five-year-plan

the five-year-plan i made when i graduated from high school looked very different from how life is now, five years later. (have i really been graduated five years?) i was going to be a college graduate from the university of utah with a degree in psychology. i would be working in slc with troubled youth or theorizing about the minds of criminals. i would be traveling the world, driving a sweet car, living in a lovely apartment downtown, and what five-year-plan doesn't include the possibility of finding/marrying mr. right? :) well, at least that much of the five-year-plan actually happened.

growing up, i always wanted to be a writer. i have books and notebooks and folders filled with stories i'd write. i kept them hidden (and always will) but i have always loved to write. i never would have guessed that one day i would actually be getting paid to do it. this week, i found out that my official job title will now be PR/Marketing Specialist. i'm pretty darn excited that i will now get paid to do what i love: write. i've felt a bit overwhelmed, incompetent, and stressed this week in trying to figure out what i'm doing and how the pr company/ceo expect things to be written but i'm loving it so far. i have a lot to learn, and i look forward to this new adventure of writing press releases, updating the company website, and being involved in the marketing efforts of the company. looks like i will be using my college degree, after all.

i can't decide what i'm more excited about: the fact that i don't have to fill out a time card anymore, or the fact that my email signature is going to sound a whole lot more important than it did a week ago :)

life is good.