So Much Excitement

The most striking thing about people's reactions to my great news about joining Cake Love is the level excitement. People are just so happy for me. Most of these folks have heard me talk for years about my desire to work in the food industry, about my obsession with collecting cook books and baking. They've eaten the food I've brought to parties and gatherings and have probably wondered why I just didn't take the plunge already.

One comment that has been repeated most often is "that takes so much courage." I don't know that I agree that this is a courageous move. I'm much more afraid of being unhappy than I am of earning less money or doing something completely unknown. As far as I know, we only live once and I just can't imagine anything worse than spending my life doing something I don't care about. What could be more depressing than looking back with regret at chances at happiness not taken? How sad would that be?

Sure there is the odd DC person so obsessed with power or money or other wrong priorities that they just can't understand why I would leave a "high-powered, well-paying job" to work in a bakery. I can't really say here what I think when I hear that, since I'm trying to keep the swear words to a minimum. Suffice it to say, I don't have a lot in common with those folks and getting away from people like that will be icing on the cake in my new life.