When I graduated college, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my business degree. Scratch that. During college I also had no idea what I wanted to do. I knew that I was interested in marketing as well as some aspects of HR. (Hence why I did concentrations in both of these areas.) The thought of picking just one of these routes in my career was so daunting though. So...I took the easy way out and let my career kind of pick itself. Wherever I got an opportunity is how I decided what I would ultimately do. I interned at two great companies in college doing HR-related work. So naturally, post-grad I ended up focusing on searching for HR-related work again. I also barely interviewed with new companies. Maybe that was a little bit of laziness, maybe it was because I felt safe sticking to familiar faces. And that's how I fell into the trap of going through the motions and not really casting my net as wide as I could have. I've worked for several well-known companies in the Seattle area since my intern days. Companies that I was really proud to have on my resume. Then one day something clicked in my brain and I realized that's not the shit that matters. It didn't even really truly … [Read more...]

I'm fairly sure I say this every year but isn't it crazy how fast 2017 went by? I remember celebrating the new year like it was yesterday. Even though so much goodness happened this year it was also very difficult in some aspects. To close out the past year, here are some good memories and things I'm grateful for.  - Spending New Year's day by going to Snoqualmie Falls (it was snowy!) and going to IHOP and Target afterwards. (The highlight was going to Target obviously.)  - Living in Jared and I's first apartment together. (We just moved into a new apartment though!) - Spontaneously deciding to go to London for a week with Jared. It was on this trip that I learned just how strange, yet wonderful, it is to be a tourist in a new city by yourself. I also ate at sit down restaurants by myself for the first time here. - Going to Canada for my birthday and eating ALL the food.  - Okay, I guess a lot of these are going to be travel related so in general all of the travel this year was pretty amazing. London, Canada, Leavenworth, Vegas, Hawaii, Yakima, and Portland.- Getting gifted tickets to Yayoi Kusama's exhibit at the SAM. This was one of the most amazing art exhibits … [Read more...]