Sunday Aesthetic: Getting grounded and spiraling spending
Last week, I started a new series on my blog called Sunday Aesthetic. This is just a random collaboration of all my thoughts from the week.
To read the original post, click here.
My goal from the last post was to dress up every day to boost some self-esteem – and I did it! I was a little exhausted, but I felt better about myself.
BEING A GIRL BOSS
I have two words to define this week: Girl Boss.
In case you didn’t know, 1.5 years after graduating college, I have somehow managed to become the Digital Content Manager at a TV station in a market under 100.
If you ever met me in person, I am a planner. In college, I planned on living in 2-3 places before becoming a digital content manager. Then by that point, I would figure out the next step. But now, I have accelerated my path, and sometimes I feel a little stuck.
As far as my job goes, I have created a fantastic team. They are able to read my mind. We have been able to be creative and innovative. We have crushed our competition – everything I wanted.
To be honest, the hardest thing about day to day is trying to be taken seriously as a young female boss. It doesn’t help that I look younger than I am, so my strategy was to do the good work, and the respect will follow.
Which sounds ideal, but not realistic. If you ever want to get taken seriously, you have to be loud and heard – and the hardest part for me, a little egotistic. I always want people to just recognize my hard work – I don’t want to tell them. But, I am having to get outside of my comfort zone more often (I talk myself up in the mirror a lot more than normal).
Another thing to know about me – I get bored easily. So now that I am three years in, I want more challenges. I need to be elevated – but I already am a digital content manager. So where else is there to go?
We have a new project going on right now that I can’t talk much about, but it is an endeavor that thing is really going to reenergize me. I am really excited about it, and the idea machine is going crazy in my brain.
My brain is racing all the time, so my sleep has been few and far between. My goal for this week is to find some ground.
TIME TO BUDGET
Retail therapy is a real thing.
I have just come out of high anxiety slump, and I indulged in a little too much retail therapy. Let’s just say my walls are all decorated, and I have a ton more plants. And a couch.
When I first graduated high school and went to college, I did not spend any money. I didn’t go out to bars or to eat, and I didn’t buy any new clothes. Every once in a while, I would get upset and blow $100 at Target or TJ Maxx, but those times were few and far between.
Now, with the high pressures of actual adult life and my job, these little dips have become longer and more frequent. I have never been good at sticking to a budget, but now I think it is the time.
SCHMIDT’S 5TH BIRTHDAY
Schmidt celebrated his 5th birthday this week. I cannot believe it’s been 5 years!
How was your week?
