i am so grateful for my job

seriously, i couldn't have asked for a better company to work for. it definitely was not the type of industry i would place myself in, but it's exciting and really growing on me.

i train property managers how to use their new online tools that help them with resident applications, resident rent, prospective residents, creating leases, etc. all the tedious office paperwork stuff. i am still training on the products myself, but i am eager to interact with people and get them excited about property management software!

we had a department meeting today to brainstorm ideas on how to make training interesting and have property managers feel like the training was worth their time. it was really fun actually! my team is great and also very excited about training!

now i have to brag about my boss because she's the main reason for this blog post. she is incredible. seriously. she's the type of leader i want to be. she's aware of her employees, she cares about their lives outside of work, she always has a smile on, she wants her employees to receive the proper training, she wants her employees to get paid well for their hard work, she is an efficient communicator, she praises great work, and she is sincere. and there's more that i'm discovering about her. she motivates our team towards unity and towards a shining goal within the work that we do.

and what's interesting, is that i don't think i would have appreciated her as much as i do if i hadn't had the experience i had in NY. loved my time in NY and all that i learned. one of the things that i learned from my internship specifically is how to work with people - both good ways and not so good ways. and not that the leadership i had was terrible, but i didn't feel that it catered towards individuals. the corporate world is very cut and dry. very stiff and regiment. not exactly my style. i believe in tailored leadership for individuals and not an organization. and i believe in everyone as equals. everyone has opinions and feeling and should be treated and honored as such. i hate to think that advertising isn't for me. i love the industry because of it's creative nature and how it motivates people to act. but i don't like the agencies that are like what i've described. and maybe it was just the team i was on.

in any case, i'm SOO glad that i've seen both sides. i value my time here even though it's not where i expected to find a job. i look forward to what i will learn here and what sort of impact i can make while i'm here.

my goal has been to move to ny in jan. and i would love for that to still come about. but at the same time, i've got a lot going for me here. i don't plan to stay for 5 years, but maybe i need to stay here longer than 3 months.. we'll see.