tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313958776877627326.post2810187456647417811..comments2011-02-22T02:58:42.031-05:00Comments on From Torts to Tortes: Fill in the Blank Friday!Julibeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09597821188562467875noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313958776877627326.post-29448069851377557332011-02-22T02:58:42.031-05:002011-02-22T02:58:42.031-05:00"I don't want to pay my dues to anyone. ..."I don't want to pay my dues to anyone. I only want to work for myself. It's unrealistic. I don't know how to begin." -- I'm pretty sure you read my mind lol. Completely unrealistic but I wish it would happen every single day.<br /><br />"...nothing to show for my life at the end of the day. What did I do today? Nothing." -- couldn't agree with you more. We really are the same person, lol.<br /><br />I know what it's like to be stuck in a job that you grow to hate. I'm fortunate enough though to have parents and a boyfriend who are loving enough to let me freeload off them while I drift around, unemployed, trying to find my calling in life. If it weren't for that I'd be in a mental institute by now.<br /><br />And if unemployment has taught me anything it's not to be afraid to ask for what you want. And don't worry about being scared-it's all part of the process. Make that bakery happen, girl!<br /><br />Sorry if my comment is random and incoherent. It's 3am lol. IM when you're bored at work!!Becky Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07980861150981097904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313958776877627326.post-57210591179914639082011-02-04T15:54:44.911-05:002011-02-04T15:54:44.911-05:00Thanks so much Jes. I didn't notice your comm...Thanks so much Jes. I didn't notice your comment until now, I guess I have to change the setting that notifies me when someone leaves a comment. It was really nice to hear some affirmation and support from someone. I've been making up excuses as to why it would be too difficult to bake and sell things out of my home. But really, why not start? It was great to hear from you. Don't give up! I'll talk to you soon, thanks again!Julibeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09597821188562467875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313958776877627326.post-69716623698359977612011-02-04T15:12:47.568-05:002011-02-04T15:12:47.568-05:00I know how you feel. Dear god, I know exactly how ...I know how you feel. Dear god, I know exactly how you feel. The only difference is that I'm in the process of taking that next step, of quitting the stupid run-of-the-mill office job that left me too drained to even be myself at home with the man I love and trying (with all the potential for massive failure) to start my own business. I'm lucky that graphic design/web development doesn't require the capital that anything with a storefront would, but yea the risk of it all is scary. <br /><br />And you know what? Once you start and face that "scary" you can make it through. I'm actually happy now, instead of sitting on the couch in half-contented apathetic misery. I'm excited to get up and out and do things with people. More than that, I'm actually re-building the relationship I have with Jeff, which was HORRIBLY suffering by me not putting any real effort into it and living inside books and fantasies that I could lose myself in sitting at a desk at work.<br /><br />I read your post and my jaw kind of dropped thinking "Shit, it's not just me," because I had been sitting here for so long afraid that there was something wrong with me, or that I was crazy to try this with no safety net...You affirmed what I was thinking, so I'm trying to do the same for you.<br /><br />Go and try it. Take the risk, find a job in a bakery or something to take that first step and see where it leads you. Start an online order and delivery bakery out of your kitchen to do it by yourself (Cupcake wars on Food Network had two bakeries on that were just that). See if making yourself happy in what you do starts putting the life back in the other stuff. It's working for me, and I know you have the same potential and drive that I do- I've seen it.<br /><br />So yea, you can totally do it if you take a chance. :) Good luck!<br /><br />-Jesjesmascarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08121397211614082170noreply@blogger.com