Promotion.

Last year in June, I reconnected with a friend from high school who told me about her job in advertising. She looked at me and said, "Chris, you would love the job.. you'd be really good at it." She recommended me to her HR staff.

One week later I got a call for an interview.

The week after, I flew to LA and completed a face to face interview

Two weeks after that, I packed up my life and moved to LA, a place that I was scared of; away from family and home. I was an assistant. My hours were long, but my work was fun. My team became my friends, my tasks became my hobby.

For 8 months I found myself loving LA, hating LA... growing up, regressing back. Fat, skinny. Mature and reckless.... but always happy with the decision that I made.

On March 22, 2010, the director asked me to step into her office. And said, "as you know, a position has opened up and we would like to offer it to you. This would be a promotion."

After 8 months of working at this Advertising agency, I was promoted.

Anyone who has worked with me could tell you that I'm not ready, but my mentor/teammate assured me, "they will not set you up to failure. You will learn a lot. Taking this promotion is the best thing to do and it's an opportunity that rarely happens."

I love my job. I'm always the first one in the office. And though I can't afford a house like my consulting/accounting friends who have their CPA... I can honestly say that this is what I enjoy doing... and will probably be doing it for a while.

Thanks for being good to me LA.