Morning all! Firstly apologies for not posting since August! We've recently moved house and as well as the general level of chaos that creates, were then internet-less for almost a month (how can it take sooooo long to connect your broadband up!?)
Sadly the reason for the post is to share the news that this is going to be my last update on All Things Blogged and Beautiful. Over the last couple of years I've been going through something of a 'quarter-life crisis' as far as my job is concerned. I've changed from being a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed graduate who lives to work, into a late-twenties weekend lover. The best way to sum it up is that I like rather than love my current career, and as the years go by I'm not sure 'like' is enough anymore.
But what else to do? Over the years I've had several 'dream jobs' - everything from journalism to forensic science and midwifery to air cabin crew! The one that keeps coming up however, is wedding and event planning. I realise there's a pretty huge financial risk attached to changing careers given that my events experience is pretty limited - but I've got a decent set of transferable skills behind me, coupled with shed loads of enthusiasm (and stubborness to mean that I'll blinking well keep at it until I succeed!). I also know I've reached a real 'now or never' point before mortgages and/or babies come along and make it a much bigger risk to take.
I've really enjoyed the last year of beauty blogging but I'm also being realistic. Setting up a business will require a lot of effort, particularly in terms of networking, PR and self-promotion so that's where my time will need to be spent, not to mention the fact that I'll have a lot less to spend on beauty buys. It could well be that I come back to this blog at some point in future but I can't be certain, and so I'd rather not make promises I can't keep :)
But what else to do? Over the years I've had several 'dream jobs' - everything from journalism to forensic science and midwifery to air cabin crew! The one that keeps coming up however, is wedding and event planning. I realise there's a pretty huge financial risk attached to changing careers given that my events experience is pretty limited - but I've got a decent set of transferable skills behind me, coupled with shed loads of enthusiasm (and stubborness to mean that I'll blinking well keep at it until I succeed!). I also know I've reached a real 'now or never' point before mortgages and/or babies come along and make it a much bigger risk to take.
I've really enjoyed the last year of beauty blogging but I'm also being realistic. Setting up a business will require a lot of effort, particularly in terms of networking, PR and self-promotion so that's where my time will need to be spent, not to mention the fact that I'll have a lot less to spend on beauty buys. It could well be that I come back to this blog at some point in future but I can't be certain, and so I'd rather not make promises I can't keep :)
So all that's left to say is a tremendously huge thank you to each and every one of you who has read or commented on my posts this last year - a blog really is nothing without the people who follow it so a big wave goodbye to you all.....and if you live in or near Berkshire and are in need of the services of an event or wedding planner I know just the person ;-)
Until next time?
