Worth Keeping

The past year has been spent living between two worlds where I am the same person but different parts of myself can flourish and be nourished. I am looking forward to finding the place where I comfortably live in a blend of both.

Oddly enough, it’s been while I’ve been in New York the opportunities I have been waiting for have come about. The place where I realized, despite my struggles in this past month, I did keep the faith even if it wasn’t easy. And it was worth keeping.

One of the things I have been worrying about with my job search is being so far away from friends and family again (as I am searching for work in various states). Community is deeply important to me. The older you get the harder it can be to break into a new social niche and I’ve been wary of immediately putting myself in that position. I had a wonderful community in Thailand and formed lasting friendships there yet I still missed friends who had been a part of my life for years and felt void of that familiarity.

This past Thursday was a remarkable day with some unexpected events taking place. I woke up to a beautiful 65-degree New York day and a request for an interview regarding my work with The SOLD Project and an interesting (and temporary in the most perfect way) job opportunity. (As a side note- it is true ‘when it rains, it pours’ as I have since had 4 other people call me regarding (albeit part-time and NH located) work opportunities).  I don’t want to go too deeply into details regarding the job, as it is not yet a done deal. However suffice to say it’s something I think not only will I like, I will be good at, uses this years past experiences, boosts my resume to be even more appealing in the fields I hope to work in, provides flexibility should a permanent position become available and allows me to be close enough to New York that I can enjoy it without having to daily engage with it.  Which means I’ll get to see my friends faces far more often than I would have and have been able to. Which is great.

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