{"id":12796,"date":"2018-02-26T14:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T19:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubesmart.com\/blog\/?p=12796"},"modified":"2018-02-26T14:00:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T19:00:28","slug":"inside-the-bigger-world-of-rachael-burroughs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.cubesmart.dev\/blog\/city-guides\/nyc\/inside-the-bigger-world-of-rachael-burroughs\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Bigger World of Rachael Burroughs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12797\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cubesmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CubeSmart_HoSS_Brooklyn-NY_Store-821-13-1024x633.jpg\" alt=\"Rachael Burroughs\" width=\"810\" height=\"501\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Born and raised in Gainesville, Florida, Rachael Burroughs expected that, like many of her friends and family, she would build a life there, most likely as a physician or attorney. But after graduating from the University of Florida a few years ago, she found her life taking an unexpected turn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI kind of had an <em>Eat, Pray, Love,<\/em> moment. I went backpacking around Europe and Australia for a summer. It was a fantastic trip and I started to realize that as much as I love Florida, it\u2019s not my forever home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When she returned, she started applying for work and landed a job as a pharmaceutical sales representative at a major company. The only problem was that it required moving to New York City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a big deal for me to move. My parents were not exactly happy with my decisions to not go to medical school and to live so far away. My parents had never traveled much and our family is close.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, she says, it was the right choice. She loves the culture, shopping and nightlife in the city, the exciting pace, and the people she meets everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve learned so much about myself. It can be chaotic and it can also be lonely. The dating scene is sort of terrible but I try not to go out all of the time and instead focus on my friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In New York, Rachael has built her own community, with her fellow sales reps, the CubeSmart teammates she sees on a regular basis at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cubesmart.com\/new-york-self-storage\/brooklyn-self-storage\/2451.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">945 Atlantic Avenue<\/a> facility where she stores her promotional materials, and at a\u00a0nondenominational church in Williamsburg. She\u2019s even been \u201cadopted\u201d by her landlord\u2019s large and friendly Italian family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey&#8217;re always looking out for me\u2014they bring me spaghetti and meatballs on Sundays and let me do laundry at their house. I went to their son\u2019s wedding and I\u2019m buying them Christmas gifts. It helps to have that here where it\u2019s easy to get lost in the shuffle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In her spare time, Rachael continues to travel around the world. In the past year alone she went to Cuba, Iceland, London, and Aruba, and she\u2019s scheduling a trip to New Zealand next. In between, she will go home to Florida when she can.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s good to go back and remember my roots. But it\u2019s also good to realize that the world is a lot bigger than me and my culture and everything I was used to. Life is an adventure, and the whole point is to adapt and make changes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>We&#8217;d love to hear how self storage has positively impacted your life. Share your #HumansofSelfStorage story in the comments.<\/em>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tTake a look as we explore what&#8217;s inside the stories of our Customers. 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