Gaining Momentum

I guess it's true that when you're happy you've got less to say. At least for me. I haven't posted anything in the last few days because I've been both busy and happy. The last few months for me have been difficult, trying, depressing, etc...I completely lost momentum, self-confidence and even the hope of being hired somewhere. I even told Jeff that I was beginning to feel "un-hire-worthy." The less I did, the less I wanted to do. You'd think with all my free time I would have been exercising, organizing...just gettin' shit done. But I wasn't. I held out hope that the right job would come along, but I started to get confused, thinking that maybe I was passing things up because sub-consciously I just didn't want to work or something. But listening to that tiny glimmer of my inner ego (Rachel you're too good for Macy's, Rachel you know you won't be happy being the admin at "X" corporation no matter how much they pay you) was 100% the right thing to do. I almost can't believe this even happened for me.

It's only been a week, but my new job is perfect for me. Working in the editorial department in magazine publishing is something that I've always wanted to do. The best work experience I had was as an intern at a magazine, and the only time I've ever gone to a job that didn't make me absolutely miserable. My boss is awesome. She is the antithesis of micro-management. Our office environment, casual. Very casual, which equals very awesome. My editor and managing editor are women my age and we're getting along fantastic. I do a little bit of administrative work, but not much, most of it is creative, and best of all, I am trusted to make decisions. And even better than the "best of all" is that I get to write. I get to do restaurant reviews (which I've been wanting to do for a while), shop for items we want to feature, and eventually I'll even get to do some travel writing.

So yeah, things are better.

We have a lunch club on Monday's too, which reminded me a lot of this!