Alternative Careers: How Viable Is Your Plan B?

nytimes.com:

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?

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Comments

[freethinking moderate]

It seems counterintuitive, but many successful businesses were started in the Great Depression and subsequent recessions. Maybe now is the time.

[OtayPanky]

With discretionary spending way down, I'd bet that a lot of therapists are looking for Plan B themselves.

[skippyB]

If you find your passion or a real talent, push it, because work in life is work, and it's great. When you put some sort of plan B into action, it'll be hard work too, but it'll be your back-up, so it'll be a grind. Make your life Plan A. You deserve it.