Time to get back to blogging. It’s been a busy year and then some for me….planned my wedding, had my wedding, went on a mini-moon and a dream honeymoon, looked for a house, bought a house, sold my condo, moved into my new-to-me house, improved my new-to-me house, and somewhere in all that mess started to consider a career change.
I’m finally taking the advice of my near and dear friends, and working towards an event planning job. But I can’t shake the sports part of me, and so have narrowed my search down to working for a not-for-profit organization that focuses on sports and play. And I want to become an event planner for that organization. This realization was hit upon when I went to a workshop put on by the Women of Influence, called Brand Your Passion. What a great exercise to define my Passion. Some soul-searching was involved (and a legitimate aha! moment or two), as was a fair amount of resume revamping. I have been applying to jobs that interest me, and learning how to massage my experience to match the keywords in the postings.
Now, don’t get me wrong, I still love my job. I love that I grin and get excited about telling people about what it is I do for a living. I know that I am far luckier than many, because I love what I do. I’m not just making money to pay off my new mortgage, feed and clothe myself and my husband. My job, for the most part, matches my life-philosophy. But it seems that since I have revamped my personal life, or is it “grown-up?”, I need to update my professional life too. So this blog gets some more attention again, but it will branch out into the process of transitioning into (hopefully) a different job. I like to work my thoughts out on paper, you see. And if it’s virtual paper, so be it. So here are some fresh thoughts for me to keep in mind:
Goal number 1: Be patient. Everything will fall into place when it’s supposed to.
Goal number 2: Learn by doing. That means doing some volunteer work for a bunch of different organizations, and maybe stretching myself thinner than I already am.
Goal number 3: Meet lots and lots of people. And ask them for help. I’ve always been ambitious, and not always done the follow-through. Now is the time to do the follow-through.
Goal number 4: Remind myself every day how lucky I am to be a) working, b) working for a fantastic company that has already taught me about who I am and who I want to become.
