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What's Your Backup Plan?
Alex Williams,
The New York TImes
IN more than a few circles -- publishing, finance, automotive design -- small talk at cocktail parties has shifted from real estate (too depressing) to the Plan B career (a fatalistic, yet somehow sunnier topic).
How about chocolatier? Organic farmer? Therapist?
Plan B typically offers less money and prestige than Plan A, but promises a more hands-on, stress-free and fulfilling existence.
That's the fantasy anyway. After a few days spent test-driving a few new careers, however, I started to suspect that Plan B should really be called Plan G.
For grind.