I have so much I want to discuss because there has been so much going on in my head. Of the 4 firms I have applied to, I have gotten 2 offers so far and no rejections! That is great news because those were the 2 firms I really wanted for different reasons. I have been pulled in different directions by the people of each firm who want me to be a part of their team and now I have to make the final decision of where I truly believe is the best place to launch my career. Big decision.
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I have made a pros and cons list of both places and am gravitating more and more towards one firm. I have chosen (1) firm prestige, (2) location, (3) a once-in-a-lifetime mentor and (4) money and competition over (1) nice people, (2) work/life balance, (3) the opportunity of working in international tax (the group I want), and (4) a senior title. I'm going with what logically makes sense. . . not what emotionally feels right. It was a hard decision, but an important decision to be made this point in my life. I am taking a high risk and hoping for a high return, rather than a low risk for a low return.
I have been extremely stressed because I have been talking to so many people in the industry, all at the expense of schoolwork. I never knew I had it in me to have meetings, lunch, or dinner with high-powered partners and random professionals to discuss career advice with them. I never knew I had it in me to be this poise and personable person that these professionals would praise and want to work with. Once I stopped making excuses to get out of my comfort circle, I entered a whole new world that I thought I would be so intimidated by. I feel all this networking and taking chances has paid off and now I need to refocus on my looming finals.
Asides from all that, I have managed to squeeze my first Bikram Yoga class a couple of days ago and concluded I definitely need this in my life. As fate would have it, I had stumbled across this great Groupon deal for 60 days of hot yoga for $25. Although I did faint the first half hour of class, I came back into the hot war zone and finished like a soldier. Everything in my life has been happening for a reason and although I have been feeling extremely down and tired lately each morning and night, I feel like I am in a great place and this can help change that.
To sum it all up. . .
Career-growth-wise, I have found:
- a well-paying job at a great firm with the perfect female mentor to start a long-term relationship with, to mold me into the career woman that she is and more.
- the guts to network with strangers to open a myriad of opportunities I never knew were available (I literally have a stack of business cards) and
- a great website (Forbes Women) to give me daily doses of inspirations
Personal-growth-wise, I have found:
- Bikram Yoga. . . the beginning of a journey through my mind and body to find balance through all this madness I'm experiencing and
- blogging. . . the continuation of, of course.
Love,
Nat
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