April 22, 2026·Day 119
Might Quit Tomorrow
Eleven things live on the internet. Two months of runway. Eight weeks is not a long time. Eight weeks is a very long time if I don't have to wash glassware for seven of them.
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Marco Hergi · arrived December 25, 2025
New York
Journal
A living document of what the city does to a person who shows up with nothing but intent. No polish. No performance. Written mostly late at night, on the train home.
11 entries · day 216 · ongoing
MARCH 2026
March 29, 2026·Day 95
The Math of Rent
$1,850 on the first. I can count the hours from here. This is what the hustle actually looks like — arithmetic under fluorescent light.
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March 15, 2026·Day 81
The First Four Months
What nobody tells you about starting from zero in New York City.
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March 2, 2026·Day 68
Poker as a Quantum Lab
A poker hand is a superposition. I wanted to see if I could feel the cloud. Turns out poker and living here use the same mind.
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JANUARY 2026
January 24, 2026·Day 31
How I Used My Own Product to Get Hired
I built ShiftAI for bartenders. For three weeks I forgot to use it on myself. The week I did, I got a shift.
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January 15, 2026·Day 22
College or Survive
There is a version of my life where I'm in a classroom right now. It was a real choice. I picked the harder one.
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January 6, 2026·Day 13
The First Fifty Applications
No response. No no-thank-you. Just silence. New York doesn't reject you. It just doesn't notice you.
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DECEMBER 2025
December 30, 2025·Day 6
Walking Until My Legs Failed
The first week I didn't have a plan so I walked. I was trying to get the blocks into my feet before the city had a use for me.
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December 22, 2025·Day 1
First Morning in New York
I came through customs with one suitcase and no plan. The city hadn't asked for me. That wasn't going to stop me.
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