More Crumbs

I realized today that I'm really looking forward to the Excel portion of the class next week. I've learned enough this past week to be sure I'll be getting some good useful information. I've made spreadsheets for parties quite a lot, for grocery shopping, but I've never costed anything out. That would make it seem more like work. As in "occupation", which is what this is becoming.

I feel very comfortable with the tools we're using now. It's the first time I've really thought about how much my previous experience can work in tandem with my current education to make me — I almost hate to write it down — a potentially valuable employee. We have a "skills" section in our resumés, and mine includes computer and internet literacy, research and writing, menu creation, self-published cookbooks, staff management, budgeting and purchasing, marketing and public relations, strategic management and new business development, and [National Restaurant Association] safety certification. Probably not the typical CCA-grad resumé. I need to remember that this baggage I'm carrying is not filled with dirty laundry.

How different is a day job when you feel really passionate about what you're doing?