“Before I had this place, all I ever used to think about was quitting my office job, but now that job is what gives me the means to enjoy running this bookshop. If the bookshop was all I did, however, then I’d have to spend a lot more time thinking about sales strategies and so on. Which would be far more demanding. And I don’t really want that.” He strokes the cat along its body. “I believe that a job secures you a place in society. So if you have a parallel career, you can have two places. With neither a side business.”
