New job, new life, new attitude. And the return of thatonegirl.
Aug 18th, 2006 by Kate
About a month before I graduated from college, I nailed a job with a small eLearning company in Lewisville. Two weeks before graduation I started working as an Account Coordinator. This was an experimental position created for me in an attempt to relieve some of the stress off the VP of Client Relations. Two and a half months into that, we called it quits. They just couldn’t keep me busy. But the lessons learned from those experiences are invaluable. I honed my keen eye for details, and though people make fun of me for it, I know that it is that very skill that will make me the best Account Manager possible.
Now I am working for one of the Top 50 Interactive Agencies in the US, Apollo Interactive. Essentially, I got a promotion and a raise when I took this job. I didn’t have to start at the bottom as an Account Coordinator, I came in basically fresh out of college as an Account Manager. I love my job. And I’ve already got a client list. I was sitting at my desk on my first day looking out the window and I thought to myself, “I don’t have a great view of downtown… I AM downtown.”
When I think back to three years ago when I was first entering college, I was a graphic design major with the intention of working at an agency and then one day expanding to my own. I wanted to work at a fun, relaxing place sort of like Dreamworks– lots of colors and fun toys. Well, things changed in college but still I have found myself at an agency except I get to have all the fun instead of sitting in a cube all day in front of a computer. And I have found that fun, relaxed place. The company is based out of LA, you can’t get any more low-key than that! What is also great about Apollo is that they are a web design and Internet marketing agency, a field that I have a history in and know a lot about. MLink on the other hand is an eLearning company, an industry that I knew nothing about when I took the job.
I am a college graduate, a twenty-something, and on my way to big things. For the first time in my life I am living on my own, I am well on my way to being financially independent from my parents and I am honestly having the time of my life. I dress professionally, drink cocktails, and have a hubristic attitude towards life. Nothing is going to get me down.
I am a double-d. And it has nothing to do with my bra cup size. I learned about this at Sterling’s birthday party and have since adopted this lifestyle. Double-d stands for “date to date,” it’s a date for the sake of dating attitude. This time last year, I was a date to marriage kind of girl. I was looking for Mr. Right and I was miserable. But after my break up with Justin, I told myself I was going to take a break and get back to me. Since then I have done just that and Kate the femme fatale is back.
I strongly believe that this is right for me. I am young, good looking, successful and starting my new life. I have no desire to be tied to one person. I need to be free to do what I want to do, when I want to do it and be absolutely responsible for myself. The time for Mr. Right and all of the responsibilities of a family will come, and if he happens to show up in the near future then that’s great. But at this moment, I am meeting lots of new people, which is helping me to determine what I really want so when I find it, I’ll know. Don’t get me wrong, I still want to get married and have a family. But I’ve got a good 3 years until I need to start thinking about that.
For now I am young, fabulous and free!
The re-launch of thatonegirl[dot]net consists of my blog detailing my random thoughts, commentary on life and of course the return of the weekly links list, my RSS feeds, my flickr account and another list of important links. The look is still in the process of being developed so the pages don’t match in any sort of sense, but the content is there and will be updated on a regular basis.