One Week Job Page #7

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like that,

and that's probably what led me

back here.

I tend to roll in the middle

just a little bit, and rotate.

There's a lot of excitement

in the back.

Everyone's

kind of buzzing around

doing their own thing

in the different orders

that came in today,

and so they have to

really work hard

to get those out on time.

I've never really baked before,

aside from maybe

premade cookies

that all you have to do

is put them on the baking sheet

and then toss them in the oven.

And Good Morning America

is coming in to film.

I have a big zit

on my nose.

I feel so lame.

Is that good?

Sean Aiken has only been working

at the One Girl Cookies Bakery

in Brooklyn

for a couple of days,

but already, he's become

a frosting expert.

His goal isn't to create

the perfect cookie,

instead it's to find

the perfect job.

You know, you are here

in a job one job a week.

Do you think that's ample time

that someone would be able

to honestly say

how they feel about a job?

Is that realistic?

You're right, it's not.

You know, to say, "Is that

the perfect job for me?"

It's more about the overall

experience for me

in kind of learning,

learning new each week.

Some critics have called

Sean's job a week experiment

symptomatic...

I feel the media

can change people

because of how much

it feeds into ego,

and so I was just hoping

that Sean's

priorities hadn't changed.

My week as a photographer

in New York,

James, my boss for the week,

gave me this list

of all these items

and asked me to go and collect

these different things

for a photo shoot.

This week, a lot of media

came to a head,

and it was really overwhelming,

all happening at once.

I was trying to juggle

all this media

answering phone calls,

answering emails,

and just trying to keep my head

above water

in organizing everything

with the project.

New York Times.

A young man gives a year over

to the job hunt,

sampling one at a time.

And because of that,

the job suffered.

About a half hour before

I was supposed to show up

at James's house

with all these items,

James called,

and I paused and said,

"I'm still working on it,"

still thinking that a half hour

was enough time

for me to collect everything,

but it was too late.

From James's voice, I could tell

that he was disappointed.

He said, "Sean, I just want you

to hop in a cab

and get on over here."

He didn't mention anything

about my failure to perform

until the next day.

He stopped me

on the way out the door,

and he said, "You really

let me down yesterday.

I was relying on you to get

all those different items."

I started making excuses and

said, "You know, James,

I was on New York Times,

and Yahoo..."

And I started listing out

these major medias

and saying I was getting

these important phone calls

and 300 emails,

and it was almost as if

I was trying to validate

not doing what was asked of me

because of this media attention

that I was getting.

As James sat looking at me,

I just felt transparent.

To him that was

somebody looking at his core

and disappointing them.

I got up

and hurried out the door

and down the street

and around the corner

and pulled my jacket up

over my head, and just bawled.

I just started crying.

It was a weird feeling.

I felt lost, and like I didn't

know who I was anymore.

I don't know where this image

I constructed ended

and the real me began.

So we're sitting at the airport,

I think it's 9:
00

in the morning,

and our plane was supposed to

leave at 9:
05 to Atlanta.

Turns out there is actually

no 9:
05 plane...

it doesn't exist, but there is

one on December 18th.

Guess what day it is today?

Not December 18th.

Well, I happened to book

the flight on the wrong day.

I got to call

Danny the firefighter

and tell him

that we're not coming.

Hey, Danny,

it's Sean Aiken calling.

Actually,

we have a bit of a problem.

When you really think about it,

maybe it was meant to happen.

Maybe we are not supposed

to go to Florida.

Cool, well, thanks a lot, Danny,

I appreciate it.

It was probably for the best.

I really wanted

to be a firefighter.

So here's the plan,

I didn't have enough money

to go to Florida

to be a firefighter,

but I remembered an email

I got

from Irene

and her husband, Darren,

who own this pizza shop

in Austerville on Cape Cod,

so I called her up

and I said, "Hey, Irene,"

explained the situation,

and I said we could be on a bus,

so we'd be there in six hours.

She said great,

so we're going to Cape Cod.

This is our own private

guest house.

Have a look

at the mini bar here.

So we have truffles, beer...

How nice is that?

Bananas, fruit,

living room area, two beds,

sweatshirts on the bed for us,

t-shirts, wireless Internet.

Basically, we're never leaving.

This is a 19 inch pizza.

This is a successful career

for me.

I believe that careers

take on multi phases

throughout your life,

and depending on where you are

at your stage of development,

you develop into that role.

Always want to rest on your

knuckles and your fingertips

because if you go like that,

you'll punch through the dough.

As long as I'm finding

satisfaction in what I do

on a daily basis,

and I'm happy with it,

that's great for me because

at the end of my last career,

I was unhappy.

I felt like I was trapped...

You go around like a clock,

round the outside.

Five years into this career,

I'm very content, very happy.

I'm excited about the next five,

ten years,

and where I can take things.

- Now it's your turn.

- All right.

- Work it in.

- Yup.

Actually, I'm really glad

that we came,

because the last few days,

and it's just been so hectic.

That's pretty good.

Mamma mia.

Coming here, and just meeting

Irene and Darren...

they are just so kind and real

and authentic people,

and to just so warmly welcome us

into their home,

really kind of brought me back

to why I'm doing what I'm doing,

and this is what it's all about.

Meeting these types of people,

and just to bring it back

to what makes this experience

so special.

When you don't

take an opportunity,

sometimes you look like,

"Oh, I should have done that."

Take the time

to find something

instead of just settling

for second best.

You have to go out

and find yourself first.

Another happy customer.

I realized in those few weeks

that it had gotten

completely off track,

and gotten away

from why I originally

started the project,

You know, to find a career

that was going to make me happy.

To the point, the media had been

helping a lot by getting jobs,

getting interest out there,

but at the same time,

it had overshadowed

some of the jobs on the project.

So that was cause

to kind of rethink from then on

how to balance the two.

Welcome to Hollywood.

This week,

I'm a Hollywood producer.

I'm going to be working

with one of the top producers

in the industry.

His name is Randall Emmett.

He's produced

over 40 feature film titles,

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