The Life of Residence Life

I am in love with my job. Love it, love it, LOVE IT! In case you don't know, just to fill you in, I work as a Hall Manager for one of the residence halls on campus. This means I manage all the paperwork for the building, facilities, funding for events, all 200 residents, and my 6 Resident Assistants that I supervise. I absolutely adore working in Residence Life. These last three years that I have been blessed with the opportunity to do so have been some of THE most influential, life changing, and just plain FUN years of my life.

The job can be extremely time-consuming, but it's never bothered me because of how fun it is. My job is extremely social. Back when I was an RA, I got to plan tons of fun programs on a very nearly weekly basis. There was always something fun to attend, relationships and friendships to build, and memories to be made. For me, the social butterfly, it was the ideal job. And now, as a Hall Manager, it is still very much a perfect job for me. I still get to be very social with 200 girls every day. I get to attend these awesome events and programs (and be a part of planning and executing these events) and I'm still making incredible friendships. It's almost even more awesome this year because as a Hall Manager, I have a higher profile so more people know me, which means I in turn get to meet more people, build more relationships, and meet more friends than I did as an RA.

It really is awesome. Except that lately I am really missing having a social life outside of my job. Yes, the job is incredibly fun and rewarding and social, but I miss my old friends. The job is sorta like a mandatory socialization. Which, I mean even when it's kinda mandatory, it's still really fun, but I have a lot of rules. I have curfews, and meetings, and other obligations that take away from my ability to interract with my friends I have outside of Residence Life. I miss out on fun social events like parties, birthdays, movie nights, and get togethers. My job trumps other things in my life too, like church activities.

But as consuming as the job can be, it is the most rewarding thing I have ever done in my life. It is so rewarding to watch a community of girls come together, to be a part of building relationships that will last for years and years. It is so rewarding to put on a successful, fun event. I love this job! I am really going to savor my last semester of this amazing work!