Professional ventures breed personal development

Salutations Blog-readers,
It has been a minute; however, I do have some very interesting news to share here in the Lounge.  This'll be one of my random blogs where I try to cover a few things in one place - so eat from the part that best feeds you at this moment.  :-)

First off, I have received a promotion at my job.  What's so exciting about this is that for years after graduating college I was bouncing around from office job to office job, unhappy, and struggling to find one in my chosen career field - not knowing that all along, each job was teaching me a new skill that would help me reach my destination.  If I never understood why God doesn't tell us the middle from the beginning, I understand now.  While I'm sure there will be more situations in life that I will want to avoid, ultimately I'll get through it fine if I keep in mind that it is necessary to get me to my destination, as bad as it may seem.  Such was my case.  When God put me at my current place of employment, I knew it was for a greater purpose than what my "title" said.  Plus, I also knew what I was praying for.  Took some time, but here I am - two days away from my goal.  [SIGH]  (By the way, my new role will be in Marketing, writing for the company website).

Secondly, while striving to extend myself above and beyond on my job, I yet have a side business to run and clients to please.  And this year, I have had double the amount of clients I had last year.  However, I dare not complain.  This has been a great year for me professionally.  It's a rewarding thing when you step out in the wonderful, yet uncertain world of entrepreneurship and you don't know what's coming next, or if anything will come at all.  I have been fortunate.  I've taken my business to another level and am blessed to have clients who trust me with their dreams in my hands.  Starting out, I was working with prospective business owners who were ready to take their ideas to the next level.  Now, I'm also working with authors, editing their books.  Next year, I plan to step it up even another notch!  I'm beginning to set higher goals and just looking forward to seeing how it all unfolds.  ( http://www.nvisioncomp.com/ )

Lastly, I must give you the update on "Project C," my online magazine.  I ran into some delays with my timeline, which is to be expected.  These are some of the things "project management" teaches you to prepare for.  Of course when you're in business for yourself, everything can come to a screeching hault when you're financing it yourself.  Still, when money is an issue, I never stop working.  I'm building up my contacts and network more and more, making arrangements for different stories, and planning [more] trips and interviews.  It's such an exciting thing.  This will take me places I never thought I'd go.  I'm in the process of getting the logo created for the mag.  This is the fun part.  Once I choose which draft I like the best, I can finally get the website created.  Overall, I am progressing towards something great.

My graduate acceptance letter should be arriving in the mail within the week.  I've been so anxious to get the news, running home everyday to get the mail.  I don't know why, but I am always very excited about learning something new that will add to my overall worth and goals.  And my ultimate goal is to share my gifts with the world.  Everything I do is towards that end...even professionally.  But at this point, I am no longer anxious.  Because I'm confident enough in what God has given me that whether I proceed my education or not, what I already have will work and accomplish more than I even imagined.  However, I am determined to eventually get my PhD...I want to become a professor later on in life and teach others all that I have learned and experienced on my journey.  Somebody needs to know they can do it too!

Now that I'm looking back on all the frustrations I had with my degree, all those dead-ends seemed to have allowed me to put my hands in so many different areas instead of just one.  Overwhelming as it is sometimes, I am happy.  I am beginning to reap the benefits of being...well, different.  Because for me, being ordinary just won't do!

"The world is waiting on you!" - Dr. Gertrude Stacks
"Here I come world!" - Faith

L8r:
~faithful