katty lea

MOVING SALE THE WHOLE THING MUST GO!

come visit me at kattylea.wordpress.com

so long, tumblr.

moving the whole operation

if you’re wondering why it has been eerily silent in tumblr land, it’s because i’ve been preparing to transport the blog to greener pastures.

the crappy layout, and a steep learning curb, have become my undoing and i thought,

“gee, wouldn’t it be swell to have a blog where i can focus on content and pretty pictures? and not yell at my screen as i clumsily try to navigate the worlds of post types and css and html?”

wouldn’t it, indeed.

so that’s all i have to say for now. as soon as i can transfer content from hither to thither, i will ecstatically let you know.

and i hope you follow me there.

because i like that you read my blog.

and i promise to post more.

xx katty lea

my two year workiversary

i’ve been a nine to fiver for two years today. it is my workiversary. i am accepting presents.

on this, my workiversary, i wanted to talk a little bit about my work story so far, and about working a nine to five (which sometimes gets a bum rap).

it was difficult at first, this transition into a nine to five type of job. two years ago, when i first starting working in publishing, i struggled against the routine of coming to work. my background didn’t really have any “nine to five” trajectory to it, and when i found that the work that i loved to do—that i was good at—came in a nine to five type of package, i went for it at full-force.

i went to school for theatre, then briefly wrote for a paper as a theatre journalist, and was on the academic track before i even started to think of getting a formal, nine to five, job. nothing that i had done required routine. i was a slave to deadlines with no solid ground to stand on.

after finishing a masters degree in the arts, i turned to publishing. a lover of books, it seemed like such a natural fit. and it was! luckily, i stumbled backwardly into a vocation that suited me, and that excited me.

but when i finally arrived in the world of offices and calls to new york and appropriate office-wear, i was truly a fish out of water. my time seemed to fill up with work. even in the evenings, my mind couldn’t leave that world. i worried about appropriate office deportment, career planning, what to wear….

looking back now, i think i must have been in shock.

today, i am surrounded by books, day in and day out. i am learning by leaps and bounds every day. i’ve learned about running a website, web analytics, and internet marketing programs. my work is exciting, and challenging, and busy. i read more now than i ever have before (ah, the joys of commuting). i’ve travelled more in this past year than i have ever before in my life. i am healthy. i am happy.

it has been a busy summer. i’ve trained and competed in a sprint triathlon, visited copenhagen, thunder bay, washington, and numerous cottages. i was sincerely uprooted (in the best ways possible, mind you), and more than anything i am happy to give myself over to the pace of the nine to five.

balance.

and so, a special shout-out to all the other nine-to-fivers out there! i’m celebrating with a cup of coffee, and a stack of emails. how about you?

xx katty lea