Recapping New York

I got back to San Francisco on Saturday afternoon absolutely dead. I had a bit too much fun catching up with my old friend on Thursday for the 49ers game. And I was running on fumes when I got to see my other old friends on Friday. I ended up powering through and paid the price dearly on Saturday.

It was not an early flight at 11am. But it was not an easy one as I felt like I had slept a total of 8 hours the past two nights. I know I had gone into the week thinking I was going to take things fairly easy, but I had a lot of fun and the pain was well worth it.

Next time that I head out to New York, I need to come up with as bit better of a plan of attack. I kept things relatively laid back in the early parts of the week and felt great. But despite trying my best to get more rest, I ended up exhausted by Thursday. I have never been a good sleeper and the energy levels of New York didn’t help get me to bed earlier.

In terms of work, I had a fantastic week with the team. I felt many times more productive being together face to face with everyone. It was just crazy how much we interacted by being in the same room together. Things that would have taken perhaps a week or two to resolve were able to be hashed out quickly.

New York in general just has much better energy than San Francisco. For a fintech startup, it’s fairly obvious that it’s the place to be. Sophia and I will be doing a lot of thinking in the next few weeks to months to determine if we want to make the jump back to New York for a few years. At the moment, I’m riding my New York high still and waiting for that to fade a bit before I make any rash decisions.