Let’s Talk About Timing

You know, I’ve always been someone who believed that “everything happens for a reason”. Most of the time I never understand why things happen the way they do until much, much later. I’ve been thinking about the past 8 or 9 months or so a lot recently. My 2019 went in a direction I could have never anticipated and boy am I glad it did.

Before I graduated college last December, I thought I had my shit figured out. I planned to move to LA and start my career in the entertainment industry in January, right after graduation. Boy was I in for a treat.

There were many factors that led to the ~~decision~~ realization that my “plan” was not smart, feasible or realistic. I was not financially in a place to move to LA. I was not mentally in a place to move to LA, either. I began to come to terms with that and work towards what I really wanted. Kind of a bit of soul searching, if you will. Now that I didn’t have school, I worked full time at my previous job for about 3 months – getting shitty shifts and putting my mental health on the back burner. Then I had enough and I quit that job (see last post). That was a really hard thing for me to come to terms with to be honest. But it turned out to be the best thing I could have done for myself. I started to focus on my mental health again. I decided I was going to travel for some time before I went back to serving.

There was a period of time in March where I was exploring my options to go live abroad in either London, Dublin or somewhere in Australia. That was a very good possibility for me.

And then life decided to throw me a bone!

April 1st I applied for an Inflight position with JetBlue! Back in February I had the pleasure of serving a table of JetBlue execs, exchanging contact info, and having an amazing conversation about career opportunities. I got invited to apply for the position with letters of rec from two of those amazing execs. What I wasn’t prepared for was how long this process was going to be.

Long story short, I got my conditional job offer from JetBlue for an Inflight Crewmember position on July 12th. I got my official training date for November 13th. So about 7/8 months of waiting and taking the next steps until I actually had a start date.

I now understand the importance of timing and letting things happen the way they need to.

I had the absolute best summer of my life. I’ve met the most amazing people this year and made deeper friendships with people I only ever was acquainted with. I traveled all over the US and even went to Europe with my family. I’ve learned the value of friendships with those that have moved away (Lena & Andrea D). I’ve gotten to explore my emotions and feelings that I’ve never felt before with an amazing guy (that’s a whole other post I could get into lol). Again, timing is impeccable.

I had to quit my job in March for all of this to happen. I needed to wait 8 months for an official offer and start date to learn patience and the importance of timing. All of this allowed me to live my best life this summer and really grow a lot in terms of my mental health. I got another serving job in July at an amazing restaurant in Orlando. I’ve made the best of friends with everyone that works there and these are people I will have in my life forever. This happened all because of timing. There was a reason this whole time. And now I’ll be able to go into my next chapter with JetBlue full of confidence, passion and excitement. This was all meant to happen.

SO…

To all the people I’ve had the pleasure of sharing my best year yet with:

Natalie, Andrea V, Lena, Sydney, Andrea D, Fran, Jayson, Graceanne, Sarah, Hailey, Kaylee, Chris, Taylor, Shelby, Nicole, Hannah, Alicia, Wendy, Destinee, Sam, Quin, Baleigh, Kathy, Bailey & Bryce, Gracie, Pip, Ansley, Nathalie, Gabby, Kennedy, Kiri, Yana, Cammie, Kaitlyn, Megan, Nicole A, Olivia, Shannon, Kaitlin, Deborah, Faith, Amy, Hannah, Maggie, AND SO MANY MORE I’M SORRY IF I LEFT YOU OUT YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!