Wednesday night I just couldn’t go to sleep, nothing new there, so I spent most of the night surfing the net checking financial info all over the place. I also spent a lot of time brainstorming ideas, business ideas to be more specific and I came up with one if you can believe it. The idea was just under my nose and somehow I just didn’t see it, I read an article and then that light bulb, fluorescent light bulb to be exact, just lit up leaving me asking the question, how come I didn’t see that before?. That seems to be the case with many, not all, ideas, you don’t see it until you either, read, hear or see something that reminds you of said something and all of the sudden there it is. Anyway, then I started to do some research online and finally I started connecting dots and quickly realized that the idea would work. All I have to do is take that next step which happens to be hardest as we all know and it’s what holds me back many times from trying to start my own business and being my own boss and that is very frustrating to say the least.

I finally got somewhat serious about my business so I went and got six domain names. I didn’t get some domains that I was really looking for because they were taken but the two main ones that I did want were available, total came out to $41.94 that in my eyes were well spent. It feels good to finally do something even if it’s only a small step like I said last week. Time waits for no one so I better get moving because if next year comes around and I am on the same boat that I am in right now I am going to be really pissed at myself.

If you are a reader of this blog then you know that one of my dreams is to have my own business one day and be my own boss. I have written about my plans and even though I have not written anything about them in a while let me tell you that I have not forgotten. I just never seem to be able to take that next step, if it isn’t one thing it’s another. I am not making excuses, believe me, that is just the way things are sometimes. Something that should be simple to do is to search for some domain names, I have a couple of somewhat unique names and if they are available I want to get them. I know this is just a small step but it’s one that I should have taken long ago if I am really serious about starting my own business.

The days leading up to Valentine’s day are some of the busiest and most profitable for flower shops and jewelry stores. So trying to cash in on some of the action I put a Shop ‘til You Drop page on my blogs. Not going to lie to you, if you buy something through those banners I get a percentage from the sale and so far I have made absolutely nothing. I am sure not giving up just yet.

With so many layoffs and the unemployment rate hitting 7.2% I have been asking myself a question about all those businesses laying people off. Didn’t they put some money aside for tough times when times were good?, or is the answer pretty obvious?. One of my dreams is to one day have my own business and if that business grows then I am sure that I will have employees. If I make money when the good times are here then I am going to put a certain percentage of those profits aside to help when the good times are over, isn’t that part of a good ongoing business plan?, I would think so. I am not saying that I wouldn’t let people go, not saying that at all. What I am saying is this, the money that was put aside would be used to get through the bad times, if that money ran out then I would go to plans b, c and d if necessary. Maybe I am missing the whole point here and I don’t know what I am talking about, that is fine, I have never claimed to know everything. I just have a simple question that I wish somebody would answer for me.