Hey everyone! This won’t be a long post, but I wanted to hop on and just give you all a bit of an update since it has been a little while. Grad school has officially started! Woohoo! I was able to get a week’s worth of work done before the session actually started, which ended up being a really good place to be since something has come up that takes a little of my focus away from my studies. I think most of my regular readers are aware of the fact that I went back to school to finish my bachelor’s degree a few years ago, and that I earned my B.S. in Marketing (which still amuses me).
The dream, for me, was to break into the marketing world and take it by storm! LOL, ok, maybe that was a little too ambitious, but I at least wanted to move into that field. In fact, after I graduated and couldn’t find a job anywhere nearby (pre-COVID so there weren’t remote jobs, either), I had decided to follow my dream and attempt to go freelance. That was terrifying. I had fun doing it, but I just didn’t see a way for me to monetize that so I could do little things like pay my student loans that were going to be coming due (again, pre-COVID deferments) and other bills. Not without knowing a lot more than I felt like I knew, and I felt a lot of time pressure to start making money for the above reasons. I wrote about this a few posts ago, but I decided to take a job that paid real money, with good benefits, and what has turned out to be really amazing people and the best boss I think I’ve had up to this point in my life. It has been a true blessing, even though I don’t find the work fulfilling. It is GREAT work, and I’m not sorry I did what I did, even though it meant deferring my dreams even further down the road.
That brings me to now, though. I am job hunting, looking for a career in marketing. I have a real passion for connecting people with the people, products, services, and information they need to live their best lives, whatever that looks like for them. So, I decided that now is the time to make a change. I’ve been applying to place, after place, after place and the rejections have just been rolling in. I guess other people decided that now was the time to make a change, too, as some of the jobs I’ve applied for have had literally hundreds of applicants. Probably half of them have way more experience than me, so that has left me out in the cold, so to speak. Until now, that is. I had a screening interview on Wednesday, and honestly, I totally crushed it! I was personable, knowledgeable, and just authoritative enough to let them know I mean business. I had to compromise on salary requirements because this was for an entry level job that only required a degree, but it is a competitive and fare wage being offered. I am preparing now for my second interview that will be happening next week, so if you’re a praying person, please pray for God’s will to be done, whatever that looks like. If this is finally my shot, I am going to take it. If it’s not, then I’ll keep looking until I find my place. But guys, I’m so excited that I finally got at least a shot at making my dreams happen.
So, I don’t have a song for you today to encourage you, and I’m not sure that anyone will even care about this post, LOL, but I wanted to share with you all anyway. Keep me in your prayers, and I’ll definitely be keeping all of your in mine. If there’s any specific things you want me to pray for, feel free to drop those in the comments, or email me directly here. Thanks for reading my ramblings today!
Much Love,
Teri
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