Wow, it's been over 3 months since I've updated. That usually happens with me and journals. However, I plan on looking back on this in 10 years and either laughing at myself, or wishing to be back in this situation, or learning from my mistakes, so I plan to follow through
Things took a turn very quickly (not sure if for the better or for the worse yet) these past few months and I've been working on getting my mind and life straight.
things that matter, in pretty much chronological order:
In February, I started the planning process for a large scale event in celebration of my Alma Mater's 75th Anniversary. It has now turned into an outdoor music festival and fair with a very nice budget. I'm acting as a mentor to the current members, as they will be doing the contract work, as I...well I'm not quite sure what I'll be doing yet. I am so excited to move forward with this and help to create a memorable event for thousands of people.
I also attended a conference for my job in February. It took place in Boston and was so much fun! I got to meet a lot of great people and got my feet wet in the industry. We had an artist showcase, and she was amazing! We had a ton of students and administration at the booth after her performance and about 15 schools that showed interest in booking her. I did my thing as I spoke to a lot of great university programmers, some of who told me how good I was at this job and how I was meant to do it.
So, I come back to the office after and received a "can you come in my office?..." IM from my boss. Now, I thought we were going to talk about the upcoming conference. At this time, he was unsure as to whether he was going to send me or not. Instead, I was told that I was being taken off of the College Booking Division because our artists did not bring in as many requests as he believed it would have taken to decide to keep me. There didn't seem to be enough work coming into the office for two people. He wasn't unhappy with me and offered me the opportunity to go in another direction with the company. One thing he mentioned was the Festival market. This was something that we had spoken about in supplement to my college booking. In the end, there was nothing that I felt existed that would make as much money as quickly, not take as much money to start up and that I would be as passionate about as the college work. I decided to move on from the company.
However, that same day, my ex-employer (where I was laid off in May) reached out to me for some part time, temp work. I would be working on cleaning up multiple databases and helping the organization merge everything into a Super Database. Of course I took it! I've been there for about a month and I love it :)
I've also decided to go back to school and get my Masters. I am applying to Higher Education programs. Through all of my experience, I've found myself most happy while programming in the college environment, both while in and out of college, so I'm listening to my heart and opening to make it a career. Wish me luck!!
In between all of this, I went to Puerto Rico with 4 amazing friends. This is my 3rd time vacationing there and every single time, I try to figure out a possible way to live there for the rest of my life. I can never come up with a really good reason to not follow through.
I'll leave you with my #1 reason everyone should do it:
