Post # 1
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Sugar Beekeeper
I am soo excited to start with the USPS. As such I am sad to be putting my wedding planning business into retirement. I have TONS of inventory to get rid of and three more events booked and then I am done! It is a sad realization but I am excited for what the future will bring. I think I will still have a penchant for doing certain things and may do them on the side but I feel so… Free.
My friends/business associates are upset that I am retiring my business but I began falling out of love with what I love the most:weddings!!!! Thank goodness I will still be able to help brides via the Hive or else I may go bonkers lol!!!!!
Anyone else switch career paths?
Post # 3
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Sugar bee
How exciting! What wedding-related job did you have before?
Post # 4
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Busy bee
- Wedding: July 2010 - The Tower Club
@meliss: Crebre is an event planner. 🙂
@crebre80: Congratulations on your new job and new career path, girl! 🙂 Hey, your wedding is coming up fast.
Post # 5
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Sugar bee
Good luck with the new job!
Post # 6
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Bumble bee
i haven’t yet…i look forward to the day tho! i’m finishing up my degree in architecture, and have been working at my current job for 6 yrs….a firm is way way different than school! anyways, i’m in the transition process as of right now…i’m starting up photography as a hobby and looking into doing weekend unpaid internships….my ultimate goal is to retire from being in an architecture firm and marriage the two fields by becoming a fultime architectural photographer….and i will always have the degree in architecture as a fall back plan….of course, its gonna be a long time before the switching of career paths becomes official because i have to gain experience and more knowledge in the photography field… i def cant wait tho!! i would love to feel free as well!! lol 🙂
Post # 7
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Sugar Beekeeper
@oyster:shhhhh!!!!! I don’t tell everyone lol!!!! And omg yeah it is coming up really quickly! I did the mockup today and it was awesome. I hopefully will be able to post pix tomorrow…
@beekiss: thanks so much my boss to be emailed me twice and I had to take a drug test etc, but I promptly wrote my thank you letter to her today and she was just so awesome making sure that the H.R. Dept didn’t have me working somewhere else. She goes oh I was scared to death lol!!!
@meliss: yeppers oyster said it. I owned an event design and planning business….
Post # 8
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Buzzing Beekeeper
Good luck with this new phase of your life 🙂
Post # 9
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Sugar bee
@crebre80: Sounds like a great boss which will make work so much more enjoyable! I had an aunt that retired from the USPS, she actually did so well with them that she set up a family fund for scholarships and retired relatively early in age with great benefits! I hope everything works out well and you enjoy it!
Post # 10
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Sugar Beekeeper
@mama: how cool is that? I have recently been dabbling in photography as well…. But more inanimate still life… I have surprised myself lately with some shots especially of my ring lol!! But I think I am passionate about it 😉
Post # 11
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Sugar Beekeeper
@beekiss:that’s awesome!!! This is my third career in life. Once upon a time I was a court reporter as well…. I really like everyone in the office. They were sooo nice but maybe because they are in desperate need of help and didn’t want to scare me off lol!!!! I hope to be like your aunt!
Post # 12
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Bumble bee
@crebre80: i kno right?? i’ve always absolutely loved taking pictures but never realized my passion for it ’til i took a photography class last semester and omg! i had my point and shot camera for like 4 yrs b4 taking that class and afterwards, i learned how to use it 10x better….lol and i was surprising myself with the shots i was taking as well….i would recommend taking a class for fun if you haven’t already! 🙂 well, of course not any time soon tho since ur wedding’s coming up! yay!! 🙂
Post # 13
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Sugar Beekeeper
@mamahusky:Ooohhh that sounds so fun!! I bet my son would love it. He is very artsy…
Post # 14
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Buzzing bee
Congrats!! I am sure you will be excellent at your new job. Are you going to be selling your excess inventory?
My mom was a USPS union president for a good decade, and a shop steward before that. She was quite good at it. 😉 What are you doing within USPS?
Post # 15
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Sugar Beekeeper
@vegan:yep I am selling the excess inventory and I will be a rural carrier. I am really excited about all of it especially the income. This year has been the toughest financially and if we could survive all of the things that happened this year, then marriage will be a breeze….