Note 2 Self

New York, Fame Sick, and Reinventing Yourself in Your 30s

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In this episode of Note 2 Self, Saskia is thinking about New York. After J.Lo’s Subway Takes claim that you have to be born in New York to be a New Yorker, Saskia reflects on moving to the city in 2015 with one suitcase, no job, and no idea what life here would become.

What starts as a New York take turns into something much bigger: belonging, identity, and who gets to decide where we are…