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The other day I was taking my usual Pure Barre class and a friend shared that she had just gotten a fantastic new remote position via LinkedIn. This sparked some interest in me and I decided to go on the App, do a quick job search and then check my inbox. Much to my surprise I had two messages. One from a recruiter looking for a EA position for a “high powered” individual on 55th and 5th and another from a matchmaker. I quickly looked at the date and it said April of 2024. If you know me you know that I’m pretty on top of things. My phone is glued to my hand, my inbox is always clear, and I would say I’m pretty type A. So how did I possibly miss this message?
I contemplated responding, but as finding my “better half” is on my vision board for 2025 decided to respond, apologizing for the delay and expressing my excitement to set up a zoom meeting and learn more. Before I go any further, I’m going to respect everyones anonymity and change names (just incase the matchmaker doesn’t want this blogged about) and if you’re sitting there wondering why I’m blogging about something so personal, it’s because I want to give others hope (again, in complete assumption or delusion that something good may come from this).
So that was my Friday night. I put on some makeup, made a TikTok, had a little drink, and set up my zoom camera and Alix Earle ring light. If you don’t have one of these I highly recommend, they often go on sale and truly are quite flattering (perhaps this was my glass of champagne talking, but I honestly felt like it made a world of a difference). I was definitely nervous going into it. I think with anything new and unknown you have doubts, but I logged on and waited.
Once the host had joined (let’s just call her Elle), she asked me to share a little bit of information about my history and what I’m looking for. She asked a range of questions such as qualities that are important, if attractiveness matters, if I’m open to long distance and my favorite question yet: my type? to which I responded Ryan Reynolds. With a straight face. We both laughed and I explained that I really don’t have a certain type (but clearly if I did: it isn’t working out). The zoom was about 30 minutes long and I left feeling optimistic. Not just about the possibility that this may work out, but that I’m really (finally) ready to put myself out there and date again.
She did say that the original man she had in mind for me probably wasn’t a match, but that she would add me to her rolodex and keep me in mind for others.
The lesson in all of this? To check my LinkedIn more often because you never know what may come from it (even if you’re not actively job searching), keep an open mind (you don’t know what you don’t know), and to keep the faith that my person is out there.
