I got fired from a job I hated in mid-February... have to say, I'm enjoying unemployment. I'm drawing an unemployment check for the first time ever, after working full time for more than twenty years (not all at the same job!) I was able to be home for my husband while he recovered from spinal surgery, I've been able to spend more time with my brother's kids, I'm restoring several pieces of antique furniture and learning to cane chairs, and Mom and I are clearing our collections and making a little money on the side by doing doll shows, toy shows and antique fairs (we've been collecting since the early '70s... we've seen our hobby go from "why would ANYONE want that old junk?" to "Antiques Roadshow")
Dream job? I'd like to own a quirky little bookstore in one of the beautiful historic storefronts around here... books, a little tea counter, some antiques... maybe even a little art and music by some seriously under appreciated artists of my acquaintance.
On an odd turning lemons-into-lemonade twist, a chance meeting and conversation with a stranger at the history museum has me researching the feasibility of a sort of travel concierge business... essentially, creating an itinerary for people visiting my city who don't want to do the research themselves. Is it a job? Maybe. Is it a paying hobby? More likely. But the research costs me nothing but time at this stage, which I have plenty of... and if it works out, it will be fun!
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Date: 2009-06-07 07:59 pm (UTC)Dream job? I'd like to own a quirky little bookstore in one of the beautiful historic storefronts around here... books, a little tea counter, some antiques... maybe even a little art and music by some seriously under appreciated artists of my acquaintance.
On an odd turning lemons-into-lemonade twist, a chance meeting and conversation with a stranger at the history museum has me researching the feasibility of a sort of travel concierge business... essentially, creating an itinerary for people visiting my city who don't want to do the research themselves. Is it a job? Maybe. Is it a paying hobby? More likely. But the research costs me nothing but time at this stage, which I have plenty of... and if it works out, it will be fun!