{"id":48,"date":"2012-01-17T20:04:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T20:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/2012\/01\/youd-better-werk\/"},"modified":"2018-04-21T17:22:22","modified_gmt":"2018-04-21T17:22:22","slug":"youd-better-werk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/2012\/01\/youd-better-werk\/","title":{"rendered":"You\u2019d better Werk!"},"content":{"rendered":"

So if you had told me a year ago that I would be getting paid to write, I would\u2019ve thought you were crazy.  Like I\u2019ve said a million times before, I\u2019ve always been a writer in my own mind.  But when you\u2019re solely focused on one thing for years, it\u2019s hard to ever think you will do anything else.  It\u2019s been almost a year since I told Vann that what I wanted for my birthday was to buy my own domain, have someone redesign my blog, make it really about me and what goes on inside this nutty head of mine.  He said, \u201cEasy enough\u201d (and was probably relieved I didn\u2019t want something with a certain monogram on it) and AlmostJuliet.com was born.  Not long after that I started getting more involved with my MOPS group and got brave enough to actually meet some girls.  I remember chatting with my friend Jen one day about the company she had started.  She told me a bit about it \u2013 social media marketing and website development, among many other things \u2013 and I guess God planted a teeny kernel in my heart.  At the end of the summer she sent me an email.  She wanted me to write some Facebook prompts for an event one of her clients was having \u2013 a written interview, if you will. I immediately called Vann at work and completely panicked.  What in the heck was I supposed to do with this?  There\u2019s no way she could possibly be interested in me.  No way.  Fortunately I married a man who is not only insanely supportive of anything I set out to do, but a Master in Communications \u2013 literally, from Northwestern University, and in his career \u2013 I mean, that is<\/em> what he does for a living.  He will always downplay his many talents, but the truth is that he\u2019s wicked smart and amazingly gifted with people.  Everybody loves Vann.  And he\u2019s a fantastic listener \u2013 which I have to have because you know I spend many hours of the day talking to and about myself. Anyway, he told me that you never know where God will lead you and what a great opportunity this was to showcase what I can do.  And, hello, isn\u2019t this what I had wished and prayed for, back in February of last year?  Be careful what you pray for, I guess. So fast forward to today and I am officially a \u201cworking\u201d mom.  I write copy for websites, ghost write for blogs, and comprise e-newsletters for our clients\u2026all while continuing my \u201chobby\u201d of reselling the girl\u2019s clothes on eBay and in consignment sales, serving on the steering committee of my MOPS group as head of publicity, attempting a social life and of course, most importantly, keeping my hubby and two little girls alive everyday (well, Vann can make himself a bowl of cereal, you know, so maybe he can keep himself alive \u2013 but the girls are too short to reach the milk). All of this to say \u2013 to my working mom friends \u2013 I salute you.  Because I\u2019ve only been doing this for a few short months and I gotta tell you \u2013 I\u2019m pooped.  It\u2019s all great<\/em> stuff \u2013 but I feel like I\u2019m having some trouble managing my time and am nervous and sometimes worried that I\u2019m going to get it all done.  Here\u2019s what concerns me the most \u2013 can I be honest with you?  I\u2019ve taken Wellbutrin since I had post-partum with Ella.  I know at some point I will need to wean off of it \u2013 but I\u2019m scared.  With my history of depression I\u2019m a tad nervous that all of that old anxiety and helplessness might come rushing back.  I pray that it doesn\u2019t.  What\u2019s great is that I know I have an awesome God who loves me and an amazing support system of wonderful friends here and back in Chicago.  I know that I will never want for true and intimate friendship and community. So there you have it.  I\u2019m a working mom.  I get paid to write!  How cool is that?? Now if a girl could just find the time to get a pedicure! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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