Kay's Entrepreneurial Detours

Are We Having Fun Yet

This flow follows Kay Willis through improvised businesses that gradually reveal her most satisfying work.

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Bearing strength in each event

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Catering Entrance Catering Entrance from "Are We Having Fun Yet". Reentering Paid Work Kay Willis accepts a luncheon supervision job near United Nations Plaza to supplement family income.

Catering Entrance from "Are We Having Fun Yet". Reentering Paid Work Kay Willis accepts a luncheon supervision job near United Nations Plaza to supplement family income.

Reentering Paid Work Kay Willis accepts a luncheon supervision job near United Nations Plaza to supplement family income. Unexpected Skill Her homemade desserts attract attention despite her limited formal culinary background. New Possibility The job shows that domestic competence can become marketable expertise.

Bag Lady Career Bag Lady Career from "Are We Having Fun Yet". Labor on the Bus Kay Willis carries prepared food through New York City in plastic shopping bags.

Bag Lady Career from "Are We Having Fun Yet". Labor on the Bus Kay Willis carries prepared food through New York City in plastic shopping bags.

Labor on the Bus Kay Willis carries prepared food through New York City in plastic shopping bags. Comic Recognition Her daughter celebrates the career while Kay jokes that she has found herself as a bag lady. Hidden Cost Success begins interfering with the family life she values most.

Baking for Income Baking for Income from "Are We Having Fun Yet". Craft Fair Enterprise Kay Willis sells breads and cakes at Saturday fairs, baking through the week while managing a large household.

Baking for Income from "Are We Having Fun Yet". Craft Fair Enterprise Kay Willis sells breads and cakes at Saturday fairs, baking through the week while managing a large household.

Craft Fair Enterprise Kay Willis sells breads and cakes at Saturday fairs, baking through the week while managing a large household. Immediate Reward The products sell quickly and provide needed money. Exhaustion The enterprise exposes the cost of converting every enjoyable activity into another obligation.

Dried Flower Business Dried Flower Business from "Are We Having Fun Yet". Searching for a Better Fit Kay Willis creates dried flower arrangements to earn money from home.

Dried Flower Business from "Are We Having Fun Yet". Searching for a Better Fit Kay Willis creates dried flower arrangements to earn money from home.

Searching for a Better Fit Kay Willis creates dried flower arrangements to earn money from home. Creative Satisfaction The work is imaginative and initially eases financial anxiety. Necessary Reassessment Long nights in the basement reveal that income alone cannot justify the drain on family life.

The Parachute Idea The Parachute Idea from "Are We Having Fun Yet". Discovering the Obvious Work A career book encourages Kay Willis to identify what she does well and enjoys.

The Parachute Idea from "Are We Having Fun Yet". Discovering the Obvious Work A career book encourages Kay Willis to identify what she does well and enjoys.

Discovering the Obvious Work A career book encourages Kay Willis to identify what she does well and enjoys. Recognition She realizes that helping mothers is more natural and meaningful than her commercial ventures. Vocational Turn Mothers Matter emerges as the enterprise that unites experience, purpose, and pleasure.

when Danny Willis begins school

during the mid-1970s

after the catering work expands

after the baking venture

before Mothers Matter is founded