Where have I been? What have I been doing? In all honesty, it's just been a crazy year of getting myself back on track. My life has been a series of ups and downs with career, money, love, and health. Finally, I feel like I am getting back in the swing of a semi-normal life. I want to start writing again. I want to share with everyone my experiences, my likes and dislikes, and my thoughts and opinions.
Those of you that know me personally, know that in the first quarter of 2016, I lost the job I had, but by summer I had found an amazing replacement. I wasn't bummed when I got laid off, I was just simply ready for what was next. I knew there would be a place for me somewhere. I interviewed so many places, and for so many different types of positions. Finally! Finally, I found where I am at now. I am back in the marketing field working for an agency that is probably the best company I have ever worked for. I have been there for 7 months now, and I still love it.
Now that my job/career is back on the right path the money situation is getting back to normal. My last office job was just a stepping stone to bigger and better things. Do I miss baking and decorating? Absolutely. One cannot simply live on that pay. It's really disheartening to know how little the food and artistic food community earn. Unless you start young (or have a small fortune saved as a backup), it is impossible to move up and make enough money to live on comfortably. I hope to get back to it one day, in some capacity, but for now, I am thoroughly enjoying having a paycheck large enough to pay all my bills and save a little extra (not to mention company medical insurance).
As for love... that's just too long and personal of a story to tell. But I am getting myself out there. Maybe, just maybe, you will hear my stories from here on out. But the last one is too dear to my heart to be public about. But let me tell you...dating apps and sites aren't all they are cracked up to be. I keep trying, but man, it's difficult out there! Maybe I will write a book eventually...you never know.
As for my health, some of you may know that I was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease years ago. My symptoms consist of digestive issues, body inflammation (especially in my hands), mild to severe joint and muscle pain, headaches, cysts in my joints and on tendons, extreme fatigue, and insomnia. That's just to name a handful of what I have experienced over the last 7-8 years. The last few years have been the most difficult. My doctor had added Rheumatoid Arthritis to my list of possible diagnosis' and tried to get me to go on chemo meds a' la' Selena Gomez (who notably did a stint for her lupus symptoms). I refused. Since the beginning, my gut has told me that the doctors weren't right and this was something else entirely. Well, now with my new salary I can afford to see a naturopath. For the last 6 months, I have been working with her and a NEW Rheumatologist who is more on board with the holistic side of medicine. I can honestly say that this naturopath has helped me tremendously, and what she thinks is wrong with me is definitely not what the doctors have been saying I have or have been treating me for, for the last 4 years. I have a long way to go to be symptom-free, but I feel like my quality of life has improved a lot because of her treatments.
So, as for this blog, I don't know what is yet to come. I have some ideas of what I want to incorporate, which all stick to the "Random Coordinated Chaos" theme. This, in all honesty, has always fit the theme of my life. At this point I just want to write. I want to get in the habit of writing. My guess is that much of it will consist of whatever it is I am obsessed with at the moment. So, stick with me. It might be a bumpy ride at first, but I hope to really get it going and incorporate those things that enhance my life, whether it be places I go, things I see, products I try (I am obsessed with make-up at the moment), health discoveries, recipes I love, etc.
My goal is to get on here and update as much as possible at first, and then try to get in the habit of once a week. It was my plan when I first started this, but life just got too difficult to try to continue. But now, now I am determined. Stay tuned!
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