Have you ever wanted to
do something seemingly crazy and random just because you could? If not, you definitely should! Dr. Seuss put it better with his rhyme: “You have brains in your head, you have feet
in your shoes, you can steer yourself, any direction you choose” - and I
did!
So what exactly did I
do? I sold almost everything I owned and
packed up the rest in my small 4 door sedan and drove across America. Why? Because I could! Yep, less than a month ago I was living in
Salt Lake City, Utah and now I am living and working on Capitol Hill in
Washington DC!
My journey to DC began
many years before that however starting with a random comment to my roommate Bethany
about wanting to live in DC one day. But
the more I looked into it the more I realized that without my bachelor’s degree
(which I had put off finishing) there was no way I would be competitive enough
to qualify for the jobs I was interested in.
Looking at the amount of schooling I had left, the costs associated and the
time commitment required was daunting. Sadly,
I put aside my dreams of DC, but decided that regardless of where I ended up;
finishing my bachelors was probably a wise decision. So I enrolled full time at the University of
Utah and forged ahead.
3 years later, here I
am, in Washington DC, living in an amazing apartment that literally (ok English
majors, not literally, but close) fell into my lap, at a job within walking
distance of where I live, at a prestigious and well known political think tank,
working as the assistant to an inspiring woman who has served in two presidential
administrations, at one of which she worked in the White House with President Ronald
Reagan.
How crazy that this
past August after not getting a job I thought for sure I would get in Park
City, Utah (which if I am honest, was doing a job I didn't really want to do) I
was devastated and questioning whether I could truly trust God with my life
plans. HA! Who knew that God was dreaming bigger dreams
for me than I had dreamt for myself!
Over the course of my
life there have been many of these ‘aha’ moments where God does something
amazing and I wonder why I ever doubted him. I wish I could say that this
experience will change me completely and that I will never doubt God
again. But sadly, I know my frail humanness will very likely go through a
time of doubt when next I am challenged with not getting my way. I am
however, committed to living my life differently and putting Jesus first as he
has proven time and time again to be absolutely trustworthy!
