This is so interesting! I quit college multiple times…then jobs. Getting a job with zero experience but the willingness to learn was what got me many a temp job in the early 00’s.
I’d love to know more about how you got the PA to Cosmo Editor job and then was it internally you made the transition to beauty? How did that happen? Sounds as if they were a really supportive employer.
I’d also love to know more about your life as a freelance beauty journalist. What does that entail day to day? Do you have to pitch for jobs?
So many questions! I understand if you’re not able to answer them, I’ve just also loved to know more about people’s lives, especially people like yourself, as we are a similar age etc 😊
Wow I always assumed you’d had a degree to work in beauty journalism! I’m currently almost 33 and going through a stage of career change (ironically I was a beauty therapist for over 10 years!) I’m basically doing what you did years ago applying for all sorts of jobs I’m not excited by.
I retrained during the pandemic (almost didn’t finish the uni course) but have become disillusioned with what I thought I wanted to do. The shame and pressure of not knowing “what you want to do” especially in your 30s is so heavy. I’ve quit many a job and I’m still trying to work out what I’m meant to be doing, but the older I’ve got the more I’m able to leave situations that don’t serve me.
I did 2 and a half years at uni before quitting, even though I knew it wasn't right for me from before applying. I'm grateful now, though - it has made quitting other things that aren't serving me, much easier.
Delighted to read this after having quit my own job last week xoxoxo
This is so interesting! I quit college multiple times…then jobs. Getting a job with zero experience but the willingness to learn was what got me many a temp job in the early 00’s.
I’d love to know more about how you got the PA to Cosmo Editor job and then was it internally you made the transition to beauty? How did that happen? Sounds as if they were a really supportive employer.
I’d also love to know more about your life as a freelance beauty journalist. What does that entail day to day? Do you have to pitch for jobs?
So many questions! I understand if you’re not able to answer them, I’ve just also loved to know more about people’s lives, especially people like yourself, as we are a similar age etc 😊
Wow I always assumed you’d had a degree to work in beauty journalism! I’m currently almost 33 and going through a stage of career change (ironically I was a beauty therapist for over 10 years!) I’m basically doing what you did years ago applying for all sorts of jobs I’m not excited by.
I retrained during the pandemic (almost didn’t finish the uni course) but have become disillusioned with what I thought I wanted to do. The shame and pressure of not knowing “what you want to do” especially in your 30s is so heavy. I’ve quit many a job and I’m still trying to work out what I’m meant to be doing, but the older I’ve got the more I’m able to leave situations that don’t serve me.
I did 2 and a half years at uni before quitting, even though I knew it wasn't right for me from before applying. I'm grateful now, though - it has made quitting other things that aren't serving me, much easier.