Halfway through last year, I was eager to be involved in what I considered “the music scene” in Brooklyn — it seemed to be welcoming and thrilling and for a moment, I felt very present and engaged in it all.

There are days where putting things off can be completely fine. There are others where it tumbles, and the one moment of discretion reveals itself as detrimental, uninformed, and at least three steps back.

I’m sat on the couch in my first New York City apartment with tears in my eyes for how much I love you. You, being each and every stronghearted soul of the people I call love.

sydney reviewed pitches, edited copy, and provided feedback for writers as the head personal essay columnist at unfiltered. their earlier essays often explored heartbreak and letting go of the past — and their recent work was published in issue four.