In general I try to keep it real on this bloggy blog and don’t like to sugar coat things. Over the past 7 or so months I’ve been a bit hush hush about things on the job front while searching for a position that both feels like a good fit for me and allows me to do what I love doing.
It’s been hard. Really effing hard. Applying for jobs suck. Interviewing for jobs suck. Getting your dream job taken away from you sucks. For the past 8 months I’ve spent a decent amount of my free time writing cover letters and applying to jobs, while somehow also maintaining a full time job, sometimes writing on this blog, being a decent girlfriend, exercising daily, seeing my friends and trying to sleep every once in a while.
I’m going to reiterate how hard it is, because it really and truly is hard. It’s hard to be that frustrated with life, it’s hard to keep applying for job after job, it’s hard to work hard your whole life and feel like it doesn’t pay off. And I say this bluntly because I know a lot of other people go through this. A lot of my friends certainly have this past year alone.
When I turned 25, I said over and over again I have a good feeling about 25. Something felt like it was finally clicking into place and sure enough that Monday I got the phone call offering me my new job.
I’m SO excited to announce that I am now the marketing lead for nicepipes apparel.
How convenient that my first week of work was unseasonably chilly aka perfect weather for pipes?
I missed the fitness world. So much. It’s the only thing I’ve known professionally, literally every job I’ve had since college besides these past few months at Yelp has somehow been connected to the fitness industry. I missed social media. I missed being creative. I’m so grateful for everything I learned at Yelp and the incredible people I met, but I also knew the position was not the right fit for me at this time.
Yep, the Yelp office has a swing.
Last week I toasted to my last day at Yelp over chicken korma with my mom and Jeremy, today I toasted to the end of my first week at nicepipes with my mom and dad, still over chicken korma of course. I’m slowly transitioning into the role but can already say it just feels right. I’m excited again, something I haven’t usually felt about work over the last 8 months.
Oh, and of course working for a fitness apparel company means I get to continue my never ending life goal of wearing yoga pants all day, every day. Success!
Bridget McGahen says
Congrats on the new job!! Sounds really fun and challenging in a good way 🙂
Kayla says
thank you! It’s been a great week 1 so far!