It's GO Time!

Today is the last day of my first job. So, it’s the end of an era, really.

I feel like there should be some sort of graduation ceremony with speeches, buckets of bubbly, and a wild party to cap off my accomplishments and carry me through to the next phase of my professional life.

Everything comes to an end (duh). And I tend to like the idea of endings because they are expected and inevitable. But change is scary. It seems like everything I know about my life right now is falling apart like some doomed relationship in an Adele ballad, and I’m just moronically forging ahead hoping to find something different, better, best.

I am quick to fall into a stable routine and I’ve never been the type to disrupt the status quo. But I've gone and done it.

As huge as this feels, I have to keep reminding myself that leaving your first job is expected and normal and frankly pretty mundane in the grand scheme of things. I’m happy, and healthy, and employed. I have wonderful friends, and great coworkers, and family members who support me no matter what.

This transition is a bit daunting now because I’m right in the thick of it all, but as things mellow out, I know I’ll be happy with my decision. Life is pretty simple, after all. Just do what you love.

I Tried a Juice Cleanse

I tried a juice cleanse for work and I've been blogging about it all week. It totally put a damper on my social life (you can't really go out with friends for dinners or happy hours when you're drinking bottles of beet juice) so I've got nothing else interesting to write about. No major life drama. So, I thought I'd re-post my work blogs here for a new audience!

You can also read about it here: 365 Days of Wellness.

Vote for my Blog! (No, not this one...)

Wow. Good thing I didn't make "blogging more" my new year's resolution. I've been pretty terrible at finding time for it outside of work. Reading Hunger Games has occupied my evenings as of late.

But. Good news! The blog I write at Wellness Corporate Solutions was nominated as one of Healthline's Best Health Blogs of 2011 and I need people to vote to move us up in the rankings! Make sure you’re logged in to Facebook or Twitter and follow the steps below:

1. Go to: http://www.healthline.com/health/best-health-blogs-contest
2. Search for Corporate Wellness Insights (or find us on the second page – we are currently in 11th place)
3. Click vote and allow Healthline to post to Facebook or Twitter

Thanks for all your support!

Thinking about getting into this whole blogging thing more...

So, I'm employed now and have been for over a year. I'm too lazy to change the name of this blog but I'd like to keep writing about the post college working world. It seems to be a pretty hot topic these days and obviously it's relevant to my life, so I guess it's all the more important for me to talk/blog about.

My position at work has officially switched from program manager to marketing & communications manager, so for the unforeseeable future, I'll be the resident blogger, online media content manager, and article writer. In general, this is a pretty low stress job and I don't have to report to anyone on a daily basis. That freedom in itself will be a wonderfully refreshing change.

More posts to come. I've got some pretty funny stories from the gym last week. It cracks me up when people make new year's resolutions to get healthy and hit the gym hard for about 6 days and then bail for the rest of the year. Def have to share my experiences with my 2 readers (thanks S and N!)

Happy 2012!