We signed a lease for an apartment in downtown Dallas last week. After a year of being back in Texas, it is already time for a change.
Oak Lawn is special as one of the biggest gayborhoods in the country. However, proximity to gay bars and friends is not enough anymore. Living in Oak Lawn and working from home was great when I was 25, living a resort-style building, with a job that was good but not too demanding. But lawyering from a gloomy bedroom office is not the tea.
I am spending upwards of 20 hours per day in the same dark room with a depressing view of the one-plus-five apartment building next door. Moreover, my inbox has been so out of control this summer that I feel like a fish just reacting to what’s in front of me. I sit down to work on Mondays, blink, and it’s already Friday with zero trips to my overpriced gym and minimal progress (if any) on long-term projects. Even my law school library experience was better.
The move downtown will hopefully get me out of this rut and make working from home more enjoyable. The future apartment has two bedrooms, ample light, and views that I wouldn’t mind staring at all day long.
AMLI Fountain Place in downtown Dallas.
AMLI Fountain Place in downtown Dallas.
AMLI Fountain Place in downtown Dallas.
I’m sure downtown will have its own set of challenges and do nothing to improve my inbox management. But I think having an upgraded home office environment will make this next year a lot more pleasant. And who knows, maybe our Oak Lawn friends will actually visit downtown on occasion!
We are in gayborhood for exactly one more month, and then our downtown Dallas adventure begins. There’s also a possibility that after this next year, the gayborhood’s high-rise project may lure us back.
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