I am at a weird crossroads in my life right now that I have been meditating on for quite some time.I decided that rather than keeping everything bottled up inside, I would like to share some of my thoughts with you lovely ladies of Lovelyish in hopes of getting some insightful responses.
As I have mentioned before I am a recent graduate from a major university with an honors degree in Art History and concentration in art conservation. Although, I would eventually love to get my master’s in either marketing or fine art, I am currently taking some time off from school to explore myself and the world.
Directly after my college graduation, I jumped into working a highly stressful retail job for several months. In this position, I learned a lot about myself and the type of career that I would and would not like.After leaving my retail job, I took so time off and a researched various master’s programs that I thought I might be interested in. Ultimately, I decided that I did not want to spend anymore money on school until I was positive of what exactly I wanted to study.
Next, I got an amazing internship that I loved. The people were super sweet and the work environment was really great. About two weeks before my internship was scheduled to end, a position in my department opened up and I was incredibly tempted to apply.
The only thing holding me back was the job was not exactly in the career path I was looking for and had limited upward movement. I also am desperate to move out of the area and this job would ruin my dream of moving to New York City. So I did not apply for the job and instead I have been temping for a few months, interning with Lovelyish and working another part time job. I am the kind of person that enjoys always being busy.
If it were not for my upcoming month-long Europe trip in a few weeks, I would have already moved to NYC to job hunt and find a career. While temping I have had several job offers in my current location that would have led to full time employment, but again I feel like now it the time for my to be in NYC. Now the question is that to do when in NYC?
As I am sure you all are well aware I love fashion! I eat, sleep and breathe fashion, but NYC is Fashion Mecca and I would really prefer not to have to take another unpaid fashion internship (which I know is necessary to make it in the fashion world). So I have already started applying to fashion and museum jobs in the city in hopes that I will land a job as soon as I get there.
The next issue is that I am the kind of person that needs a job that is ever changing, keeps me on my toes rather than behind a computer. I do not want to just take a 9-5 job that I hate and get stuck!
I also have a passion for traveling and the other day a woman I was temping for told me that she used to be a flight attendant for a few years and loved being able to constantly have new experiences. Although, I am not sure that this would be a lifetime career path, it does interest me for the time being while I am young and adventurous with few bills and responsibilities.
The airline that I would like to work for has bases stationed in Boston, Austin, Philadelphia and Washington D.C.
Should I put New York on hold and try to be a flight attendant? Or should I stick to the plan to move to New York city for the fall? What would you do?
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