Apple or Raspberry?

I quit my job at the bakery two weeks ago. It was totally unplanned but it was something I had to do. It was something I had been thinking about for a while but never had the courage to do.

So what do apples and raspberries have to do with quitting a job?

Well the day I told my boss I quit I had been selling a lot of strudel. We have two kinds apple and raspberry almond. I am not a fan of the apple but I could eat the raspberry almond one all day every day.

People were very rude that day and something inside of me snapped. I couldn’t take it anymore. I liked my boss and the people I worked with and sure I could make a killer cappuccino but I wasn’t doing anything to move forward with my career. This job was like the apple strudel. I wasn’t crazy about it but took it because it was the only choice I had at the time.

What I desired was the raspberry strudel AKA a career doing what I loved.

I know I sound nuts comparing my decision to quit a job to two flavors of strudel but it’s the truth. I was settling for something I didn’t want or liked.

So I quit. (I mean I gave my boss enough notice plus it was New Year’s Eve, hello large tips).

This is a big deal because this is very out of character for me. I don’t usually do things spontaneously. I am a planner and like to know what is going to happen next. So for me to leave a job with nothing else lined up was a big deal.

I enjoyed my time at the bakery and learned a lot. I learned what it truly means to work hard (taking orders, making lattes, running food, and doing dishes is not as easy as it looks).

I do miss my bakery family and my regular customers but it was time to move on.

But move on to where? Well that’s the question I have been trying to answer the last two weeks. Some days I think I know the answer and others I question why I even quit in the first place (more on that next week). I have so many different paths I could choose but I often feel lost (if someone could buy me a map that would be great).