Two months from buying a plane ticket to moving into an apartment in Roma Sur. This episode is the arrival — the last frantic packing at my mom's house, the delayed flight out of Cleveland, the Uber from the airport wondering what my apartment would be like, and then the first three days of actually living here. It ends on night three, at a gathering with expats and locals, when Mexico City finally gave me a big warm hug and I stopped wondering if this decision was the right one.

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Welcome to the show of one man!

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He packed up Columbus and ran,

ran, ran.

He doesn't speak Spanish, he's

trying his best.

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Episode 40!

Forget all the rest!

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Esto es Onefjef!

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From Columbus Ohio!

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Now in Mexico!

Episode 40! onefjef! Andale!

Este es el episodio cuarenta de

Onefjef.

40 days of rain, 40 thieves, 40

weeks to grow a human being

from scratch.

Somewhere between the Bible and

the womb, cultures kept landing

on the same number.

Arabic and Persian traditions,

marking 40 as the threshold of

transformation.

The moment a life truly begins.

Hola, me de amigos. Estoy en la

ciudad de México.

It's Wednesday morning and I'm

sitting here in my apartment in

Roma Sur.

I did it. How about that? How

about that?

Feels somewhat surreal to

actually be here in Mexico City

. Living.

And the fact that this all

happened in about two months

and change.

From buying my plane ticket on

December 30th to actually

moving here last Sunday.

Two months and change.

And I think if you're going to

do a move like this, it should

be fast.

The less time you have to

really like think or process

what it is you're doing, the

easier it is to minimize the

possibility of reconsideration

or doubt.

Once you've made the decision,

you just have to act. You just

gotta go. Right?

You need to rip that band-aid

right off.

Because if you start peeling it

off slowly, it's gonna hurt

more and you might just decide

to leave it on until eventually

it falls off in the shower or

something.

And then it might clog the

drain and you have to call a plumber

and plumbers are expensive

.

And you'll have to wait for the

plumber to show up.

And by the time he gets there,

you may have already decided

not to go.

Anyway, I did it.

And I'm fucking proud of myself

.

Because this was not easy.

And I realized that I'm only

about three days into this.

But it feels right so far.

There's a lot of challenges to

come.

A lot of things I still have to

do.

I need to find a job.

I need to learn Spanish.

I need to learn to live without

a dishwasher again.

And so forth.

But the hardest part is behind

me.

The band-aid is in the garbage.

And now, it's time for me to

begin this new life.

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Voicemail.

Yes, yet another message was

left on the onefjef voicemail line

.

And the onefjef voicemail line is

feeling good about it.

This is Kirsten.

I'm a friend of the pod.

I wanted to call with maybe

like one question and then an

idea for the podcast.

Not that you were asking for

ideas.

But anyway.

But my question is, I just

listened to your most recent

episode.

And I really enjoyed the piano

music.

And I was wondering if that was

something you composed.

That was your music.

Or if you could share a little

bit about it.

And actually now I'm realizing

if this information is

somewhere in like the podcast

notes or something.

I didn't check there.

I just listened to it while I

was driving.

But anyway, I enjoyed the

episode.

All the music you hear on this

podcast.

All the music you have heard on

this podcast.

Aside from the ridiculous AI

generated stuff.

Was made by me.

Some of it like the outro music

was made specifically for the

podcast.

And other stuff like the bits

of piano I used in the last

episode were recorded years ago

.

And they were just waiting for

an opportunity to shine.

So, yes.

Thank you for noticing and

enjoying and leaving a voicemail

about it.

Because sometimes I wonder if

anyone actually does notice

these things.

So it's wonderful to hear that

someone does.

My idea for the podcast was

inspired maybe by Colleen's

question about your feelings

about being an expat.

And just thinking how a lot of

Americans right now might be

exploring the idea of becoming

an expat somewhere in the world

.

So that could be, you know,

kind of a cool angle for your

podcast.

Maybe you focus on interviewing

expats that you need in New

York City.

Excuse me, in Mexico City.

And about their experiences

leaving the United States.

It could be a moment in time

for that to be super relevant.

