I'm BAAACCCCKKKKKK!!
When I began this blog in June of 2013 I had some high hopes for it. I wanted to read it on days that I needed re-invigoration. I wanted it to keep me accountable and I wanted a platform to talk about the issues and struggles I face. When I made it to June of 2014 having lost about 40lbs I felt like I had really accomplished something. I felt better, exercised more, and felt like I had the tools I needed to keep the weight off because I had changed my life, not just my habits. I went on vacation in June of 2014 and since then I haven't kept my blog with the same dedication that I did when I started.
My last entry was in October but ever since my vacation I didn't feel like I needed the blog "therapy" as much as I did at the beginning. Its now almost 4 months since my last entry and I have to say that when you title something "Stress will Kill You" then never write anything new again, readers may feel like stress did, in fact, kill me. I'm happy to report that it didn't kill me but in the last 4 months I made some major life decisions that have impacted my whole life in a big way. In November I quit the job I loved when I started this blog. This was such a big step for me because I quit and started an entirely new path. For most of my life I went through the motions to be an achiever and to "work my way up a ladder." I didn't really know what ladder but I knew if I approached every day with ambition and hard work that eventually I would end up successful in a job that paid well and that I enjoyed. I did this every day at my job at Day's Jewelers and as I was doing it I hoped that one day I would be named the Marketing Director. This got me excited to go to Graduate school and continue down the same road I had been traveling my whole life. As the dynamic of my job and the company slowly evolved over the two years I started to question if that was really what I wanted in my life. Do I really want to be a corporate woman that dedicates her purpose to a company doing their work and helping them achieve their objectives? There is no doubt in my mind I could be great at it if I put my whole heart into it. The answer to this question became increasingly clear to me the more time I spent outside on my walks with Brutus. I had so much time to just think and ponder about what I wanted in my life and the more that grad school and my job got in the way of that time with him I realized that maybe a corporate life wasn't the one for me. I decided that I would continue to get my master's degree and then I would seriously start planning to one day open a photography studio of my own. I could get through the next 5 years or so on that road and still be happy doing it knowing that one day I would get to call the shots and implement the things I knew would work for a business of my own.
In November a great friend sent me a job posting that she thought I should see. The position was for a photographer at James D. Julia Auctions in Fairfield. I knew there would be very little chance that I would be the best candidate because I don't have a lot of professional experience but thought I should at least give it a shot. To my complete delight, I was exactly what they were looking for in a candidate and after 3 weeks of interviews and meetings they offered me the position and I accepted.
Since then I have given up my life as a corporate go-getter and have had a camera in my hand every weekday since. I could not have hand picked a better opportunity to help me get to own a studio of my own. For the first time in my life I have realized that my future is in my own hands. I get to CHOOSE what I do and I don't have to do something just because it is the most natural progression. Now that I feel settled into my new routines I've found that I have more time to track what I eat and more time to really pay attention to my own personal goals when it comes to my weight loss. The amount of stress I removed from my life is incredible and its time to finish this thing. It is time to get to 150lbs and finally accomplish something for me.
<3 Katie
178lbs
Feeling determined
My last entry was in October but ever since my vacation I didn't feel like I needed the blog "therapy" as much as I did at the beginning. Its now almost 4 months since my last entry and I have to say that when you title something "Stress will Kill You" then never write anything new again, readers may feel like stress did, in fact, kill me. I'm happy to report that it didn't kill me but in the last 4 months I made some major life decisions that have impacted my whole life in a big way. In November I quit the job I loved when I started this blog. This was such a big step for me because I quit and started an entirely new path. For most of my life I went through the motions to be an achiever and to "work my way up a ladder." I didn't really know what ladder but I knew if I approached every day with ambition and hard work that eventually I would end up successful in a job that paid well and that I enjoyed. I did this every day at my job at Day's Jewelers and as I was doing it I hoped that one day I would be named the Marketing Director. This got me excited to go to Graduate school and continue down the same road I had been traveling my whole life. As the dynamic of my job and the company slowly evolved over the two years I started to question if that was really what I wanted in my life. Do I really want to be a corporate woman that dedicates her purpose to a company doing their work and helping them achieve their objectives? There is no doubt in my mind I could be great at it if I put my whole heart into it. The answer to this question became increasingly clear to me the more time I spent outside on my walks with Brutus. I had so much time to just think and ponder about what I wanted in my life and the more that grad school and my job got in the way of that time with him I realized that maybe a corporate life wasn't the one for me. I decided that I would continue to get my master's degree and then I would seriously start planning to one day open a photography studio of my own. I could get through the next 5 years or so on that road and still be happy doing it knowing that one day I would get to call the shots and implement the things I knew would work for a business of my own.
In November a great friend sent me a job posting that she thought I should see. The position was for a photographer at James D. Julia Auctions in Fairfield. I knew there would be very little chance that I would be the best candidate because I don't have a lot of professional experience but thought I should at least give it a shot. To my complete delight, I was exactly what they were looking for in a candidate and after 3 weeks of interviews and meetings they offered me the position and I accepted.
Since then I have given up my life as a corporate go-getter and have had a camera in my hand every weekday since. I could not have hand picked a better opportunity to help me get to own a studio of my own. For the first time in my life I have realized that my future is in my own hands. I get to CHOOSE what I do and I don't have to do something just because it is the most natural progression. Now that I feel settled into my new routines I've found that I have more time to track what I eat and more time to really pay attention to my own personal goals when it comes to my weight loss. The amount of stress I removed from my life is incredible and its time to finish this thing. It is time to get to 150lbs and finally accomplish something for me.
<3 Katie
178lbs
Feeling determined
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