So I’ve made it through my first week at Federated Media. . .
Ask me a year ago if I thought I could have a job like this and I would have laughed. I really believed that the business world wouldn’t want me. I convinced myself to be a “starving artist” of sorts and set out pursuing creative endeavors only.
As crazy a time that was for me a year ago, it did lead me to start this blog. I felt so inspired after planning my wedding and didn’t want the creativity to just die. Like many of you, I read Blog, Inc. and thought maybe there was a way to start a new career writing, photographing, designing. I knew it wasn’t a get rich quick gig (don’t we all).
And then I reached a point, where I was really unhappy. Unhappy I couldn’t contribute to our family. Unhappy all my friends were working at great jobs. And unhappy that I couldn’t see a realistic career ahead of me. So I applied here and there, at first only to other blogs. I started contributing DIYs to Brit + Co which was fun but didn’t pay. Doing a lot of work for gratis can start to take a toll after a while.
It wasn’t until I started working with Crane & Canopy that things started to turn around. I found a great mentor in their marketing director who showed kindess when not too many others did. From just a quick afternoon coffee date, I realized I needed to redefine my goals.
And it was shortly after that I discovered the perfect job on Design Lovefest. I admit, I hesitated for two weeks before I applied. A part of me still felt under-accomplished for my age and education. But thank goodness something inside pushed me to apply. . .
So here I am a week in to the new job. Yes it’s been hard to juggle the blog and work, I’m pretty tired as I am writing this. But somehow this will all pay off. I can’t see how things will turn out yet, but I have a feeling that working at this amazing company and continuing my blog will spark something. If anything I get to help amazing bloggers, big and small, earn a living. And that makes me happy.
