Moving to Austin?

Totally random, I know. I just came back from a trip to Austin. My homegirl Rachel has been trying to get me to move there so other than wanting to visit her, I wanted to scope it out for consideration. Moving my focus from New York to Austin is like comparing apples to oranges. I LOVE NYC. LOVE IT. I love the buildings, I love the dirty streets, I love the bums, I love the parks, I love the rude people, I love everything about the city. I don't love Austin the city. It's okay. It's weird because it's really, really small. The downtown area is tiny and the rest of it is surrounded by highways. The houses are all really cute. They're not houses that I'd love to have but they're really cute.

I liked Austin because it made me feel relaxed and free and happy. Granted, I was on vacation but I feel like that sentiment would last if I lived there. I don't know how to describe this really but I've been exhausted. Not just lack of sleep and in need of a good weekend tired, but mentally and physically drained. With the changes at my job and the end of school, I am so worn down. I don't feel like I have the energy to move to New York. Austin would be a pretty easy transition for me. I have Rachel there to help me with a lot of stuff and I feel like she will take care of me. I need to be around friends right now. I like Austin because of the people. Everyone that I met was so cool and interesting and the people that I didn't meet seemed like they would be cool and interesting. Austin would be a temporary move. Something to get me out of Miami and start life as an adult. A place to get my footing and to use it as leverage to get to New York. It's cheaper than Miami so I could save some money and get experience at a base level job so I can move to NYC with a better career. My ideal timeframe in ATX would be 2-3 years. Anyway, here's my list of goals if I were to move to Austin:

1) Lose some weight in my arms and get my El Dia de Los Muertos themed sleeve.
2) Get back into yoga.
3) Get back into dance.
4) Get back into reading, writing and start painting.
5) See lots of live music.
6) Learn how to be more active.