I had such high hopes that I could update this regularly. Of course then things got very distracting. Work has become increasingly busy and then there’s the whole thing about looking for a new apartment.

I’ve decided that after three years of living in the same place in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, to look for a place elsewhere. So, at the beginning of April, the apartment hunt began.

There’s something both exciting and stressful about looking for apartments. It can be fun to get a glimpse at different places, to imagine what it would be like to live in a variety of different buildings and neighborhoods. It can be like getting a glimpse of parallel worlds, each one where you’re living in a different place.

Of course, in New York, it’s difficult to find the perfect place. There’s always something that’s not quite what you’re looking for. One place has the location, but not the space. Another has the space but is a 5th floor walkup. One has space and amenities but isn’t on the right subway line and the kitchen isn’t the best.

In the end you have to decide what’s the most important. What you can live with and what you can live without. But there’s a lot of doubt involved. Is this the right place? Can I take the chance of letting that place go?

I’m still hip-deep in it right now.

Wish me luck – hopefully by this time next week it will all be settled.

Of course then comes all the packing and the moving and the unpacking. But each thing in its own time.

Change, it is a-coming…