My Kind of Adventure

My entire life growing up I had extracurricular activities whether it was dance or Model UN or cross country. In college I had sorority life, ad club, and come senior year an internship with Rent the Runway. So it was no surprise when it came to post-grad life I found my "extracurricular" in Ad2 and AAF [American Advertising Federation] Nashville. After three awesome years, I had served on the Ad2 board as Vice President and President and was completely burnt out. When I moved to Knoxville my "extracurricular" quickly became finding an apartment, throwing myself into work and my new agency, and wrapping life up in Nashville. Fast forward eight months, work is really good [like really good], checking another 5K off every month, and my apartment finally looks like home. 

Last week waiting in line at Walgreens for prescriptions an email came through on my phone that introduced a new adventure to my life, My Kind of Lovely. I discovered My Kind of Lovely when I still lived in Nashville and came to absolutely love their store and owners, Katie and Caroline. By complete coincidence Katie had suggested I look for a condo in her complex last December and we ended up being upstairs/downstairs neighbors. So, when they asked me to help them launch and manage My Kind of Lovely's greek line I was over the moon. 

I had found my Knoxville extracurricular and one that's for me combining my marketing/advertising skills and something fun with great girls! After our initial brainstorm meeting the three of us were all chomping at the bit to get everything launched and left on Cloud 9. 

I remember crying in the middle of my kitchen the night I got back from interviewing in Knoxville last fall and thinking to myself HOW I could EVER find a life I loved as much as the one I had in Nashville.  I was terrified I would lose friendships and weekends wouldn't be the same without trips to River Chase and home. However, God is good [all the time] and has truly guided me on this new adventure in Knoxville and I believe My Kind of Lovely is the next path on this journey. So, here we go! First found of emails will go out next week and I will hit the ground running, literally, in Sorority Village next month. 

There's the saying "Find your Bliss" but in my case maybe it's "Find your Extracurricular."