Well, here I am a nanny. Five years ago when I started at one of the top PR agencies in the world, I would have never believed you if I said I was going to be a nanny back here in the A-T-L.
You see, I majored in PR, had three PR internships and was a PR girl in every stretch of the word. I wanted to live and breathe PR. When I got my job at the above mentioned agency I went crazy with excitement. It was like being handed the golden ticket for the Willy Wonka Factory Tour in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I thought I was set for life and focused on working.
In five years, I slowly moved up the ladder, made great friends, got married, moved to New York City with said agency and learned a ton about corporate America, business, budgets and people. It was a hell of a ride. However, during the five years at said agency, I always wondered what else was out there. I would try to leave, but I always got pulled back with the lure of fun consumer clients and cool PR perks.
Well, when my husband and I decided to move back to HOTLANTA, I decided I would quit said agency and get a new job (after traveling the world for five weeks, of course). Who knew when we made this plan the economy would hit rock bottom and allow me to do something completely different. I wanted to try to something different like marketing or accounting…didn’t think nannying would be it. However, over the course of the past six months, I have baby-sat for numerous families and have been taking care of nephews. I never knew I would love it so much. Perhaps this is where I belong.
Also, apparently I am a little too good at PR. Every time I would interview for a job outside of PR or even outside of agency life, people would ask me why I wanted to leave because my life sounded glamorous. Apparently, I was a little too good at making the past five years look like the “chocolate factory.”
Anyway, so here I am nannying. Loving it…never knew working wouldn’t feel like working.
After a few months of nannying, I now know that PR was preparing me for it. I mean clients and co-workers really are like kids. You have to manage up and down the ladder and manage expectations. Never promise something you don’t end up keeping. You constantly explain to both kids and clients that sometimes things really are out of your control. You also end up finding yourself doing things and saying things you never would.
As I find these comparisons, I hope to recount them here. So stay tuned for lots of fun and excitement. Hey, maybe you will even learn something.
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