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One of the biggest challenges I’m currently facing is adjusting back into the corporate world. Some of you might be a little familiar with this already but for those who just tuned into my blog for the first time, let me give you a quick back story.
I worked for a start-up makeup distribution company as Marketing Manager for two years from 2014 to 2016.
It was a very fun job where I learned so much, but because we were such a lean team of less than ten employees, it got to a point where I had to wear different hats at the same time and I felt like the quality of my work kept deteriorating the more roles I had to fill in. I still loved the company and the people though (especially the people!), and it was just so fulfilling to be in an industry very close to my heart (and this blog, of course). But because of the stress and anxiety, I became very sickly and so towards the end of 2016, I decided to resign from my position and just take a break from the corporate world for a while.Being unemployed allowed me to focus more on producing articles for Greta’s Junkyard, attending events I never really had the time for, and even practicing my makeup artistry. The most exciting thing to happen was when I flew to the States without any concrete itinerary, and traveled alone for the very first time in my life. I explored cities like Los Angeles, Orlando, San Francisco, and Las Vegas, pushed myself out of my comfort zone, felt so scared yet thrilled at the same time, and just learned more about my strengths and weaknesses as a person. I was there for a solid two months, before I decided to fly back home.
It was a little after a month when I received word of a position that opened at my current company. Aside from admiring this company from a far for a while now, the position that opened was a role I had always imagined myself doing especially when I was still studying my major in Creative Writing. My dream (having watched The Devil Wears Prada at least a hundred times since it was released) was always to work as an Editor-in-Chief for a publication—and with my role now, it’s actually the closest it can get to that dream (minus the mean, evil part of Miranda).
But landing the dream job (if I can call it that) also resulted in a huge adjustment for my body. It’s only been a couple of months, but because of the work load in the office, the work load of my blog, the work load of being a freelance makeup artist, not to mention attending a series of beauty events these last few weeks PLUS participating in Ultimate frisbee tournaments again after years of being inactive, my body hasn’t been able to keep up with everything that was happening.
So my immune system crashed and in less than a month, I lost eight pounds (From 109 lbs., I’m now down to 101 lbs.). As I type this, I’m actually suffering from a cold, a really bad cough, and possibly a fever. And it’s in moments like these that I’m reminded to take better care of myself and that as much as I want to try, I’m not a super human. I’ve begun by eating more and eating better, remembering to take my Fern-C (which has been crucial in my recovery), and getting more sleep. I’m positive that I’ll get my strength and immune system back in no time but for now, I’ll just take it one day at a time. Sa Fern-C, tiwala ako na kaya ko.