New York, Fame Sick, and Reinventing Yourself in Your 30s

Note 2 Self · Jun 18, 2026 · 38m

In this episode of Note 2 Self, Saskia is thinking about New York. After J.Lo’s Subway Takes claim that you have to be born in New York to be a New Yorker, Saskia reflects on moving to the city in 2015 with one suitcase, no job, and no idea what life here would become.

What starts as a New York take turns into something much bigger: belonging, identity, and who gets to decide where we are allowed to feel at home. Saskia talks about the energy in the city right now, dancing under the K Bridge at Chris Lake, the joy of connection, and why New York has always been a place for people who arrive…