New Direction

This past week I found out that I didn't get into the grad program I had applied to. Unfortunate, but really just a turn in the direction I was going. I definitely had moments of freak out, but I knew that wasn't going to get my anywhere. Grad school was what I saw in my future, but it was definitely not the only goal. With so many dreams I have conjuring inside my head, this was more of a wake-up call saying, HEY! You have other BIG dreams you can work towards, keep on moving! 

But first, to Craigslist I went in search for a J O B.

With my background in teaching, I was scrambling around for nearby teaching jobs albeit tutoring, camp advisor, etc.. until I realized there wasn't a single ounce of excitement reading post after post. Then, out of the whim I decided to search the word VINTAGE. I did it thinking all that would come up was vintage dress for sale, vintage blah for sale (yes vintage is seriously always on my mind) … until I stopped and read the words, vintage, managing, & assistant all in one title.. As I re-read those words, it was as if angels were singing behind me. I quickly clicked on it and anxiously started to read.

Assisting an etsy vintage shop? Wasn't I just talking to my best friends about this? Wasn't I just dreaming of what it would be like to turn my love for vintage into some kind of career? Maybe not assisting, but with no experience nor knowledge of the vintage business world its as if this opportunity is the building blocks I need to eventually achieve all of my OWN vintage shop dreams.

So, tomorrow I have an interview with the owner of RE-RUN vintage shop on Etsy to be a manager assistant intern. Yes, intern. But with the circumstances I'm in, I am truly blessed to even be able to inquire an intern position without having to struggle. I know this job was put up on craigslist for me and now I just have to convince the owner that I'm the girl shes been looking for. I HOPE that I don't go crazy in  LA morning traffic, I HOPE that I make it on time, and I hope she adores me. Wish me luck!

** A truly fitting quote I read in a store a few days,
"Take pride in how far you have come and have faith in how far you can go." 


Keep blooming, 
J.