I'm on it.

I was actually at a gathering

last night.

And four out of the five of us

were not only expats, but we

were also from Columbus, Ohio.

Strange to have just left a

place only to have that place

find you.

But yes, I do plan to interview

both expats and locals here.

And while my main reason for

moving here was not about

politics, I imagine it was the

main reason for a lot of the

expats here.

Particularly the American ones.

And it'll be interesting to

hear about that.

Thanks again for the message.

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, a comment, a concern, a knock-

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A video tour of my apartment.

Some photos of the neighborhood

.

Some photos of my going away

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Muchas gracias.

Y gracias por escuchar.

Gracias por estar aquí.

Aquí estoy yo.

La semana pasada.

En la casa de mi mamá.

En Ohio.

Me budo a Mexico mañana.

I am moving to Mexico tomorrow

.

Uy, how about that? onefef

How about that?

After all of the buildup.

Almost a year I would say.

I mean, I feel like this whole

podcast has been leading in

some bizarre way to this move

tomorrow.

But now, here we are.

There's no turning back.

I am almost packed.

Unfortunately my flight isn't

30, but I'm doing it.

I feel like I've been packing

and unpacking non-stop for

about the last two or three

weeks.

And I'll be honest, it's

getting real old.

Like, it was old a week ago.

And now it's just like, are

you kidding me with this?

And still it's the

disappointment as to how much

stuff I have.

Because it's ludicrous.

I think when I come home for

America's 250th birthday,

bitches, in about three and a

half months, I may just go

through my stuff again and

discard a lot of stuff.

Because this is not how it

should be.

This is not how I intended.

I cannot wait to not be

surrounded by my stuff.

I cannot wait.

It's like they should put a

warning when they start to inst

ill consumerism as you as a

child.

They should put a warning

saying, warning, consumerism

causes you to have too much

stuff.

Or that there should be a

public service announcements

for the dangers of having too

much stuff.

Because the stuff, we're not

using most of the stuff.

Most of the stuff is sitting

on shelves in closets.

Because I know it's not just

me.

People buy stuff.

Oh, I bought that.

You know, look in your drawer

of your kitchen.

Tell me how many of those

things that you've used in the

last month.

No, you haven't.

No, you haven't.

That's not true.

You didn't make soup.

You didn't use the soup ladle

.

You didn't use that.

I'm telling you, you didn't.

Look in your closet.

How many of those clothes have

you worn in the past month or

two?

In the past year even.

Like I said in the last

podcast.

I have pairs of pants I don't

even remember having.

If there's any symbol of

consumerist nightmare, it's

having clothes that we don't

even know that we have.

People are struggling to put

together like a few sticks or

whatever in a burlap sack to

have something to cover them in

some countries.

And here in America, I'm

forgetting about the clothes

that I even have.

Quite a dichotomy we have in

this world.

I was thinking today about how

, when I was in Mexico, about a

year ago actually, exactly a

year ago, it started to occur

to me that this might be an

interesting place to live.

Then when I got back to

Columbus, I don't know, after

that Mexico trip, Columbus

never felt like, it felt like

it was time to leave.

It might have been, like I

feel like maybe I had inklings

that it was time to leave

before that, but I feel like

they were much more pronounced

after I got back from Mexico.

And then I went to Ireland

with my family, and then

immediately after that went on

my road trip, went on the 50 or

49 day road trip.

And then of course I went to

Mexico again and anyway.

I think the last year was

basically me like avoiding

Columbus or at least distancing

myself from it or slowly

separating from it and figuring

out what I was going to do next

.

Or where I was going to go

next.

And I did think about it, but

this really does seem like the

logical step, because like

where would I go in the United

States?

I don't want to live in Ohio

anymore, or at least in

Columbus.

I guess I would have been open

to Cleveland maybe, but it's

the weather really.

This winter really took it out

of me in terms of like wanting

to live in Ohio.

It was a lot.

And then you wonder like, so I

look for a job, what? I decide,

I pick a city in the United

States?

San Diego or Los Angeles or I

don't know, Buffalo.

