the "static" parts of my life in New York are still sparking a fire within me and in my life: my relationships with my family and friends, the energy of the city, the culture I grew up with, and much more are all things that I take with me. They allow me to be a hard worker, to see the value in things both economically and morally, help me judge right from wrong, and guide me like the subway maps of the city to get to the right destination.

The dynamic aspects of my life, however, are all new and undeveloped, as it were: travel, meeting new people, and experiencing new things are all untested waters for me. But my "static" aspects of life help me navigate these waters with a sense of calm and with correct vision. I am grateful for the life that I lived in New York being surrounded by those I love not least because they influence me in living life to the fullest but in the right way. It allows me to be the person I grew up to become while allowing me to grow into the person I'm yet to be.

I love New York, and I'm forever grateful for the city (no matter what my opinion is of it now, but that's a separate conversation). Thank you for all you've done for me. I hope that one day, I can repay you back in the way you've given me everything. Though the time has come for me to not be there (for now, at least), I'll always be a New Yorker at heart.

I ❤️ NY.

Let's get after it today and revisit our thoughts tomorrow.

Vivek.