Two weeks notice...

Well...

Life is definitely different now. Two weeks post job-loss I have come to terms with my current situation and am ready to proudly state in an online forum that I am in fact unemployed. Its pretty much a shock to anyone's system to change your routine so drastically after 4 plus years at the same company. I understand the reason's behind my layoff and I know that its not due to my own competence as an employee. It probably took the past two weeks to get over that fact. Layoffs happen and life goes on. So to all my friends and family. More importantly in the Austin, TX area I have a new job title now...job hunter. Actively looking for a marketing position and hopefully I will find the perfect job for me. I'm looking forward to new beginnings and moving on. Luckily my blog, my yoga practice and my new motto in life to always move forward with my eyes open and breathing normal is what has gotten me through this major life event unfazed and with a positive attitude and purpose. I love my family and with their support I can be successful and find my dream job and what I'm meant to do. One of my last posts before "job-loss" was about being introverted. I refuse to be anything but myself and find the exact right position for me to do next. I will continue my current venture of finding my dream job by following a new guideline (see Ted talk below): My happiness will lead to my success, not vice versa as is engrained in our society mindset.




Eyes Open. Breathing Normal.  Happiness brings Success.

I don't care about your politics...

Invisible Children has started a movement to bring to light a situation in the world that many people didn't know about or care about a week ago. Within my generation and the younger set we are "considered the ADD generation, [and we are] enamored with a half-hour-long video." To make us sit and watch and learn about a cause we never had any intention of feeling something about is inspiring. I'm not sure where it will go or what will actually happen with making Joseph Kony famous in 2012 but we are powerful. There's something to be said with strength in numbers. Put your politics aside. Watch the video and FEEL something...

KONY 2012 from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.

Introvert, Extrovert - Seek Your Solitude

So my husband knows me. Better than I know my own self. He hit the nail on the head with this one. I'm just like Susan Cain.




If you know me, you'll understand how I operate and how I function the best. I am the introvert much like she describes herself and after watching the video I am proud to function the way I do. Dustin is an extrovert and together in our crazy imbalanced personalities and hobbies we balance each other out perfectly. Neither of us are perfect and neither of us are on the edge of the spectrum of introvert vs extrovert. Neither of us is a true ambivert but together we balance. We communicate, we laugh, we cry, we work hard, we comfort, we plan...we find solitude. We also...thanks to Dustin's hobby...collect suitcases. Suitcases to repurpose, suitcases to use for their intended purpose and suitcases to decorate our house...my perfect place for seeking introspection and solitude, my comfort zone for deep and passionate thought. Other than the hot room where I can be introverted in a room full of people, my cuddler end of the couch and my 4 legged company is my place to be me, my happy and proudly introverted self. So , whats in your suitcase?