Accomplishments and Changes

After several attempts I finally graduated with my bachelor's degree from a top 100 university in the US, Northeastern Univesity in Boston, MA. I waited for the day for a very long time, and it was definetely worth the wait and I would not change the path I took to get there for anything.

While I always imagined the day, I never imagined the profound impact a college degree would have on my life. That piece of paper has not increased my salary and I wasn't offer any sort of promotion. But what it has done is made me re-evalute what is important and what it is that I want from life.

I have worked for some many years doing the same type of job, never really getting ahead. I always blamed moving on that, I left a job I loved to find a not single one I even like.

My husband and I have decided to make some big changes this fall by moving to Charleston, SC. I think it is the change that I need to take steps towards finding my passion, finding what makes me want to get up everyday and go to work.

Maybe this is what people go through when they graduate at 22, I know I am eight years past that but it's never too late to make positive meaningful changes.

No longer a Housewife (still a wife)

So after months of staying home with my dog child, I found a job! I have been working for over two months now and I think maybe I was crazy to go back to work! I decided to take a job at a start-up while finishing my last semester of school, let's see how this goes!

What once was

Years ago I worked for an insurance brokerage, it really was my first "real" job, but it was also the job that gave me the courage and confidence to challenge myself even further. But when I left that job four years ago to move Boston, I felt lost in a city of financial gurus and all confidence and courage was lost.

After four years of jobs that were both the wrong fit culturally and skill set wise, I am hoping to find that job that turns into a career. With the economy the way it is, I know this will be hard but I want to beleive that it is not impossible.

I went on a second interview for a job that I am pretty sure is not the one. After all I am almost 30 and I refuse to be a receptionist (there is nothing wrong with being a receptionsit, but it's not for me). I am also pretty sure that being a receptionist will not help me gain back my confidence.

So in essense this search is not just for a job, it's a way to gain back what once was.

Inspiration

Last night I watched Julie & Julia, mainly because I love to cook and I was incredibly bored, never did I think it would inspire me to write a blog, but here I am sitting in Cranberry Cafe on East Broadway in Southie typing away. Writing isn't my thing, in fact I have spent the past year completing my bachelors degree and writing the papers are my least favorite part. So why you ask am I doing this?

Two months ago I became a housewife, I knew the wife part was coming but the house part was very unexpected. I lost my job the day I went back to work after my wedding. While it was by no means my dream job, it was a job and in this economy that sure is something. So here I am on the verge of turning 30, on the verge of finally completing my bachelors degree and I am a stay at home dog Mom. Not exactly ideal, but as I heard a patron of Cranberry's say yesterday, "at least you have a partner, unemployment for a single person sucks."

So I write this for all the unemployed people out there, yep it sucks....single or married.