Jasiri

I can barely remember the last time I worked a 9 to 5 job. For the past few years, I’ve either held temporary employment, part time or seasonal jobs, or received my income from freelance work. Having Nia in my life, I now realize those types of jobs are not gonna cut it — unless the pay is substantial. And in most cases it is not. Eventually, my goal is to become a WAHM (Work At Home Mom) which will entail maintaining three jobs — the job that brings in the dinero, my job as a mommy, and being a homeschool teacher to my daughter. Yes, I’ll be superwoman! And I look forward to the day when I can perform all of those jobs.

Ok, now back to the original subject of this post. I’m thrilled, ecstatic, and feeling very proud of myself right now. Why, you ask? Well, I recently accepted a position with a television station here in North Carolina. I was hired as a web producer and I just can’t contain my excitement. I’m feeling blessed, primarily for two reasons:

First, graduation is a month away, and I’ve already secured employment! And not just any job, one that is both related to my degree (Media Studies) and, based on the job description, I know that I will be doing something that I love. I know too many people who graduate and land a job totally unrelated to their field of study. For instance, having a journalism degree and working as a retail manager. WTF?!!

So I feel blessed because of this, but also because times have been hard for me and the little one. This job came at the right time. For a while, I thought the Gods were against me. Everything seemed to be falling apart. There came a point when I just looked at Nia and said, “Well as long as I have you, things can’t be too bad.”

I’m really looking forward to my start date. After talking with some of the staff, I’m so excited to begin. Everyone was so warm, friendly, and the environment was very welcoming…and that was just at the interview. So this is a happy post. And it was high time for one of these after the depressing tone of some of my more recent posts. I don’t start for another few weeks, but I’ll keep you posted on how things are going.

Cheers!