#bakingjourney

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So my roomie and I sat down the other day and talked about careers (mostly mine) and she gave me her opinion on what she thinks I should do, and in all honesty, it's a really good idea.

My goal in life is to one day have my own bakery. So for the past few years, I have been working as a cake decorator/pastry chef in various bakeries. I made up my mind that I wanted to be a cake decorator so that is what I set out to do. Work as a cake decorator at a bakery and that's that. But it didn't dawn on me that that isn't really a long term goal. And that I am not really fulfilling my true dream by doing that.

Every time I think about my future I just think about working as a cake decorator in a bakery. And every time I apply to new jobs I only apply to bakery jobs, because that is what I made up mind on what I wanted to do. But that was limiting myself, and I didn't realize it until now.

Just because I want to be a decorator and baker doesn't mean I have to work in a bakery, especially when my long term goal is to eventually open up my own business. With the way things are now, I am not making any progress on starting my own business. And working in a bakery is not helping that either. All of my time and effort goes into the bakery I am currently at, and by the time I am off work, I am so burnt out on decorating cakes all day that I don't want to do it at home. Working in a bakery is nice, but it is taking away from my personal dream.

So my roommate gave me an idea. She says I should pursue a new job, or a new career, and do my baking on the side and eventually create my own business on the side. Ideally, I would love to find a mon-fri 9 to 5 job, and have evenings and weekends free to practice baking and decorating cakes in my free time. But in that way, I can have a set schedule, do something that doesn't involve baking or decorating so that I am not burnt out from it when I get home, probably make more money (because let's be real, cake decorating does not pay that much), and have all that free time to practice what I really want to do and start making progress on my dream. I can practice baking and decorating cakes throughout the week, and eventually on weekends attend Farmer's Markets to get my product and name out there.