A month ago today, I moved to NYC with a dollar and a dream. To know me is to know who much I admire (obsess over) J.Cole. So the title of this post is in reference to one of his songs. Perhaps the most reoccurring theme in his music is the persistence and tenacity it took for him to reach his own dreams in the Big Apple. So, admiring J.Cole's determination, I decided to take a similar path. When I say a "dollar" I'm not using it as a euphemism—I mean it. By the time I got my