TA applied for a job in Paris with an American company. In some ways, it's a long-shot. A long-shot because he doesn't know anyone -- or anyone who knows anyone -- at the company, and it's always a crapshoot when you apply through a web portal. At the same time, I'm having a hard time imagining there are a ton of Americans with TA's particular qualifications and interests.

And now I'm considering applying for a job as well. This one, though, is in NYC. And it, too, is a bit of a long-shot given that I don't know anyone who works at the company, and I'm not entirely sure I want to work at an office full-time anyway. But I have no freelance work coming in, and my checking account is starting to freak me out. A lot. I feel like I may be on the verge of something, I don't know what, but I'm looking for signs helping to direct me. It seems like I've been forging a new path for a couple of years now, and I'm anxious to know where the path is headed. Is it leading me toward a job in the luxury travel and lifestyle realm? Is it becoming the freelance talent that such a company would hire? What? Universe, please tell me because I am very impatient, and I'm growing broker by the day.

Meanwhile, I am busy making other people rich.