Your world can flip upside down in a matter of seconds. Maybe for the better, maybe for the worse; whatever the case may be it can change pretty damn quick.
Mine has done just that.
In the course of a few days a person I imagined would always be around left my life, I moved to San Francisco and I started my career. Talk about a rollercoaster of emotions.
While not all of the events were planned accordingly, they happened. With me struggling to grasp the complete 180-degree turn of my life. But here I am, still above water, taking each day as it comes.
My new life is something of a shock. Sure I had been dreaming of living and working in San Francisco during my last semester of college, but I don’t think I really thought it would happen as quickly as it did. In a matter of two days I was offered a flat in Noe Valley and moving in. The day after that, I started my new job for Stearns Johnson Communications, a boutique PR agency in Union Square.
Bits and pieces of my new life I am falling in love with. I love waking up in the morning, putting on a pot of coffee, getting ready, then racing out the door to catch the Muni downtown. I love the fact that I am finally getting paid for something I am passionate about: public relations. I absolutely love my flat, shared by two of my high school Davis soccer friends. I love being able to say I did it; it being having moved to San Francisco and starting this new chapter titled “adult”.
However, this “adult” happened a lot quicker than I had anticipated. Some things changed without me having any control over it. And when I needed someone to turn to, my someones are now scattered across the country. It’s weird to think that the only ties I now have back to Vacaville is my immediate family. And now being car-less (yea, I only lasted one week in SF with a car; hello public transportation) I can’t race home on a whim anymore.
In the words of my dear friend Caitlin Wallace, “everything happens for a reason” (something she has been telling me a lot for the last few months now). So as I make strides into this new chapter, I will always try to remind myself of that. Because as I have recently discovered, I don’t have full control over my life; but I do have the control to make the best of it.
jpercy
Hang in there honey….these are just “bumps” in this long road we call “life”.
MUCHO congrats Jaclyn! Best of luck in your new adventures in SF. You’re going to love every minute, of that I have no doubt. Soak it up
Keep up the writing as well—looking forward to following along 
Jaclyn, first congratulations on your new job I know you will do well and your getting in your flat in San Francisco. I understand how life can take twist and turns and if you look there is usually opportunity at each turn. One thing that has helped me through my journey is remembering a saying from Norman Vincent Peale – “The secret of life isn’t what happens to you, but what you do with what happens to you.” Looking forward to more of your musings.