![]() I wasn’t sleeping enough and I had lost balance in my life. I was working at my day job during the week, baking after work, filming on the weekends, and editing videos/blogging whenever I could find the time. But, in the wise words of my friend Heather Maclean “just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.” Overcommitting and Underpreforming I loved showing the world that I could have traditional success in my corporate career and pursue my other passions. I had always found a way to do both and cherished being able to do it all. I never thought I would reach a point where I couldn’t pursue both my professional career and my passion for baking. It was wonderful in the beginning, but then Chelsweets began to grow, at a faster rate than I could have imagined.īig partnerships (with insanely short timelines), TV appearances, an ongoing content partnership with the Food Network, and a book proposal (a story for another day) began to push me to my limit. I was convinced I found my niche in the corporate world. The environment was open and honest, and I felt respected and appreciated. My boss was a wonderful mentor and I loved my colleagues. It combined my love of all things digital (including social media) and finance. Did I Hate My Job?ĭid I hate my job? Did I have a terrible boss? Was my work boring? Not at all! My situation at work could not have been more ideal for me. Six and a half years later, I quit my job as a digital client finance manager at one of top public relations agencies in New York. I worked hard to get to where I was in my career. For context to those who only know me as a baker – I studied accounting in college and spent an entire summer studying to get my CPA. And that my cakey friends is how I joined YouTube and started teaching cakes to the world.I just finished my last day at my corporate job. I quit cakes, only to fall in love with making them all over again. The truth is, I didn’t have a clue during that year that I was ever going to come back to cakes, but suddenly it was all I could think about. I was rested, excited, and full of ideas. I couldn’t wait to see how it turned out. I felt butterflies in my stomach at the thought of a new design. Ideas started coming to me, and I started sketching again. Well, aside from marrying hot guy from the bar, and having his babies. I can honestly say it was the best decision I’ve made. I walked away and just left it all behind. ![]() Finished up my bookings and packed up the shop. I started resenting having orders, answering the phone, anything that involved working on a cake, or thinking about a cake. With no sleep comes no ideas, no motivation, no drive to keep going. Chills, fainting, an enormous amount of scans and tests, it’s a hoot! What does severe lack of sleep cause? Severe head pain, vomiting for 48 hours, and extreme low blood pressure. At one point I was hospitalised for 2 days for lack of sleep. Never before that, and sometimes not at all. I worked 29 days out of 30, and I didn’t go to bed until 1am-4am most nights. I had a shop, classes, weddings, and I had been working 80+ hours a week for 5 years. I’d been been making cakes for over a decade. It wasn’t like I was designing terrible cakes. I had been trading off designs I hadn’t changed in a year, and when it came to designing new cakes, I hit a wall. I saw work, and repetition, and old ideas. ![]() I know, that’s deep man! You need to feel inspired, excited, and see possibilities everywhere. Why? I had nothing left to give.īeing creative requires creativity. I stopped following cake boards on Pinterest, I stopped following cake pages on Facebook. The truth is, it wasn’t my passion anymore. I quit teaching cakes, weddings, cupcakes, even baking. ![]() But what happens if you decide you don’t like horses? Sometimes it’s about knowing when to quit.ģ years ago I quit making cakes. At those times we feel like a failure, and we look to our friends and family to remind us that it’s not that bad, and just to get back on the horse so to speak. Sometimes it’s full of tears and disappointment.
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