To those who click on the link to my blog everyday and each day are greeted with the same old post from January 21 about curling irons, you are in luck. I'm updating and giving you an introduction to the wonderful world of Sarah and my new tutorial on how to find a new career.
First, I'll give you a five second snippet of what's been happening since January 21 when we last spoke. Broke up with R (he had some life stuff he needed to deal with himself). Started online dating again and am loathing every minute (minus the free meals aka how I justify paying for it). Job is the same old same old although I've officially been at it a year. Had some wonderful friend visits to the ATL AND lastly have had some awesome curly hair days.
So on to the career. As you may or may not know, I'm not in love with interior design. I loved interior design school and I love the theory and possibility of a wonderful, shiny world where design helps people live better lives, but in my now year experience of the real world of design I realize school jaded me and what matters in the real world is get it done fast and cheap and make money. Little time left in there for empowering and bettering humankind through their spaces. So how does one 27 year old lady deal with this? Well, she looks for something new, but if we know anything from my past, I try it all and rarely stick with anything (piano lessons, ballet, tap dance, art classes of various persuasions, clarinet, oboe, sewing, jewelry making, violin, knitting, yoga, volleyball, theater. I think I have trouble establishing a passion).
So here you have it: THE TWIMO GUIDE TO CAREER BLISS
First step to finding a new career passion is to blast Andy Grammer's Keep Your Head Up. Because you're going to be okay. Just keep you head up. Such a good life crisis song.
Second step make a list of potential careers and research them:
Start a Lifestyle Store Called The Attic:
Decide to start a store selling junk you find that represents your totally awesome sense of style so that everyone can be like you and eventually write lifestyle books and make yourself a brand (hello, Paula Deen) and then you walk along high street in Columbus, Ohio (where you've decided to open said store) and see "The Attic" a vintage variety shop, already exists. Dreams crushed. Plus I realize I have no capital so I'd most likely just be having a garage sale out of my apartment to start that's just not nearly as cool.
PhD in Sociology
Verdict: After dating a PhD student (albeit in the hard sciences) I see this track may not be all it's cracked up to and where will it get me in terms of a job? Probably no where. And I'll be like 40 when I finish.
Event Planning
Verdict: Shadow event planner. Realize you have to work when everyone else is playing. Enough said.
Graphic Designer
Verdict: Visit the Portfolio Center, a local graphic design school and realize to work at the really cool places you have to go back to school and after 2 years and $40K of debt you aren't really sure you'll be in any better place than you were before in terms of design happiness. Not worth it.
Brand/Design Strategist/Thinker/Innovator
Verdict: Let's face it. This is my calling. I mean the Spot by Target? SEE (Social Equality Expanded) Box? (see my website for more on these pie in the sky school projects) I'm a genius. I love researching, I love thinking, I love studying people/behaviors/culture, and I love coming up with catchy names. (I'm sure there is more to this career path than the aforementioned traits, but I just have a gut feeling that this is my calling)
So, now that I've established my passion, how do I get there? Good question. I'll keep you updated on this journey to career splendor as it unfolds. For now I'm going to find some locals that do my dream job and bug them until they tell me how to join them. This, dear TWIMOers, is to be continued....
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