I have a serious problem with a half hearted entrepreneurial spirit. I am constantly thinking of different things I want to do to make money and work for myself after my kids go to school. It’s pretty much all crafty type stuff.
I would love to own my own baby boutique, but it would be handmade stuff that people are selling at REASONABLE prices. I get so frustrated when I got to the baby store and find all this adorable stuff that is soooooo over priced. I’d like to make it so that average moms can still dress their babies with the latest trends and accessories without having to have a 6 figure salary (or 30,000 in credit card debt). I would have a lot of my own baby stuff in there that I’ve made, but I’d open it up to other moms who are making stuff also. I have a whole list of the different kind of stuff that I’ve seen that is fairly simple to make but people charge obscene amounts of money for.
I would love to own my own scrapbook store. There is a place for lease in the mini-mall next to the Sobey’s right near my old house that I think would be the perfect location. There’s no scrapbook store around here, and it’s a very high traffic area. It’s also an older building so I have imagined in my mind that the lease wouldn’t be too expensive. I would also have a large truck that I would drive around (like a delivery truck) to people’s personal events (church crop night, community crop, private class or whatever) and bring all kinds of supplies for them to purchase. It could also be a mobile store, for different special events around town, or for a birthday gift for someone or something like that. I would also host weekend crop retreats and bring the mobile store with me there.
I have another list of stuff I’d like to make to sell for Farmer’s Markets or craft sales or the like as well. Cards, PJ pants, diaper bags, quilts, baby blankets, etc etc etc!! Make a brand name, and just start selling stuff. Eventually get it into stores and such like that.
You see, the problem with all of this, is that I have a terrible work ethic. I would love to get started on all this, I think it would be tons of fun, but as soon as the real work starts or the commitment or the stress of it all… I’d give up in a fast hurry. I think part of it is the adventure and the excitement and the dream of doing something new and different. I’m constantly looking for ways to change things up in my life because I get bored and distracted easily, and I think this is just another way of dreaming and entertaining my mind. Today, for example, I was browsing Kijiji for a MotorHome. I have the travel/vacation bug right now (desperately wanting to escape the snow and the cold) and I was dreaming about buying an old motorhome. MyKidsDad would fix up the engine and mechanics and make it road worthy, and I’d fix up the inside and renovate and make it clean and beautiful. And then we’d drive off into the sunset and have so much fun.
Someday, I hope to make some of my big dreams a reality.
What are you day-dreaming about?
