Which I guess is why I'm here! I'm tired of the same old, same old. I'm ready to get motivated and start doing things to get us where we need to be. And most importantly, where we WANT to be. My focus right now is on figuring out what I really want as a career, for which I have the highest standards. I am SOOO not willing to settle, which is causing me some trouble. If I am going to spend more than half of my waking hours working, it had better be something that I am really excited about, and am more than happy to spend that much time doing. Lately, I am realizing how important it is for me to have time at home. I don't like feeling like my house is getting out of control. I don't like feeling like I don't have the energy to make decent meals. Let me be clear: I have no intention of being a stay-at-home mom. I want a job. I just think that if it was something that I could do from home, or that at lease allowed me more time at home, I would be so much happier. I also am realizing that I would prefer to be my own boss, because I get stressed out trying to please other people, and it's important that I do things my own way.
I come up with all of these ridiculous ideas that sound so fantastic and so unattainable. I get embarrassed to even share them with just anyone because most of them will never happen. But maybe, if I put enough into it, I can make one of them real. So, here goes:
- Flipping Houses- a) I don't know anything about remodeling or construction. b) I don't have any money to even buy a crappy house to flip. But how amazing to take something lacking, and make it incredible? And then have someone buy it from you? This is something that my Dad and Trevor would help me with.
- Every-Food Cupcakes- I've always dreamed of owning a small cafe, but this could also work as a food cart downtown, or even catering. Think of any one of your favorite foods and make it a cupcake! Not necessarily a sweet dessert, but say...spaghetti baked into a muffin cup with a meatball center and a tomato parmesan "frosting". Or a blueberry pancake cupcake with a maple syrup frosting. I've got a whole menu planned.
- Home-School Field Trip Program- I just made this one up the other day. I have no idea where it came from; I'm pretty sure the words just came tumbling out of my mouth while I was being silly and listing all sorts of crazy occupations to Trevor. I have my degree in education, and I love working with kids, but the classroom is seriously a war zone. From the politics of the school district and government, to individualized instruction and everything else that takes the "magic" out of teaching, I just don't know how I feel about it. But what if I could create a program for home-schooled students where I could incorporate curriculum and act as a guide on field trips? Sweet, huh?! Who wouldn't want to go to the zoo, the beach, the farm, the water resource center, or OMSI?
- My Farm- This one sounds the craziest. Trevor rolls his eyes and sighs every time I bring it up. But here's how it would work: I would separate a large piece of property into quadrants and designate one to each season. Fall would be pumpkins, corn maze, etc. Winter: Christmas trees (duh). Spring would be tulips, and summer would be berries and outdoor movies. There would be year-round vegetables, as well as eggs from chickens and maybe some dairy products if we have cows. We could have home-delivery produce baskets, too. And of course our home would be on the property.
So those are the biggest ideas that I have. There are smaller ones, like possibly writing children's books if I were creative enough to come up with engaging stories and illustrations, or refurbishing furniture. The farm and the cupcakes are definitely my top two, although they seem like they would be way MORE work than I want, unless they became such a huge success that I could just hire people to do all of the work for me. Now THAT's a dream.
Well, I've bared my occupational soul. Please don't steal any of my ideas without including me. I'll be real bummed out.
-BW
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