dynamism

Whenever I've been uncomfortable here, or especially when I've become keenly aware of the unsustainability of the systems in place for work and living, I've consoled myself with the mantra: everything here is temporary. Turns out it's true; I meant that I plan to leave in May, but the founder is in town and he has started the grindwheel of policy building. The informality and start-up feel of this place has begun to slip away and I am already missing it. Simultaneously, I feel my Boston-area relationships slipping because I don't have time and energy to keep them up. This is why I was scared of traveling.