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I spend all day in the office, and since i live in the same building as my office i spend all day inside. I love being in there because I can literally control who i see and who i donāt, but occasionally i get cabin fever and need to go outside. I usually take my bike out. A bicycle is the life hack of NYC. If you donāt have one get a citi bike. ride around the city, put on some headphones. Most relaxing way to get some air and see the city. Late afternoons are the best.
Aug 4, 2022
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With most of the city being gone last year, I picked up the confidence to bike in Manhattan for the first time with a Citibike subscription. The convenience of going wherever you like, the lack of bike commitment, and the option to go electric over the bridge have been life-changing. Iāve also gotten myself a Bluetooth JBL speaker, that all my friends have rinsed and judged me for. Honestly, itās safer than wearing headphones, and Iām having a terrific time listening to 1PLIKĆ140. The only thing I'm missing is this in matte infrared.
Jul 6, 2021
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Well, CitiBike in NYC and Divvy in Chicago, I split my time between the two as of late. I fell in love with the regular CitiBikes quite a few years ago here in NYC whenĀ it clicked with me just how muchĀ faster they were to get around the city than taking an Uber (which now feel about as enjoyableĀ as being on a zoom call) or taking the train. The eBike situationĀ changed everything. My friend Joe Holder refers to the pedal assistĀ function they have as positive use of "strategicĀ laziness" which I love. Not only do theyĀ help get you to a meeting far less sweaty and winded than a normal bike, they're incrediblyĀ fun. I use them for both functional transport and leisure. When the temp is just right, there is nothing more enjoyableĀ than a ride (on alucky one that is completely free of rattles) from downtown up to CentralĀ Park, around the park, then back while listening to whatever audiobook I might be finishing that week. I just wish they were even faster, though, I've had my friendsĀ describe my riding style as "insane" so maybe that'sĀ not a great idea.
Aug 26, 2021
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Idk why I only got hip to this method of transport as my primary one this summer as this is my 4th year living in New York. I was notoriously 30 min late everyday to any class before 12pm in college or any class I didnāt care about purely because my method was train or bus then train and Iām one of those people that always just thinks they have 20 minutes to spare when it takes so long for them to put a perfect outfit together and they then negate breakfast every morning. I was often late to morning shifts of retail jobs for similar reasons or the bus just was late late lateā¦ Or Iād oversleep so much going to class didnāt even seem worth it.
But now. I realize. If I had just taken a fucking bike. I really wouldnāt have been the latest girl in the world all these years. And I love biking; itās literally how I survived lockdown. my daily routine was get high all day and ride my bike around my suburban hometown to different locations and keep smoking (until this led to an actual psychosis.)
perhaps I was intimidated by nyc chaos. I will admit electric Citi bike is not for the faint of heart. Iāve almost gotten hit numerous times. And once somewhere around Times Square on my way to the JT concert, a strange man with a high quality camera took a picture up my skirt? Hopefully it was blurry as I was going the speed of light but idk. so many of the docks are broken which may cause insurmountable frustration? And there was one time this summer I went to 5 different stations and every dock all of them were dead and it felt like the electricity system was conspiring against my ability to meet my friends at Mott Street Eatery.
Regardless. Iāve felt safer transporting myself at night without the fee of an Uber. Iām more often at time. I feel like Iām flying. Ive gotten to reconnect with my passion of the bike ride. I love to whip around with my friends who equally love biking. And I feel unstoppable.
My dad wants me and my sister to invest in collapsable helmets but that feels embarrassing like borderline voyeuristic - and Iād have to really commit to the bit as I bike probably average 4x a day now. he says young people avoid safety precautions because we have huge ego. Considering the amount of accidents these fast ass bikes cause: he has a point.
Live love laugh electric Citi bike. Itās an art you should master. I have a need for speed.
Oct 7, 2024
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Grab some paper or cardboard use whatever you have and just make something. Draw, collage, sculpture, video, whatever. Donāt take it too seriously. See how you feel afterwards.
Aug 4, 2022
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Literally the greatest thing ever made. Aaron Shwartz is my higher power. Watch the film on him āThe Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartzā.
Aug 4, 2022
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"I beg you, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer."-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
Aug 4, 2022