I don't know, I have no idea,

you know, what do I pick?

And you know, I know some

people in Mexico.

I like Mexico.

I'm curious about Mexico.

And yeah, I felt connected to

Mexico City.

So yeah, I'm moving there.

It's also a cheaper cost of

living too.

I'm not going to lie that that

's part of it.

But I'm not sure what most of

it is.

I've thought about that a lot

over the last month or two.

Like what's the main reason I

'm doing this?

I do think a big part of it is

wanting to downsize and live

simply.

I think that's a big part of

it.

I think that was the thing

that got into my head when I

was in Mexico a year ago.

Because all I had was the

couple suitcases.

And honestly, I think that the

political climate, that's not

even a big percentage.

It's growing.

It's growing as things get

worse.

And it's making it much easier

to get out of here.

Because things are getting a

little bit, a little bit nutty

.

I don't mean to make that

noise in a way to trivialize

what's going on at all.

It's just the noise that came

out.

I think I need a change.

I think I need a drastic

change.

I feel like I was getting

bored with my life.

And I don't want to be bored

with my life.

I want excitement and new

things and I want my perception

of time to slow down.

Because I'm surrounded by new

things.

Because that's what travel and

being around new things does.

It slows down your perception

of time.

And that's great.

Right? That's great.

Who wouldn't want that?

Also, tacos are really good.

And in Mexico, they're about

the best thing you've ever had

in your life.

Except for the tongue taco.

I don't want to go back there

.

Lengua.

No, gracias. No lengua taco

for me.

I haven't finished packing

because I can't until I, you

know, get up and take a shower

and, you know, I close toilet

ries, blah, blah, blah, blah,

blah.

And so I have to do that.

And I'm like, can I fit it all

in there?

Is it going to weigh less than

50 pounds?

What am I going to have to

leave?

Or maybe it'll all fit.

I don't know.

I'm always surprised at how

much my suitcases will fit.

I don't know if I fit a lot

more than you would, you would

think in suitcases.

Good story, Jeff.

Thank you very much.

Jeff gives you opinions about

suitcases.

That's going to be my new

podcast.

I'm just going to talk about

suitcases for a long time.

My suitcase has a old USB port

.

Because they thought at one

point that when the, the early

USB technology with the, you

know, the rectangular, the long

rectangular slot for the, for

the, uh, the cable.

They put those everywhere.

I remember they were in New

York subways, they would have

them like charging places.

And now they have to replace

them all.

And I guess people still have

those cables, but honestly that

technology is being phased out

.

And it's like, can, can we

just pick, like a cable size?

Can we just decide on one and

just go with it?

Because I am, like, USB-C,

great, let's just stay with

this.

Because honestly, when I've

been going through my stuff and

all these cables that I have, I

have so many different kinds of

cables.

And it's literally absurd.

My cousin was over last night,

we were hanging out, and he

needed a, um, Thunderbolt cable

.

Which, visually, is almost

identical to a USB-C cable.

Like, it's 98% similar.

The only difference is if you

look closely at the plug, or

you feel it, it's a tiny bit

smaller.

And like, it's like, fuck you,

Apple. Fuck you.

What are you doing? Are you

just fucking with us?

And I apologize for all the

swearing, Mom, I really do.

Like, at least make a

different color or something,

anything, but don't make it so

close to the...

And like, literally, the last

phone used the lightning cable,

and the new ones use the USB-C

.

So, everybody's gotta have,

you know, if somebody comes

over as an older phone, they

need to have the older cable.

Like, what are we doing?

Sorry, I'm getting on a rant

about cables, because it's

absurd how many different kinds

of cables.

And I'm trying to decide which

cables to bring to Mexico City

.

And it's like, I guess I'll

just bring one of every one,

but I might need two USB-Cs.

I don't know, threes, whatever

.

I'm done with my cable talk.

That'll be another podcast

that I'm gonna do.

Jeff talks about cables and

his issues with them.

But seriously though, if

anybody's listening who works

in tech, particularly like

cable engineers, if that's a

thing, I don't know.

Let's just settle on one.

