I love to throw parties

Today in the paper was a story about a woman who started a company that hosts parties for people. The idea is that the party thrower hires this company - Lady of Decorum - and they send someone out to greet your guests, get them drinks, manage all the details of the party so that the party thrower can have a great time enjoying the party. I could do that. I could be a hostess. I love parties and I have certainly thrown a few. As I think about it, however, the problem is that I love to party at parties. I love mingling with people and if someone is really interesting, I sometimes forget to move on and mingle with others for awhile. I love to eat the food and let's not forget how much I love love love to drink the wine. In thinking about it, I love being at parties, not hosting parties.

Another idea I had was opening a cupcake shop. It would not sell anything but cupcakes. There would be all different kinds and they would be pretty and so yummy. I went to one in NYC a couple of years ago and thought it was the bomb. The only thing is that I am not a very good baker. And I think it must get really hot and maybe a little boring to bake all day long. How much can you possibly make selling cupcakes? In reality, I wish someone else would open a cupcake shop just up the street from me, so that I could go buy cupcakes and help make someone else's dream a success.

There are definitely things I love to do, but how do you turn the things you love to do into a career that you feel passionate about every (or nearly) everyday. I have a friend who is in real estate and she loves it. When she talks about it her face lights up. Her husband is a CPA, he loves what he does. Who "loves" accounting? Well, he does and he is bummed that he will have to retire in 7 or 8 years (firm policy). I love a lot of things, my husband, my children, my friends, travel, wine, exercise, no not exercise - the results of exercise, eating, meeting people and learning about them. I would love to be able to do something in life that actually helps people.
My husband always tells me that retirement plans do help people - and I know its true, but it doesn't feel like I am connected to the helping. I am there in the saving phase, and lets face it, I am typically helping the business owner or the other people at the top, more than the little guy. I want to help people who really need help.

So, now my dilemna is becoming clearer. I thought it might as soon as I started writing it down. I don't have a clue about what I should do when I grow up. But, I do know, I like to throw parties.