I know what some of you may be thinking… “Oh great, another blogger”. Although yes, that may be true; however, if I inspire, motivate or help just one person, then my mission was a success. I am here to take you all on a journey of life. Everything about it. Work, relationships, fitness, food whatever you guys want to discuss!
Let me start by introducing myself and giving you a little backstory of how I got here. My name is Kaitlyn Maureen. I am 29 years old, and I have no idea what I am doing with my life.
My confusion all started in January of 2018. I decided to leave the job I had for 8+ years to take a chance on something new (taking chances isn’t exactly my “thing”). I joined a company to help them start a new program, I had no clue what I was getting myself into. The best part… my wedding was in March of 2018 so right off the bat I needed to take about three weeks off of work- We already booked and scheduled our amazinggg New Zealand honeymoon (I’ll talk more on that later). Flash forward a few months to April and work really started to get interesting. I got handed projects I had never done before, I was still relatively new, and I overall was still not exactly comfortable. I gave this job my all, I learned a lot of new things- about the job and myself. The project finally launched, and I thought all was great! I had three projects in my pipeline, numerous meetings scheduled, I felt pretty good. Then, one afternoon in July the “Big Boss” pulled me into HR, now I’m sure you can all see where this is going. They let me go. Not just me, my boss as well… they made some budgetary decisions and decided to relieve the entire department. I was devastated.
Now let me say this, I have never been fired or “let go” before. I mean like I said, I was at my job prior to this one over 8 years. It did make me feel a littleeee better that I wasn’t “fired”, but it still sucked. I didn’t know what to do. I was confused, sad, lost… so many different emotions (my poor husband). It took a little while to process, but I knew I had to do something. I also knew I really did not belong in the Finance industry any longer (field of the previous two jobs). Finance was just not for me, it wasn’t my passion. But what was my passion? I still don’t think I truly know.
I started working with a career counselor to help me figure out my life. He is great! He helped me see what I am truly interested in… helping others. Which is what is bringing me here today. I am still not sure what the future holds, or where I will end up. But, I know I am not alone. I am not the only one jobless trying to figure their life out. I am not the only one who got laid off from their job after taking a risk. I am not the only person quickly approaching their thirties and slightly freaking out about it. So, if anything, I hope this blog helps someone. Be it comedic relief, an escape of your own reality, dealing with fitness/nutrition (more on that later as well), or just to be someone to relate to.
p.s. I am in no way a writing pro, so I apologize now for any typing or grammatical errors
Love you all!
