Happy Birthday To Me!

Two years ago today I walked onto campus ready to start a new job, a new program and a new chapter.  What a whirlwind it has been!

It has been one of the most rewarding, challenging, frustrating, motivating,demoralizing, and exciting things I've ever done.  It was, and continues to be, the biggest opportunity for growth that I've ever been given.  I've been pushed outside my comfort zone and stretched beyond my limits.  I've never before felt so confident and so insecure at the same time.

While I do think that many things in our life happen for a reason, I believe too much in personal responsibility to pawn everything off as "it's meant to be." But I can tell you with certainty that, for reasons that are still not understood by me,  I was meant to take this job and start our program.

I've said before that the only draw to this job was money. And that's true. I was happy were I was and loved my office family.  But when I saw the job posting, I felt like the job was mine. Even the day that I turned in my application, it just kinda felt familiar, like I knew I was going to be there. And I felt that way from the very beginning - I just had total confidence that it was my job.  I even bought an interview suit before I was called for an interview.

So I'm still not sure why I was meant to go in this direction - maybe it's so I could learn some things about myself that I probably really needed to learn, or maybe it's because our program will keep someone in school and change their life, or maybe it was simply because an increase in salary will allow us to build our dream home a few years sooner...

Whatever the reason, I am grateful for the opportunity, the experience, and the lessons. Here's to two years of building, growing, and learning!