Okay, so for past year I've been working a great job in a Graphics and Web Design company as a Web Designer and I. Have. Loved. It.
It's pushed me to grow and stretch and become an empowered business professional woman, while still being an artsy and fun girl.
I've dealt with amazing clients, offensive chauvinists, promotions, set backs and big life choices and I've felt truly alive.
Though, in the words of your friendly neighborhood Spider Man; "With great power comes great responsibility" and one of those responsibilities is proper time management.
To which I have failed.
With the extra time I had on the weekends I've taken an extra job, and I've thrown my evenings into extra work, and suddenly I did nothing else but work. Work, Work, Work.
So in short, and in the style of one of my favorite blogers Alexi Wasser I'm going to do a list of things I've realized about myself, and my year so far.
1. Being an empowered woman can also mean having no social life.
2. It's okay to cry, just make sure your crying about the right things. Not because some dumb jerk cut you off in traffic.
3. That dumb jerk that cut you off in traffic, has a name, and feelings and even though he may never know what you said about it in explicit language you know you degraded a human being.
4. Just because some one yells at you doesn't mean they're mean. Often times they just don't understand the process you're working in.
5. Just because some one else that yelled at you was nice, doesn't mean every one is. Be careful who you let in, and who you let out.
6. Because your meeting people when you work, doesn't mean you know lots of people. I really don't want to ask half of my clients to go out to dinner with me, nor do they care where I get my nails done.
7. You can do great nail art by your self- or by your sister. Depending on who has the money to buy the tools.
8. H&M isn't as fun in the states as it is over seas, and that makes me sad.
9. Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
10. Some times schools want you to pay $10,000 to learn about the profession you're already in.
11. Some times that's a totally understandable expense. Some times it's not.
12. Don't wait until you're nearly dead to stop, sit back and breath. Rest is totally necessary and you totally need it.
So that is twelve of the most important things I've learned in 2012 (so far) let's hope the next six months I learn something about like, I dunno relationships, and love and girl things.
Here's to six more months.
