Blog Challenge: Day 27

A picture of you last year and now. How have you changed since then?


September 10, 2011 at my Bachelorette Party



How much a difference makes?  Physically, I think that I look pretty much the same as I did last year.  My hair is a little longer and has more red in it that it did last year at this time.  I haven't put on a ton of post wedding pounds, so that is good!



Mentally, I am in such a better place today than I was just a year ago.  2011 was a roller coaster year that started out was a job loss and job gain on the same day.  I thought I had found a company that I was really going to love and thrive at with a pretty unique portfolio with a boss I thought would be a great mentor.  So 2 out of the 3 isn't bad....I hated the company and their lack of focus.  I thought a unique porfolio was very cool and my boss was great, until he wasn't my boss.  I had 22 states and part of Canada.....I have always loved having a traveling job, but this was hard. I couldn't build traction and I felt like I was never getting anywhere.  I was the youngest sales rep by like 10 years and that made me feel really alone. 

J proposing was a high and I loved planning a wedding. I loved seeing my family more than normal and got to really bond with my mother. 



September 15, 2012 at Slough Stock



Then August came and the board of directors put the company for sale and eliminated my sales team....while I was sitting at a Starbucks in Baton Rouge.  Pre-J I would have utterly fallen apart. After a lot of tears and the most amazing support from friends, I regrouped and started the job hunt.  I knew I was relinquished from a job I didn't like, but I was terrified of not finding something with a wedding in 2 months.  I had a few good job interviews by phone, and was flown from west coast to east coast for a few in personl final interviews, but was not the right fit.

Right about this time last year, I started interviewing for my current job. An AMAZING job, that I landed 3 days before my wedding.  I was able to go on my honeymoon and start as soon as I got back into town.  So I have a new job, new last name, new family, new hopes for the future, new roles in my life, a savings account, and hopefully just more stability than 2011.