I'm sitting here, waiting for a video by Loral Langemeier to download. It's about becoming an entrepreneur, I think. Part of her philosophy is that the Industrial Age, with its salaries and retirement programs, is past and will never return. So, one needs to use any skill set one currently has and start a business with it--RIGHT NOW.
I've been considering my skill sets. My house is clean only sporadically, and I would not want to clean other people's houses, anyway. I brush the dogs almost daily, so that's out. I get compliments on my hair, but that's because it kind of goes the way it wants to, and it turns out that that way looks good. (My hairdresser has gotten a lot of business, because people stop me in stores and ask for her phone number! Ha! It has a lot to do with the cut and not so much to do with my less-than-stellar ability to fix it! Ha!)
Back to my skill set. I can play the piano--used to be decent, now not so much. Also, I have no patience, so I don't want to teach kids whose parents say they "should" take lessons, but said kids have no interest and, therefore, won't practice. Boring for me, as well as for them! Ha! I homeschooled my daughters, but I've been out of that market for eight years, and I'm kind of done with that, anyway. I've passed on a lot of information about where to get curricula, where to figure out the changes in state laws, how to be a legal homeschooler, etc. None of it warrants a separate entity that looks it up for you. Ironically, I had someone look stuff up for me when I was doing it! Ha! The eight years that have passed probably include several updates that I now lack, too.
Back to skill sets: I can cook, but I was struggling to come up with wonderful recipes for the cooking blog. Many of them were mediocre, I thought. Marste said most people would LOVE to have mediocre--a few levels up from horrible, which is where many people are! I laughed at that! And once I'd fixed something mediocre, the challenge was fixing it again in the very near future, and adjusting--or adding to--the seasonings and ingredients to make it wonderful. How many days in a row can one eat the same dish?? Steve wouldn't have been happy! Ha!
I did take classes in Archetypal Counseling through CMED, Caroline Myss's institute in Chicago, and I did become certified. But that needs to be done in person, unless someone wants to buy his/her own archetype cards. (I would actually recommend doing this; they're great for daily guidance!) Healing Touch is an in-person thing, too.
I would really like to have an internet business. I don't care about the stereotypical sitting in pjs to work; I like being dressed. I'm sure there's something I can do that is internet-viable, and I'm sure I'll figure it out at some point!
My video is probably downloaded now, so I'll part company! I'm still thinking, though....