Let's just pick one and go

with it, because I've had it.

I really have.

Anyway, yeah, here we go.

Vamos.

Vámonos.

Vámonos.

Vámonos.

Andale, andale, arriba, arriba

.

See?

Is that offensive?

I want to find out if Speedy

Gonzales is actually offensive

to Mexican people.

That would be, I mean it's

offensive I guess because there

's like one of them is like a

lazy mouse.

Slowpoke Rodriguez is like a

lazy.

But these don't seem like

necessarily, oh, I think they

're drinking tequila a lot maybe

.

I'll have to watch one of

these cartoons before I, yeah.

I gotta find out what the

racist stereotypes are in those

.

What are the racist

stereotypes within Speedy Gonz

ales cartoon?

Speedy Gonzales cartoons

traffic in several well-worn

Mexican stereotypes.

The exaggerated accent played

for laughs.

The sombrero and sandals

visual shorthand.

And most notably the

background characters who are

almost universally depicted as

lazy, drunk or asleep.

Settling up a fast Mexican/la

zy Mexican binary that mirrors

real world caricatures.

The character has defenders.

Particularly in Mexico where

he's seen as a clever underdog

.

But the stereotyping in the

broader world he inhabits is

pretty hard to miss.

I'm at Cleveland Hopkins

Airport.

You can hear the sound of the

woman rolling by with garbage

right now.

My flight's been delayed like

three times, which is actually

for the best.

I mean it's not for the best

now, I like to be on the plane

now.

But I had a little more time

this morning to frantically

pack.

Anyway, yeah, I can't quite

believe that after all of the

talk and preparation and so

forth and so on.

That I am finally at the day

of my departure.

And somewhat ironically, it's

like 60 or 70 degrees today in

Cleveland, Ohio.

Although the man who checked

my bag told me that it was

going to get down into the 40s

and 30s again.

So, okay.

It would have been nice if it

was freezing cold out when I

left just so I could be

reminded of what I'm getting

away from.

So, I have been just wandering

around the airport, trying to

close my rings.

I've gone in three different

Hudson Newses, they all have

the same products.

They all have self-checkout,

but there's a person at all of

them helping you do the self-

checkout.

Which makes me wonder, is it

really self-checkout if there's

somebody standing next to you

showing you how to do it?

I don't know.

I just met a woman at the

airport restaurant/bar who was

going to Wisconsin from...

I'm sorry about the noise, I'm

on the plane.

Who was going from Florida to

Wisconsin to see her sister who

was in ICU because she just

overdosed on Xanax.

In an effort to kill herself.

And then two days before that,

or three days maybe, her father

had tried to kill herself.

Welcome aboard American

Airlines.

Please place small carry-on

items underneath the seat in

front of you.

Larger carry-on items should

be placed in the overhead

compartment.

Anyway, this woman, her father

had died three days ago.

Three days before, three days

or three days ago.

Her father was...

I'm glad that his boarding is

completely due to the cabin for

demarchia.

Her father had hung himself in

a hotel room in New York City.

And they have no idea why. He

seemed very happy.

She just talked to him.

Let's all appreciate our lives

.

And be grateful for the lives

that we have.

Because this woman is going

into literally...

Like I almost gave her a hug.

Anyway.

I'm on my flight to Mexico now

.

And it's very empty, which is

very nice.

Anyway, here we go.

On New Mexico City.

Hola, mis amigos.

Estoy in La Ciudad de Mexico.

With all of the noise and the

excitement that it brings.

It is Monday.

I got here last night.

Quite late.

I took an Uber from the

airport to my apartment.

The whole ride I'm wondering,

is my apartment going to be

nice?

I really hope it's nice.

And then the other thought was

, I can't believe this Uber ride

, which was 25 minutes, is only

$7.

Anyway, got to my apartment,

figured out the keys.

Got inside.

And I'm going to go to the

airport.

And I'm going to go to the

airport.

I'm going to go to the airport

.

I'm going to go to the airport

.

I'm going to go to the airport

.

I'm going to go to the airport

.

I'm going to go to the airport

.

