Go forward in the direction of your dreams

I haven't posted in awhile so there is a lot to update. In an effort to spare you a little boredom I won't go into too much detail, but basically I moved from Santa Barbara to Orange County to pursue a career with Paul Mitchell the School.

Let's compare, yes? I'll be totally candid as this is my "diary" and feel that it's only right.

Before....

Santa Barbara
Worked 5-6 days per week, either for a low hourly rate (doing much more than my job description included, yet didn't get recognition/a raise/a promotion, etc) or nothing at all ("building a clientele".... right.) Vastly underappreciated at work. Ate fast food daily. Lived in old, run down apartment building, in drafty unpainted, unfurnished room. Ugly stained carpet. Gross old cat who made the apartment smell. Roommates stayed in their rooms with the door closed all the time and weren't social. Drank way more than I should. Did lots of drugs. Spent a lot of time around the wrong influences who encouraged said drug/alcohol use. Took surrounding area for granted. Was reminded daily of my ex by things around town and let my heart ache.

.... and now ....

Orange County
Work 5 days a week. Hired on in a leader position right off the bat. Welcomed into company with open arms by all the staff. Paid much more an hour, plus benefits coming soon. Respected. Possibly even overappreciated! Tons of opportunity for growth in the company. Vegan (which also includes steadily dropping pounds despite the fact that I'm not even trying... 7 so far). Living in a really nice house with two awesome girls. And an adorable yorkie and cat. Make new friends almost daily. Seeing a few different eligible bachelors who are super nice to me, and hot. Go out regularly with staff and have a great time. Quit doing drugs completely. Hang around positive, happy people who have direction. Always figuring out fun new things to do. Unaffected by ex and his new realization that he made a mistake and misses me. Basically... MOVING FORWARD!


I KNEW, as I said in a previous post, big changes were up ahead. And here they are. I am so fortunate to have so many positive changes in my life, and great things happening to me. I am working hard to move confidently in the direction of my dreams!


I am happy.

The rest is still unwritten.

I have this feeling that something big is about to happen.

I think its a combination of a lot of circumstances. After a really rough year, I've taken the past few months to regain my balance and composure and now that I've reached an acceptable level of ok-ness it's time for my next step. Another part of it is my unfulfillment in my job; the fact that my eyes are wide open looking for the next positive opportunity that may come along. I'm well aware that my mindset controls my every thought, every action that takes place in my life, and being a very impulsive person my mindset tends to change without a second's notice. So having reached this point where I'm feeling unappreciated doing my full time job, noncommittal about where I'm building a clientele, and overall unsettled about where I am and what I'm doing here, its no surprise that I'm wondering if this is where I belong. On top of all that, I'm in a place right now where I'm not desperately looking for someone, nor am I unavailable, and I'm definitely not just going to jump head first into something I feel so-so about it, but I'd be happy to start something with someone if they were the right person for me. I have room to be picky because I'm not in any rush.

So it feels like something big is on the horizon.... could it be a move? A new job? A boyfriend? Only time will tell.

Today is where your book begins....
The rest is still unwritten.