If you’re on social media this week, you’ve probably seen Chris Holmes’ photo of his resignation cake, tweeted by his brother-in-law. Who knew it would go viral? Then again, I know a lot of people who’d love to quit their day job and go pursue a dream, so no wonder everyone is liking, sharing, commenting, and retweeting…
Mr. Holmes, a 31 year old airport worker, has been building his side business – a cake decorating business called Mr. Cake – for a while now, and finally decided to close the gap between his “day job” and his “dream job”. Check out his creative resignation letter, scribed with icing (nice font, Chris)!
Immediately upon seeing this, I thought of Jon Acuff’s book Quitter, which I recently finished reading. Acuff describes his view that we are living in the “I’m, but” generation. Maybe you have heard someone you know (or even yourself) say this when asked what they do for a living,”I’m a ____, but I want to be a ____.”
I’m a teacher, but I want to be an artist.
I’m a banker, but I want to be a counselor.
I’m a nurse, but I want to start my own business.
Ok, so I’m not here to write a book review of Quitter (sorry Jon), although I must say I find Mr. Acuff to be a pretty cool and witty dude – follow his twitter and you’ll see. My point is that maybe there’s something to this whole thing about “closing the gap”. Maybe for me it was devine intervention, seeing Mr. Cake’s resignation letter just after reading Jon Acuff’s book. Hmmm…
I believe humans have an innate desire for fulfillment. Too many of us “settle”, letting life happen TO us and getting stuck in a rut, instead of getting out there, making our way, and pushing forward toward our goals. Friends and family might (correction: they WILL) laugh, and sacrifices might have to be made, but in the end, if your dream is big enough, you’d be surprised at how many doors open for you when you decide to really go for it. AND… if your dream includes serving others, look out world, now THAT’s a dream worth running after!
Imagine… if you could intermingle these three things,
(1) Something you love to do and/or that serves others,
(2) Something you’re reasonably good at, and
(3) Something you can get paid to do.
How sweet would it be to wake up every morning and get started with your day?
Even if it’s a small dream – don’t forget that small dreams often give birth to bigger ones – perhaps the possibilities are worth pursuing. So what are you waiting for? We only have this one life, so why not start now?
Closing the gap may be easier than you think!
Leave a comment and share what kind of dream job you’d love to have!
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