Morning comes in Crested Butte, Colorado. The tangerine sun hops over the Rockies as mule deer and mountain lions yawn and yarl. And a baker named Julia fires up her mixer to start concocting the day’s treats.
There are weddings and birthdays and festivals that require scrumptious cakes.
And she will make them, happily. Because that’s her career.
But things weren’t always as you see them now. Once upon a time, Julia had just graduated with degrees in Environmental Studies and Philosophy. And sure, she liked those things well enough, but they didn’t exactly make her brain tingle.
And there was always that other thing – the way the flour felt between her fingers, the pliability of fondant. Or even just the way it felt to make people happy.
To create.
But when her mother suggested she go to culinary school, Julia deferred to practicality. “I need a real degree,” she said.
Well, you probably know where this is going. Julia agreed to meet with the Career Scientists. After evaluating the raw data, they sat her down to break the news. This Environmental Studies and Philosophy major would be better suited in a creative career, possibly pastries.
This is about when Julia informed them of her inner passion.
“The Career Scientists eyes lit up like candles on a cake. The exactness of their match to my passion was astounding!” she said.
And for her? uSooth gave Julia the confidence she needed. She took a leap of faith and started her own pastry business as soon as she got back from the meeting.
Before this, she’d always thought, “I’m a joke, I’m a fraud. No one’s going to buy my cake!”
“I didn’t consider myself a professional even though I’d been doing it for years,” she said. “Scientifically, they showed me that I had all the right qualities. The tests helped me see that I could do it, that I shouldn’t be afraid.”
And now, Julia is the owner of her own pastry business, The Object of My Confection. She specializes in the creative and unique. And, after designing a life-size wiener dog cake, she’s pronounced a monopoly on “goofy cakes” in the Crested Butte area.
It just goes to show that with Career Science, you can have your cake and eat it, too.
“No pun intended,” Julia quipped.