I'm going to go to the airport

.

I'm going to go to the airport

.

I'm going to go to the airport

.

I'm going to go to the airport

.

I'm going to go to the airport

.

I'm going to go to the airport

.

I can't believe this Uber ride

, which was 25 minutes, is only

$7.

Anyway, got to my apartment.

Figured out the keys.

Got inside.

And yeah, it's quite nice.

It's nicer than I thought it

would be.

There's two bedrooms.

There's tons of storage.

There's great light.

Yeah, the beds are really

comfortable.

There's a massive TV.

Almost too big.

And it takes a lot for me to

say that.

But the TV is huge.

And maybe my favorite thing

about the place is that there's

just plants everywhere.

And I assume that I'm the one

responsible for watering these

.

Which is fine with me.

But I should probably reach

out to the landlord to make

sure that he wants me to be

watering them.

But yeah, lots of green stuff

around.

It's a very quirky little

apartment.

But I like it.

And yeah, I had trouble

sleeping last night.

As I do every time I come to

Mexico City the first night.

I think it's the elevation.

I don't know, the lack of

oxygen amps my body up.

I don't know.

I would think it would make me

more tired.

But it doesn't.

It makes me sleepless.

I like the neighborhood a lot

.

There's a coffee house right

across the street.

There's coffee houses

everywhere.

The street is a little bit

noisy.

But you know, Mexico City is

noisy.

So you just gotta deal with

things.

I do also like that it's like

on the third floor.

So it's like at the top of

some of the trees.

So you look out the window and

you just see greenery.

Which is quite nice.

And high ceilings too, which

is always great.

I do like high ceilings.

And there's a Harley Davidson

clock.

I just noticed.

Which is random.

There's some very strange

design elements in here.

That I'm not quite sure what

to make of.

Somebody clearly likes

motorcycles.

Somebody's been to Hawaii.

Somebody likes plants.

The internet here is the

fastest internet I have ever

had at any place I've lived in

my life.

It's ridiculously fast.

So that's good.

Yeah, and the rest of the day

I've just kind of been chilling

out and organizing the

apartment.

And, you know, adjusting to

the elevation and the pollution

.

I ordered an air purifier from

Amazon last night.

Because I've already noticed

it.

My sinuses are just congested

already.

I'm not coughing, it's just my

sinuses and the eyes.

It's like itchy eyes.

It helps.

I think it can't possibly not

help.

Right?

Patricia always seems

suspicious of this air purifier

idea of mine.

But I don't understand what

that comes from.

Like, certainly you do have to

go outside sometimes.

But like, you spend a lot of

time in your own house sleeping

and so forth.

So wouldn't it be good if that

air is clean?

I would argue, fervently, that

it would be.

What I'm curious to see is how

dirty the filter gets.

How quickly it gets dirty.

So yeah, I'm in Mexico City.

And I feel pretty good about

it.

I'm a little worn for the wear

.

I'm a little... it feels a

little surreal, I guess.

Because now I do have to start

doing things like looking for

jobs, editing the podcast,

doing my taxes.

That I've been putting off for

a month, two months.

And now I have to learn how to

like, you know, really live,

exist in this country.

But I've done it for like, you

know, a month and a half, a

year ago.

So it's not... this isn't that

hard.

It isn't.

But I'm not, I'm not, I'm not,

I'm not, I'm not, I'm not.

Another thing I just noticed

is that it feels strange to be

doing Duolingo for Spanish and

then have the ads be in Spanish

.

I mean, it's almost like two

for one, right? Like, but it's

also weird, you know?

And yeah, all my podcasts and

my ads on everything now, even

my...

I'm sure there's a setting,

but some, for some reason,

every time I come to Mexico, my

internet suddenly turns into

Spanish internet.

And I have to like, direct it

to be in English.

And it's kind of annoying,

like I get Spanish Wikipedia,

Spanish everything.

And I'm sure there's a setting

and I'll figure it out at some

point.

I never get over how crooked

the sidewalks are in Mexico

City.

Like, I haven't been to

another city with such messed

up sidewalks.

