Exactly one year ago this week, I got an email that I didn't get a job that I had interviewed for. And it wasn't like I wanted this job, I needed this job. I had been like trying to freelance for a full year. I was doing things, but it wasn't right. Like it wasn't right for me. I was like, this isn't what I want to be doing. So something's got to change. I also need to make money. I have fucking bills to pay. Nothing was really aligning. So I found this job on LinkedIn and I knew someone that I went to college with that worked there. So I DM'd her and I was like, Hey, I'm interested in this job and she was like, Oh my god, that's my job. I'm going on internality. And I will like, connect you with the founder who's actively hiring right now. And I was like, perfect. I've worked this exact role, many times before. And I did the first interview, it went well. So I was like, blowing out my hair, getting ready for the second interview. And I get an email and it's from the founder of the company. And I was like, Oh, that's funny. Nothing was funny because I was on the East Coast when I picked the calendar link time for the interview. And in my head, I had the East Coast time. So I missed the fucking interview. I was like, what am I going to do? Like that was like my final straw. I was like, I have years on me. I've been, this isn't my first time. You don't get the job. It's fine. But like this particular time just felt like so frustrating because I really needed it. I was like, I one more thing I can do. I can email someone else. I can email someone else that I went to college with that her company is hiring. And they weren't, but they were looking for someone to freelance for Kai, which is the clothing brand. And that is the job I got. So it wasn't full time. It wasn't like I thought I wanted to do. I'm actually doing what I said I didn't want to do. And that I didn't want to be doing all along, which was like social media and content. And that is what I'm doing now. So I don't want to underestimate how much can change in a month, in six months, in a year. Like, okay, I'm blending out my blush. Don't worry. But I needed to share this because this is real. When you're going through it, it feels like the end of the world. But you're going to be fine. And that's the job I got after struggling. It wasn't full time. But it like helped me to be able to practice and like really find out what I'm good at and what I want to do. And now a year later, I don't work at Kai anymore. But I'm freelancing and it's so different. I'm not doing what I said I didn't want to do. I'm actually doing what I said I didn't want to do. And that is social media and content. And I don't want to underestimate how much can change in a month, in six months, in a year. Like, okay, I'm blending out my blush. Don't worry. But I needed to share this because this is real. When you're going through it, it feels like the end of the world. But you're going to be fine.
