Some of my friends, including Jordan and Glenda, have fantasized with me about a business we could go in on together (though Jordan and Glenda were separate conversations), sort of a bookstore/coffeeshop/bakery type of place. It sounds divine, the idea of a cozy, funky, unique, inviting place, balancing somewhere between a pseudo library, Italian coffee shop, a french- or american-style bakery with homemade pastries and breads. I think we all dream of our favorite book stores, coffee shops, and European bakery/pastry shops all rolled into one comforting place that would be ideal to work in.

I can recognize that it would be so perfect as I imagine. Owning our business would be a tremendous of work that revolved around all the mundane tasks that create and maintain such a place, not so much related to enjoying it. Although I can imagine a great sense of satisfaction that would come perhaps once a day when there is a small lull and opportunity to see others enjoying such a place. Who would want to create such a space and enjoy it with your friends? I can imagine us all working together and talking. Making friends with regulars, making everything perfect, debating about silly things. Doing work that somehow isn't work -- isn't that what we're all after?