I was fired, frustrated, and, frankly, fed up.

After losing my job as a flight attendant, I spent more than a year trying to figure out my next move. I had a communications degree and professional experience, but the bustling career in a newsroom I’d dreamed of hadn’t materialized.

Eventually, I stopped waiting for my career to look the way I thought it was supposed to and started piecing together a path that I wanted for myself.

I took a part-time position as an executive assistant and spent my off days creating travel content and writing, which felt like steps toward my career goals.

Since I was only part-time, I had also agreed to help a…

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