Things are about to get a little personal. If you're struggling to find your way in life or in a funk for seemingly no reason, I've been there. I've been there for the past few months and I want you to know that it gets better; you just have to be patient.
{100% corny but 100% true, there's a plan for you}
However when I got to A&M, I started caring a lot less about my classes, internship opportunities, and securing a job post-graduation and a lot more about extracurriculars (both in terms of academics and hanging out with my friends). Mixed in to all of that was having a full course load, a nearly full-time job, rediscovering the Catholic church and being called to delve deeper into my faith, and finding my soulmate (through one of those extracurricular clubs, might I add...so it ended up being a great thing!). My life was full of changes and emotions that were just overwhelming. My future was shaping out to be one that didn't match what I had been planning this whole time.
Fast forward to December 2012, when my husband and I got engaged. He was set to graduate that May and I was planning on graduating in August (changing majors 3/4 of the way through college set me back a nice year and a half). We set our wedding date for October and started talking about moving to Austin or another city once we get married. Austin is like a little mecca of urban gardens and community programs that just seemed like a perfect fit for me and my career goals. And we loved it there! But then God threw us a curveball when my husband was offered a full-time position in town and since we had a wedding to pay for and he loved it there, it was just silly not to take it. We would stay in College Station for a year or so and then move to our beloved Austin or elsewhere.
I continued with my classes and graduated as planned in August. As my graduation date was approaching, however, I realized I had absolutely no idea what kind of job I could pursue in town. I knew I did not want to work for a landscape company and that was pretty much the only horticultural type job in the area. I had thought about becoming a teacher, but I wasn't sure if that was something I could really do. Feeling rushed to help contribute financially to our wedding and future together, I took a job at a daycare working with the babies. If you had asked me 5 years ago if I saw myself graduating from college and starting an hourly job at a daycare...I would have laughed in your face.
Come back tomorrow for Part 2 where I get down to the knitty gritty of the past 6 months, and I offer up my tried and true tips for doing the whole job searching/finding yourself thang!
Glad to see you in my Bloglovin' feed! I've missed you! Looking forward to part 2. Until then, happy thoughts!
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