Hello again. It’s after ten and I should be asleep but had a lot on my mind this evening. I’m sure I;ll pay in the morning at 5:30 when I begin my 77 mile drive to the office.
You know, i have been really thinking a lot about this Photography and Framing store that I want to open. Now I know how it feels to want something really bad but not have a hope of getting it. At least not yet.
The time just isn’t right with the economy being so bad. Opening a new store when you are a single man with child support is just not an option during a recession. So I wait. I’m pretty patient in my old age.
It’s times like these that I really miss being married to Susan. I could run ideas by her and get her opinion and I believe in this case, I could have gotten her excited about it. She would have helped me find a way, if for no other reason than to get me to shut up about it.
While I wait, I think I will do some reading on how to mat pictures and at least start picking up some of the equipment I am going to need to do the work properly.
I am also going to print a few of the images and mat and frame them and try to sell them at some art shows this spring. See, I do have a plan.
One more thing I am going to get started on is finding someone to manage the business side of the business. I’m pretty creative, but money and me don’t always see eye to eye (that all-seeing eye on the back of a dollar watches me as it leaves my wallet).
So that’s my plan. Start slow and wait for the economy to catch up.
But I still need to make a change in my life. Being as unhappy in my work as I am is not good for me. I have been sick since Tuesday and I’m not so sure it wasn’t because I am so unhappy doing all of this writing for work. I am a people person and that is the benefit I brought to my company. That’s all gone now, but that is a story for another day.
For today, I want to end on a positive note. My business will succeed. I just have to wait til the time is right.