There was a story on our local NPR station about the new ice cream store that opened up near my house (too near my house...it's like the ice cream is constantly calling me...and I have absolutely no willpower!). Turns out it was started by a young woman in her late 20's who used to work in an ice cream store back in the Northeast while going to college. Post college she did what many of us do and took a corporate job that made decent money and was somewhat challenging and stimulating. However, to use a phrase I just read about in the Alpha Dogs book, it didn't make her heart sing.
After a long period of introspection she realized that the time in her life that she was happiest was when she was working in the ice cream store so she set about opening up one of her own. It's a beautiful store too - a real grown up/minimalist decor with absolutely fantastic flavors like salted caramel (which is currently in my fridge calling my name) and balsamic strawberry. And from the looks of it she's doing really well as evidenced by the line I stood in yesterday to get my ice cream.
I've been thinking about whether what I'm doing makes my heart sing ever since I read that phrase earlier today and I have to say that it does. Sure, the pay sucks, but I really do love what I'm doing and really do believe in what I'm doing. Apparently I'm not alone as the Wall Street Journal recently reported that 59% of small business owners wouldn't leave their business to work for someone else even for more money.
So let me ask you, is what your doing making your heart sing?
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