Change Can Be Good

One of the lessons I have been learning this year is to embrace the changes in my life. Change can be scary and often feels like the wrong thing, but whether it is right or wrong, you’ll never know unless you try it. If something in your life feels wrong or you feel you could be happier, a change might be in order. After you take that step, don’t immediately retreat back to the way things were.

Be brave.

Give yourself a chance to trust yourself.

This isn’t always an easy thing to do, believe me I know. Over Christmas break I decided to make a change in my relationship and try being on my own. After over two years with the same guy, I instantly felt like I made the wrong decision. I was out of my comfort zone and could only focus on the way things used to be. With the help of my friends and mom, inspirational Pinterest quotes, and the lyrics of Ingrid Michelson, I decided that I needed to trust my instincts and see what would happen.

In the past month, I’ve become a more independent person and am more willing to accept challenges and opportunities that lead to unforeseen places. I’ve branched out more, have made new friends and I have gained self-confidence.  I can’t fall back on my boyfriend to continuously act as my confidence boost- I have to find it within myself.

Don’t get me wrong, I still struggle at times with the fact that we are no longer together. The change is really hard. I also like to think that after I have more time to focus on myself, we will get back together. But the important thing to remember is that I would have never known if I hadn’t embraced the change. Without taking that step, I would never know the personal growth I could have or what else was out there for me.

Change is foreign and scary but sometimes one small step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life.

Lessons Learned the Hard Way

Hey readers! Sorry for the long leave of absence, finals week at school was crazy and then I cut back on media usage while home for Christmas to really enjoy time with my family and friends. However I have learned quite a few lessons over the past few weeks, which I will pass onto you!

The first lesson blossomed out of a very unfortunate incident during finals week. Throughout the course of the semester I had been working on a project for one of my advertising classes. We had to present a designed book with all of our media suggestions and strategies for a campaign. The book was over 20 pages and I had spent around 30 hours on it. I was just about finished when on Tuesday afternoon… my computer crashed.

Panic washed over me as I frantically tried to retrieve information but after multiple trips to computer stores nothing could be salvaged. This meant I was going to have to completely redo my project that I was supposed to present Friday morning IN ADDITION to another project I had lost that I needed to present the Wednesday morning.

I went through many stages that afternoon starting with disbelief and transitioning to despair, defeat, anger, and finally intense focus and drive. I knew I had to get the project done so I equipped myself with coffee, snacks, redbull, and a power playlist and started in on the lost work. Work began at 7 pm and as I powered through the night I started to have a sense of accomplishment. By 9 Wednesday morning I had finished both projects, changed into my business attire to present the first, nailed the presentation and then headed to take a few more finals before finally going to bed at 7:30 that night. I had been up for over 35 hours but by the end of the day I was extremely proud of myself for what I had been able to achieve.

The main lesson that comes out of this is ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR WORK! My faith in my computer is completely gone and I now save everything in at least three different spots, including two cloud applications. But in addition to this obvious lesson I also learned that when you are faced with seemingly impossible tasks, have faith in yourself. I now know that if my boss assigns a huge task with relatively little time to do it, that I can accomplish it. I have more confidence in myself now and despite a horrible 35 hours, I trust my abilities way more.

So know that you can do anything you set your mind to and you will come out victorious!