When I left college I went straight into Hairdressing - but not for too long, I ended up getting a frozen shoulder at the ripe old age of 19 would you believe & this ended my hairdressing career for the time being because it's an injury that takes months to repair & of course - the industry wouldn't pay for that amount of time off & in all honesty, I didn't much enjoy working in the Salon at all. I was actually glad to get out of it - so then that led me into looking at office work.
I did a few "officey" based jobs but landed into my next career in the corporate world of Telecomms & being 20 in a young, very sociable environment - I was loving it. I certainly did start at the bottom though - pretty much filling up staplers, handing post out & filling the printers with paper! (omg - total yawn fest but I met some great people). I have always been very sociable & ambitious so jumped at the chance to grab an interview for a document control job that my friend put me forward for. This was the start of my journey to becoming what I aimed for at the beginning - a Project Engineer/Zone Manager (Project Manager depending on what company or project you were on). This opened me up to a whole new world, I was very financially comfortable, never had to worry about money & I was loving life - which for someone in their early twenties to be able to say that, it was pretty cushty. I am proud of my hard work although, I wish I acted more proud & didn't play it down so much - something I am working on. When you grow up without having "pats on the back" you stop looking for it I guess, so I find it very easy to "shrug off" my success so nowadays, I try harder to give my own "pats on the back". Which we should all practice anyway.
Then in 2012 along came my little superhero who completely changed my life for the better. I was always one of these women that was career focused but always wanted a family but was NEVER EVER broody & actually, I'm still not. Yes if I see a cute kid, I will coo & aww but my ovaries don't ever have that "bursting" feeling that some of my mommy friends experience!
I always told myself that when I have a child, I want to be with them as much as I can in the early years, I always wanted to have my own business and here we are today! Full circle, back to my helping nature, back to doing more hair & beauty therapist as it just goes hand in hand with what I'm doing - working under this fabulous company - Forever Living, all from home & all around raising my son. It's been the best desicion I have made because I get such a buzz out of helping people, I have my personality back that was sucked right out of me in comms towards the end (anyone in the corporate world I am sure can relate to the kind of "stuffy" mentality that comes with it).
If there is one thing you should no about me, if I say I'm going to do something - I always do it! I'm a very proud person so I don't care how long something takes me & I class myself as a free spirit - if I have the option to drive the motorway or the scenic route - I choose scenic. The bottom line is I will always get there. The difference nowadays is I kind of have to. I don't want to tell my son that he can "achieve anything he wants' - I want to show him.
....And so the adventure begins! Working for myself is allowing me not only to constantly & freely work on my own self development, but I get to explore the other avenues I am passionate about too which I wouldn't have the time to do if I was back in the office. I just have more time.
I hope you enjoy my posts & I hope I offer some value to your day. Thanks for taking the time to stop by.
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