Change.

Okay, so not this kind of change; but you get the point.

Change: The act or instance of making or becoming different.

Change happens; be it quick or be it slow, it happens. For some of us, change means we see close friends have kids and/or get married. For others, it means moving away. For me, change is coming in the form of a new job.

I’m excited about this new challenge. It means new responsibilities, new people and it helps me achieve my goal of working in a PR agency. I like how hectic agency life is. I like being able to work for a lot of different clients.

This new job is out of my comfort zone. Every single job I’ve had in my professional career has been with a small team: be it working with a Member of Parliament and having a staff of three others in our office and two in the Ottawa office, or be it working for another small PR agency where there was only eight of us. Even the ROM, which is a large organization, had a small PR team (which is awesome). I learned a lot in all of these positions but now I’m going to a bigger organization – NATIONAL Public Relations. I’m excited to join a bigger company, because I feel like there is going to be a lot of talent to learn from. At the same time, I’m nervous because I’ve never been part of a big team. I’ve always been in a “little pond” so to speak, so this is my proverbial leap to the ocean.

The decision to go to NATIONAL caused a lot of internal conflict. And it was a lot to think about, until a good friend of mine, Katie (and yes, you’re a friend) gave me some words of wisdom. She talked to me about doing what would bring me peace and doing what I could to go to sleep at the end of the day, knowing that I’d made the right decision. It made me realize that, as a young professional, I have a lot of opportunities for new things ahead of me. I have the chance to experience a lot of different things and the opportunity to join NATIONAL is going to let me experience a lot of those. It was her advice that made things a done deal for me.

So, I’m at peace with my decision and I’m excited for the next challenge of my professional life. It’s going to be exciting, it’s going to be interesting and I know that I’ll be able to go home at the end of the day, enjoying what I’ve done. This change is a good one.