Ditch a dull job and find your passion instead

In 2003, Mya Zoracki had a charmed life that many could only hope for. She was in her fifth year working on the trading floor at the American Stock Exchange and spent her evenings earning her juris doctorate (JD) at Brooklyn Law School while her company footed the bill.

Her future looked powerful and lucrative, but a year later she quit, and also opted not to use her newly earned law degree, either.

Instead, she opened Feed Your Soul, an online bakery selling cookies (and more) made in her studio apartment in Hoboken, with a portion of the proceeds going to charity.

?My life was very busy and it lacked a certain meaning,? says Zoracki, now 42. ?I wouldn?t say it was boring, but sometimes the monotony of a high stress level took away from the meaningfulness of my career. And even though I had the opportunity [to pursue a career in law], I didn?t even touch it.?

This article was published in New York Post, 2nd July 2017