It has been quite a few days since I have left anything on here. That is because I have become employed! It is good because I definitely needed to the money, but at the same time, its just a seasonal retail job so I have been working different hours everyday and at all times of the day. So, it has definitely been cutting into my me time a lot. Either I am at work or I am too exhausted from work to do anything besides crash on my bed. It is really kind of getting me down because I feel like I don't have time for any of the things I love anymore. Why does being an adult have to suck so much?! I have really been trying to keep talking myself up and trying to find the strength to just push through it.
Anyway, I have been very slowly trying move along on my projects despite my little time. I have gotten a little bit typed for my chapter 2 of my book, but I haven't gotten very far. My next day off isn't for another 4 days, but i do want to get some more done then so I can update you a little more on where that's going. Mainly I have been thinking about my event planning business. Every time I get a paycheck, I am going to put a little aside so that in three years, I can officially open the business. I have been working on my business plan and I really like where it is going. I have also been building more on the website I started for it. I like how it is coming along. Next I really want to try and work on creating a logo that I can use and I have in my mind how I think I would like for it to look, but I just haven't found the time yet to dabble with it. Hopefully I can get to that on my day off as well.
Other than that I haven't really accomplished that much because I have been so tired lately. So please pray that I will find the strength to get through this crazy schedule and long days. My goal is once my boyfriend gets out of law school, then we can concentrate more on my dreams and he can be the one to be bringing in the $$. Until then though, please bare with me and I will bring you as many blog updates as I can!
"How do you keep your feet on the ground when you know that you were born to fly?"
These are lyrics out of a country song. This, I know, seems super random, but I swear this is going somewhere. When I take a shower, I always put my laptop on the counter tuned into my Spotify. I do this so that I can keep track of how long I have been in the shower. Why do I do this? Well, it's because I am a broke recent college graduate who is very conscious of the cost of her water bill. Why don't you just use a clock you ask? I don't use a clock because who doesn't love to sing in the shower? So, on this particular day, I decided to listen to my playlist "Southern Girls". (Yes sometimes I like to get my country on) The song "Born to Fly" by Sara Evans came on and I really actually thought about the lyrics instead of mindlessly performing them for shampoo bottles.
From there, I began to think about where I was in life. Don't get me wrong, I am definitely happy with my life. I have an amazing family, great friends, a boyfriend I love, and of course the best puppy in the world! See -------->
But if you had asked me my freshmen year of college where I would be upon graduation, I definitely would have given you something different from what is my reality today. I am a recent graduate and, let me tell you, finding a job IS NOT easy. I graduated in May and, now, in October I still don't have a job...
It seems like for a college graduate that all of the big important jobs that you had in mind all through school won't hire you because you don't have enough experience, but the retail jobs (or something else on that level) feel that you are "over qualified". So that's where I am; an unemployed college grad who is slowly running low on the cash funds.
I realized that all of those dreams I had and all of those plans never really came to be and honestly there really wasn't anyone to blame but myself. I never really went for them. When you are a kid, everyone is always like "yea, I am going to be famous one day." And mostly, that never really happens. It isn't really about being famous for me, but about being successful. I once had the dream of being an actor or working in films. I never really had the guts to go for it though. I also once decided I was going to write a book. I came up with several ideas, but never really followed through. Once, my mom urged me to sell my art, but I didn't have enough confidence in my work. And then, most recently, I decided I was going to start my own business, since I couldn't find the job I wanted, because obviously all new graduates figure they will get their dream job right out of college.
Here, in the shower, I realized none of my plans ever happened because I was actually taking the chance and trying. You always think, "Well I have plenty of time", but in the grand scheme of things we don't. I think back through everything and realize how fast time has already gone.
So here we are, all caught up to where my head is now and here is my new plan that I am going to force myself to stick to. I am going to try all of my dreams/plans and I am going to take you along on the journey, my creative journey. I think that Ashton Kutcher said it best in that video that went absolutely viral for about a week. I am going to just not worry about getting my "dream job" and I am going to take whatever job I can get for some $$$.
Next, I am going to pursue EVERYTHING! I have already begun dabbling with film which you can enjoy on my Youtube channel. To get involved with my writing, I am going to dig through all of the junk on my external hard drive and find all of those ideas I had started back in the day, and I am going to write on one of them a little everyday. For my art, I am going to listen to my mom and open an Etsy store. I of course will be a little more slow moving on this one because I am going to have to wait on an actual paycheck in order to get supplies. (However, you can view past work I have done on the pictures tab above and if you see something you like, don't hesitate to ask about it. I can always make replications.) Finally, I will begin a business plan for Events by katelyn hope. I am giving myself a deadline of three years to get everything for it sorted out and have it up and running! I have already started working on a website for it and as soon as that's ready I will let you all know, but for now you can check out the Pinterest or Tumblr to get an idea of what I am going for.
Now, you might be sitting here thinking "This girl is out of her mind" or "All of that is just unrealistic" and that's ok. It is fine if I am only successful at some, one, or maybe not even any of these goals, but at least I am trying and that is what matters! So PLEASE check back with me to see my progress and get updates on all of my endeavors. You can also find me on basically any other social media site which I have conveniently left links to under my about me. Thank you for your support, or at least for reading this post, and I will talk to you soon.