Like, you really have to pay

attention when you're walking

because the sidewalks are just

all over the place, crooked.

One, one will be this way, one

will be the other way. You can

't see me, but you can imagine.

And yeah, it's infrastructure.

I guess it takes a lot of money

to level all the sidewalks.

And, you know, I don't

entirely mind it until it's

nighttime and I've had a few

drinks.

And I stopped paying attention

for a second and then I almost

fall.

But I have not yet fallen. So

knock on wood there.

But you know, not for the

faint of heart, the sidewalks

here.

Except for in Polanco, which

is a very fancy neighborhood,

which has sidewalks that are

smooth as glass.

The night was my third night

in Mexico City.

And it was, um, it was a good

night.

I think I'm gonna like it here

.

I think I'm gonna like it here

.

I was just hanging out with a

group of people like expats and

locals who live here.

Some who don't.

And, uh, there's a real care

free, joyful vibe here that I

really like.

And, uh, as I was walking away

, saying goodbye to this guy,

Bernardine Bernard.

He, uh, he says to me, 'Be

happy,'

which is the last thing he

says to me.

I'm not sure I've ever heard

somebody say that to me in the

United States as I was...

Somebody I just met, saying

goodbye to him.

Be happy.

Anyway, yeah, it ended up

being just a bunch of their

friends just hanging out, we

played music and...

Took a few mushrooms and

smoked some weed and...

Yeah, it was, uh...

It was good stuff.

The questions I had in my mind

about whether I was gonna be

happy here,

whether this was a good

decision,

I feel like tonight it was

kind of like, 'Oh, it's true.

You are. You're gonna be good

here.

This place is gonna...

This place is gonna embrace

you.

Because, uh, tonight, I'll be

honest, it kinda did. I already

did.

Gave me, like, a, um, big warm

hug.

So, thanks for the big warm

hug, Mexico City.

I'm here.

It feels right to be here.

It feels like this is the

place that I'm supposed to be

...

right now.

And I hadn't felt that,

necessarily, until...

until tonight.

Mexico City takes on a real,

like, uh, magical luster...

when the sun's setting, and

even into the nighttime.

Um, it's the trees. It's all

the greenery.

It's the way that the street

lights...

cash shadows in the street

from the green... through the

greenery.

It's, um, it's all the

different colors of houses,

apartments and buildings.

Something else.

Something really special.

And the weather, Jesus, it's

...

it's probably 70 degrees right

now.

If it was to be a temperature

in the evening for the rest of

my life,

this would be that temperature

.

This would be it.

And, you know, I'm gonna

complain about the crooked

sidewalks...

probably...

every episode, or every other

episode...

for the entire time that I'm

here in Mexico City, so...

maybe get used to that.

But...

there's also a certain charm

to the crooked sidewalks.

And it makes you...

have to be an active walker,

you know?

You can't just passively walk,

you've gotta be paying

attention,

at any time, the sidewalk

could suddenly...

drop out from underneath your

feet.

And then where would you be?

If you like tonight, I just

took like a huge...

exhale.

And I still can't figure out

...

which key...

goes first.

But...

I just did not.

I did not.

It's the dirty key. That's the

first one. One of the keys is

dirty.

The other one is not. And it's

the dirty key. It's the one you

want. Okay, that's all.

And that is how the 40th

episode of onefef goes. Next

week, I'll be coming back with

an interview

that I recorded a long time ago

. I'm not sure which one, but it

's time to get back on that

train.

As always, you can follow the

podcast on Instagram at onefjef

Pod. Also on Facebook at onefjef

Pod.

Substack at onefjef. So forth

and so on. You know the game.

Let's all play together.

I have been feeling incredibly

grateful lately for my life,

for the change in my life, for

my family,

for my friends, for you, the

podcast family, for all of it.

Because it is true what they

say.

We only get one chance at this

whole life thing. So try to

find that perspective whenever

you can.

And I'm going to end this

episode with yet another quote

from good old Rumi.

Don't move the way fear makes

you move. Move the way love

makes you move.

Nos vamos la próxima semana.

Very good, Jeffrey.