Looking for Career Advice

A friend once brought me to the bookstore for answers. She said that whatever section I spent the most time in would reveal my career interests.
“You keep looking at those art books,” she said. But all I really wanted to do was cut out the glossy prints and frame them for my bathroom wall. Plus, I often feel jealous and overwhelmed when I look at art books, because I want to paint like that; that looks easy. But every time I try it looks like mud.

Truth is, I (and most of us) probably spend the most time self-loathing in the self-help section or mindlessly thumbing through the terraced racks of magazines. And often we’ll take a trip to the travel aisle and stare at a world map, close our eyes and point to the dreamy location of our next escapade. “Tangier, Morocco!” Excellent.

My friend and I wandered toward the dessert cookbooks. “Oh yeah? Maybe catering?” she submitted.
“Let’s go to the Metro Cafe for those lemon tarts,” I said.
My friend slid Delicate Cakes back on the shelf and we walked out the front door.