Meet Paige.
Paige was a customer service representative in a position that didn’t have much room to grow, and was not fulfilling her purpose. She said, “When you go to college, people tell you you’re going to get out and get a great job immediately, and that didn’t happen for me.” After college, she traveled for a while and took odd jobs to make ends meet. She struggled figuring out what she truly wanted to do, having a degree in creative writing without many career opportunities in that field.
She eventually moved to Grand Rapids, taking the customer service position, feeling her needs weren’t being met. She eventually found a position that excited her, and in the waiting period between jobs, COVID hit and everything shut down. Nervous if she would still have a job, she considered staying with her current company, however they began the process of shutting down. She ended up starting her new position remotely, which brought challenges of it’s own, but left her feeling very thankful for the opportunity. She said, “I am very thankful they saw me, believed in me, and brought me on. I love what I am doing now so much. They are so great at the balance between work and life, supporting me in everything I do.” When asked about her purpose being met, she said, “With other jobs, I never made enough money to feel like how hard I worked was worth it, so I didn’t feel like I was really fulfilling my purpose or helping the world in any way. Now I work in a position that helps the community, giving me purpose.” Paige has a dream to pursue her creative writing passion and write a horror fiction one day. She wanted to say to others, “Try to stay positive in life. Things can get negative, and you can think that you’ll never find that thing that drives you, but it will come, so stay positive and keep working towards that.”