Have you ever started out on a road trip without a map? Some people love that sort of spontaneity. I like spontaneity but I love having my bearings. Even if there is no specific destination planned I like knowing where I can go at any moment so I don't end up driving in circles and not really getting anywhere.
Since setting out on this path to having my own business I feel like I've had to be my own cartographer. There is no specific map for exactly what I'm trying to do. There are directions for bits of what I'm doing and they come from all levels of government and business associations. I've been on the phone, online, in person and I still do not have a complete map that takes me to my destination. Not even to phase one. But I have a ton of information to places I don't want to go. It's like asking for directions to a store across town and handed a world atlas.
I'd like for Garmin to come up with a GPS system specifically for business start-up. A tool where I can plot my course and a friendly voice (maybe Colin Firth) can lead me step by step until I've reached the first leg of my trip.
Since that likely won't happen in the next week or so, I am left to survey and document this seemingly uncharted path. This is doable. I have some tools. I have, after all, my atlas, which in the very least will keep me from ending up in China before I've found St. Stephen. If I could just find my bearings...
The Sugar Bakery: Embarking on a path to new possibilities...will the dream come true? Here's to giving it a try.
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hot diggety old dog and new tricks
I'm stretched half way between blogspot and wordpress...I can't seem to design my blog in either platform without being fluent in alien languages. You have to be Neo post Matrix epiphany (where he sees everything in 0s and 1s) to get exactly what you want out of blog design.
Since the dawning of the internet, well, at least since it's been accessible, I've been able to fudge sites...mold them to my will. But now, I am a walking cliche. Can this old-ish dog learn new tricks? While fielding the bazillion questions that spew from a 4 year-old every minute and placating a toddler with animal noises?
Starting a business is no piece of cake.
Since the dawning of the internet, well, at least since it's been accessible, I've been able to fudge sites...mold them to my will. But now, I am a walking cliche. Can this old-ish dog learn new tricks? While fielding the bazillion questions that spew from a 4 year-old every minute and placating a toddler with animal noises?
Starting a business is no piece of cake.
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