A bottle of wine can make a big difference in your life.
This New Year's, about 1/2 way through a bottle of Fuki plum wine, I finally admitted to myself and the world my deepest desire. To be my own boss, and how? By opening my own Tiki bar. I've always been a tikiphile. Collecting mugs at thrift stores and online for years. I have hundreds. I also used to be a Bourbon Street bartender, so I've slung a few drinks in my day. Throw in that I've quit just about every day job I've ever had after two years because I can't stand having overbearing bosses, or slaving away all day to make someone else rich.
So Eureka. Tiki bar it is.
What does this have to do with your blog, you ask? I am going to chronicle my quest to turn any extra money I have into enough money to achieve my dream.
I'm naturally thrifty, which is why I love second-hand shopping so much. But the real question is can you achieve big goals through small, incremental actions? Well, we'll find out won't we?
Along the way, I hope to come up with some ideas you can apply to your own life. We all have dreams, big and small, and maybe we can reach some of them together.
Oh, don't tune out and think this is going to be another boring, preachy personal finance blog. I personally hate that stuff. I'm not going to suggest buying 50 lb bags of bulk oatmeal to save money. Pah-lease. No rinsing out of plastic bags, either.
Here is my plan. I can't afford to use my regular paycheck to save for this project, so I am going to use "extra money".
Just what that is, I'm not sure yet.
I do sometimes sell indie crafts and such, so that will be one source of extra money. Over Christmas I earned $250 selling my handmade items. It was just sitting in my Paypal account. This is the seed money to get this project started.
Change on the street? That too.
I'll probably dabble in some eBay auctions and selling books and videos on Amazon and Half.com. Anything I earn from Google Adsense will go to the cause as well. (So start clicking, folks!)
This "extra money" will go into a high-interest savings account, that way my little bit of money is out there working for me. Once the balance grows, I may move it to other investments. We'll figure it out as we go along.
This is going to be a long, hard challenge. But I hope a fun and interesting one. Won't you join me on my journey?
A new year, a new focus
January 9th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
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January 9th, 2008 at 11:55 pm 1199922940
I also secretly wish i knew enough to bartend. it just seemed fun and i always thought it coud be a great part time job. I wish i knew how to learn to make those drinks without having to go to bartending school.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:12 am 1199923937
By the way, don't discount the benefits of washing out plastic bags!
January 10th, 2008 at 03:26 am 1199935567
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