FINALLY! No more job hunting.

I have waited a long, long time to be able to write this post. Eight months, to be exact.

I posted here about getting a new job, and well...I got ANOTHER new job! The first one I mentioned is going to a part-time, work-from-home position. The second one is a full-time position with a company I have wanted to work for since before I graduated. I couldn't have described a more perfect job for me right now, and after eight months of letdowns and self-doubt, this is an amazing development.

I have dreamed of writing this post because I knew job hunting would not last forever, but the wait was grueling. It was hard to watch every one of my friends end up in positions suited for their skills and degrees, and I remained at my internship. I loved it there, but it was time to move on. As with a lot of things in life, the waiting and uncertainty was the hardest part.

When I left my first full-time job back in June, I assumed I would be out a job through the summer, maximum. If I only knew. I went back to my old internship. Summer became fall, fall became winter, 2013 became 2014 and I was exhausted. January was awful. I had a couple meltdowns that I'd been holding back because I really didn't think I would get to 2014 without a full-time position. I re-drew career path plans about a million times, hoping something would make sense. I knew how incredibly lucky I was to have part-time work in an internship in my field, but I still felt like my life was on hold.

The funny thing is, I knew this was an important time for me. I had been so work-centric my whole life that I placed my entire worth on what career I would have. I had to learn over time that a job is just a job, and self-worth is intrinsic. You can't decide you're something just because you have a job, and are suddenly nothing when you don't. That was very hard for me, but very necessary.

To those of you going through something similar...it will work out. Even when you feel like the last person IN THE WORLD still job hunting. (It's easy to get dramatic during this time. I know.) Even if you've been looking for the better part of a year and have been turned down several times. Even if you ***absolutely knew*** before graduation that you would never have to look long for a job. My ego was knocked down several notches during this time.

I always used to say "Even if I don't get a job right after graduation, I will work at McDonald's or something. I'm not above any job. I'll do what I need to do." Ha! That sounded good in theory, until even part-time jobs didn't want me. So for those of you waiting on something...a job, finding the right person, etc...I understand some of that struggle now MUCH better than before all this. It's draining, but it's a good time to take a step back and focus on what you really want.

I had a feeling the timing would work out when it was meant to, and not a second before. I kept that in the back of my mind while I scrambled frantically through the last eight months, but it was really important to hang onto..

I start Mar. 3, and I can't wait!