A New Day is Dawning...for ME!

Last year, I took a job, that although I learned a ton of new things and really liked a lot of the people that I worked with…It just wasn’t the right spot for me. With the salary and the work load…let’s just say, I didn’t feel appreciated. I needed something new, I needed a change. And after months of digging myself deeper and deeper into a hole and struggling to pay my bills (thankfully I have friends and family that kept me from going into debt), I realized that with a college degree I should be making more than people who were high school graduates, with no college degree working as a cafeteria assistant. I am not saying that that people in those jobs are not worthy or whatever, but I feel that since I shelled out a ton of money for college, I should be making more than them. I had spend way too much money on college and way too many days stressing and crying to my friends to be living like this.

So I decided to start looking for a new job.  I love what I do, so I just needed to find a home. It took me a few months, I was really lucky compared to many people. I found a home and a boss that I love. I have had all kinds of bosses since my first job in high school. I have had crazy bosses, I have had mean bosses, I have had bosses that could care less and don’t provide direction. When I started working with my new boss, I thought I had hit the jackpot, she is amazing. She is great and I enjoy having someone to bounce ideas off of and someone who can actually be a mentor and doesn’t hate me. I watch her and I think to myself… “That is who I want to be in 5 years….10 years!”

I have been at my new job for about 3 months now and I couldn’t be happier. I feel like I am the luckiest person going. AND to top it all off, for the first time in a 6 months…or is it a year. I paid my rent, all my bills, got groceries, and I actually had money left over. I even have a savings account. Although there is not much in there yet…it is slowly growing! J I couldn’t be happier. I dealt with many months of deciding between gas to get to work and food to eat, but not anymore! I hope that I manage to keep my head above water.  I am going to keep working my butt off, but it will be nice to save money instead of asking friends for a change.

I hope that in another 6 months down the road I am in an even better position, and you better believe that I am going to keep working hard, doing my best, and keeping on top of my game to make sure that I never end up in the position I was in again.