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A Long Overdue Post

II should have written this months ago, but I’ve been so busy I just haven’t had the time. If you are a regular reader of My Tail Hurts From Wagging So Much, you may have noticed the lack of posts, giveaways and more. There has just been sporadic photos of Toby, but that’s just about it. 

Well, it’s because I took a job as the editor-in-chief of a pet industry trade publication last October, and I felt that continuing to do product reviews, giveaways or similar things wild be conflict of interest. I still planned on writing about Toby, sharing our adventures and the human/animal bond– which is what my original intent for this website was in the beginning — but I’ve been insanely busy traveling and working on helping rebuild the magazine that I haven’t had time to write. Heck, it took me how many months just to tell you about this big change? 
I have my website app on my phone, and iPad, and while it doesn’t work as well as a regular desktop, I really hope to be writing here more. even if it is just photos of fun things Toby and I are doing. I love my readers and don’t want to lose that connection, because I truly love interacting with you, reading your comments and your blogs. I hope you understand why I have been a little MIA, and bear with me a little if my posts are not perfect since I will likely be writing the on in my phone!  ðŸ™‚ 

This is how Toby and I spend a lot of time these days, because I get home late and am usually super tired.
So, now let me tell your little about the magazine I went to work for. It is a. B2B trade publication that covers the pet industry. Our audience is primarily independent pet store owners, as well as groomers, vets, doggie day care owners, manufacturers, distributors and more. The company I work for bought the magazine from another company last year and I started Oct. 1. 
We literally started from scratch, and while it is still the same name, we have redesigned the entire manage zinc, launched a new website and a ton of social media channels. It’s hard work, but it has been super fulfilling, and I work with, and for, group of amazing people. I absolutely love what I do and could not have asked for a better mix of my passion combined with my professional skills as a journalist. 
I also brings me to another point I would like to share, which trust me, I know an be difficult to swallow sometimes. Things do happen for a reason. I left my previous job for this new gig in a day. Yup, I have notice on a Friday and started on a Monday. In fact, The night I got hired, I had to book a flight to a trade show — before I had even technically started.
That same week, however, I was interviewing with  pretty high-profile business magazine for a social media doctors position, and was also following up after several interviews with another business news wire about a possible positions there. Yet, for some reason this opportunity came along in the most random of ways and within a week things changed. And, on top of that, I had really been hoping for and working toward a job with another company in the pet industry, and was bummed it seemed like it was never going to work out.
You know what, it’s a good things those opportunities didn’t work out, because I don’t think I would have been as happy as I am right now in terms of my career. My point is — and I know I sometimes need to listen to my own advice –is that things happen for a reason, and although it seems like that reason really stinks at the moment, there might be something better coming down the pipeline. 

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13 thoughts on “A Long Overdue Post

  1. Well, it sounds like things worked out FABulously!! Congrats on the new job!
    Toby looks happy abouts it too! Wag on guys!!
    Kisses,
    Ruby ♥

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