Life Got Busy, AGAIN :)

So here's a quick update. Hold on for the roller coaster it's going to be a long ride...


Last time I wrote it was about to be the grand opening of the new facility that I had been working on to open in Flagstaff, AZ. Well now the facility has been opened for almost 4 full months and we are gearing up for a new school year, but without me.

About 3 weeks ago I left Flagstaff due to medical issues and am now in Tucson. I had been trying to moving there for quite sometime but like everyone else these days, the job market is a little rough for my taste and I hadn't been able to find anything. The last two weeks that I had been there I was at least able to go to some interviews and I just going to be doing some tutoring again for the time being.

I just came home to visit family this past week to take  a break to recuperate from the endless Dr visits before I went back for more.

I've always been interested in consulting and working for myself because I have so many interests that span a lot of different fields. So I'm currently looking into that and thinking I may continue working in education access but offering cheap alternatives to high end professionals so I can continue my professional growth doing what I love. So we'll see how this all comes together, I've been talking with some of my very trusted friends who always have great information and am looking at my options.

I was able to find a great masters program that I can actually start in the Spring, which is great, I've been looking at graduate schools since I was a sophomore in college and I have missed the academic environment, I know I want to teach ( as a professor) and do some consulting so I can work on different projects. So I think while it may seem that having to just up and quit my job and move was a rash move, even for me, someone who likes to move around and try new things, I think in the end things are coming together better then I could have ever planned.

I get to live in a fantastic new place I live very close to my aunt who I'm very close with. And I think the opportunity to just do contract work for various companies now will really help me grow my network and let me really finish tunning down my interest areas so I can design my masters.

The neatest thing about the masters program I found is that it is completely self designed perfect for someone like me who has a hard thing following anyone elses idea of what I should learn and study. I know I want to be a professor and with my masters I can at least start teaching at a community college and I'm really looking forward to this opportunity. So it seems all you have to do is stop being so type A like me, let go for once and see what happens. I think better opportunities have come the minute I just decided to forget it leave town get the medical help I needed instead of constantly putting it to the side, and now I'm also finding incredible professional and personal opportunities in my new town.

I'm excited for my new adventure and I promise to write more frequently for the rest of the year. My best friend Jennifer has even got me looking at doing Scentsy just so I can continue to develop my business skills, so we'll see that's still up in the air, but I feel like for once I'm breathing more even though more things are just floating right now. I'm happy and starting over. I'm excited for the new challenges and opportunities, and I'm sure I'll have some interested stories to write about soon.

And most importantly, for those of you who know I am a Citizen Philanthropist for Citizen Effect and that last year, 2009 I raised money to improve a school in Peru. I am still doing this work, although with all my personal life changes it is currently at a standstill, but soon I will be auctioning the photos that did not sell from my first art gallery show in May on eBay and will be posting all smaller pieces of art on sale on Etsy, keep checking the blog for more updates. 

As always stay in touch, many of you who read this have my email address, if you do not feel free to connect with me through LinkedIn or twitter. Both those profiles can be found on the left side of the blog.

Signing Off! Hoping everyone is having a great summer and enjoying it!