New Beginnings

Decisions have always been a struggle for me. Even the tiny ones, like what to order at a restaurant. I think deciding on a career is one of the hardest decisions. I mean, you're committing to 40 hours a week for a huge chunk of your life. That's a lot of hours! I would like to think that when you find the "right" one, it won't seem that way. Like when you find the right person. Marriage means you'll be with someone for the rest of your life, but that wasn't scary at all for me. I knew I wanted to be with Josh for the rest of my life. I wouldn't have it any other way. But decide on a job I want to have for the next 35 years...that's another story. I don't know why the thought terrifies me. I can change my career and it's not really a big deal, right? I mean, you have to wait for the right opportunities I guess, but still, it's not like divorce or anything. 

I graduated from NC State with a Food Science degree. I enjoyed my major for the most part, but to this day, I have no idea why I chose it. I started off as an Animal Science major and I was going to be a vet. Life happened and I changed my mind. I went through a few majors before I finally settled on Food Science. Second semester of my junior year I started to have second thoughts. But I didn't want to flake out on yet another major. Senior year, I was still having second thoughts, but I was already graduating late because I had changed my major 3 times already. I decided it was time to suck it up and graduated. I was interested in my classes, so why not give it a shot. I found a job in my field about 6 months after moving to MD. I've been there for a little over a year now. I've liked it for the most part, but I don't love it and I'm not passionate about it. I knew I wanted to consider other options before my 1 year mark, but I was determined to stick it out for a year to see if my feelings changed. They didn't and I started looking elsewhere. I started to apply to other local food companies. Some huge, some tiny. I prayed, I talked to Josh about it, I thought about it...a LOT. Doors were just not opening for me, even with some connections. 

We decided I should maybe try another career path, not just because of the lack of opportunities, or because we want to eventually move back to NC and there are even less opportunities there, but also because I knew my heart just wasn't in it. One of Josh's co-workers suggested that we see if there was anything available at their company. Again, I prayed, talked to Josh, and thought a lot, we decided it couldn't hurt. His company is absolutely wonderful so the thought thrilled me. I didn't really know what I wanted to do anyway, so why not take a chance? Well, things have really fallen into place for me. For us. I will be starting my new job on April 24th! I'm starting off as a receptionist to cover maternity leave right now. I'm really not sure where I will end up in the future. I'll be sort of test driving things to see where I fit best. I think that is just great. I usually don't like uncertainty. I'm a planner and I like what's coming next. I'm actually very excited about it though! 

So, here's to a fresh start. Hopefully I've found my calling!