wannagonow

I can’t live my honest dream – to have a bakery – if I stay in Houston and keep living my corporate job. i need to move somewhere where it’s possible to start small and without having the luxury of wealthy parents or a fat bank account. I need to start out with a booth at a farmer’s market. Start testing my ideas. Start baking my dreams. And… move to Austin to do it. Work a few jobs to make ends meet and start getting my feet wet in the baking business on the side. Just thinking about the realistic possiblities I have if I move make me so excited.

I’m drawn to Austin. I have no savings right now and no idea how I would do it, but I need to. I’m looking at getting laid-off from my job in the next few months, and I will get a reasonable severance check. With that, I will pick up and move. Does anyone have advice about the job market in Austin – I’m in the corporate world now, but I’m willing to scrub toilets if it means I can live in Austin… Is South Austin really the best place to be in terms of art and the kind of liberal feel? I’ve visited the city several times, but I definitely do not know the ins and outs. And I’m no longer in a place in life where I think the senior citizens area where my great uncle used to live is cool, and I’ve grown a bit too old for just the UT type of life… Thoughts? And how easy is it to find an apartment?