When Life Gives You Lemonade…
Ever gone through a weird period of transition? – Ah! who am I kidding, of course you have, you’re human just like me.
Well that seems to be the moral of my life these days.
A few months ago, I was a full time student, I was working two jobs and I was a fiancé.
Today, I’m a college and university graduate, I’m unemployed, and a wife. Two of those I am proud of, it’s the pesky word there in the middle – unemployed – that keeps me up at night.
We often forget how easily and quickly things can change. Four and a half years of school, gaining work experience in my field for 4 of those years, and yet unemployed is where I sit.
While I’ve learned through my life that nothing is permanent and the only constant is in fact change, some days it’s tough.
I’ve got skills. Mad skills. I’m reliable like that old bike we all had growing up that just wouldn’t quit. I’m flexible (I’m a yogi, but my hamstrings are pretty tight most days). I can write, after all I’ve caught your attention to this point. Social media is my PB&J. And yet still, I am unemployed.
So, what’s a girl to do?
Grab life by the balls and take matters into my own hands (figuratively speaking of course). All those skills I spoke about up there, someone out there needs those.
I never thought of myself as an entrepreneur, someone who could run a successful business someday. But, I can, and will try my absolutely best to make it successful.
Something I learned while being in school was how to fail with grace. Everything doesn’t work out the first time, we’re one of the lucky ones if it does.
I recently had the privilege of hearing Michele Romanow speak. If you’re a Dragon’s Den fan, she’s a new dragon and the youngest dragon ever. She’s pretty impressive. In her talk she spoke about her journey, how she had to be scrappy and get messy, that you have to be brave, curious and not be afraid. Her talk really resonated with me. As a young woman, trying to find her place in this world but also in the professional world, hearing that everything didn’t come easy for her, and still doesn’t, was refreshing.
I left her talk with an entirely new perspective and a new sense of drive and determination I was missing. A sense of motivation that if she could do it, so can I!
If you’ve read to this point, thank you! This is my first post on medium, and it was more of a rant and ramble than anything. But, if you’re going through a transition, whatever it may be, you can get through it! Holding true to yourself and your values and morals are what will make you happy in the end. Occasionally that means making tough decisions, but “it all works out in the end, and if it doesn’t work out, it’s not the end”
