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Phase 1: Get set up and have the business engine moving Infrastructure Currently obstacles Once these obstacles are cleared:

This month marks the first official month that my business is active. While that sounds exciting, the reality has been more challenging than I expected. The setup phase has taken noticeably longer than the last business I launched in 2023, and it feels like I have been running into setbacks at every step along the … Read more

This past weekend I spent most of my business hours learning how quickbooks works and setting up a good chunk of it. Today was actually a good day with the orders. I fulfilled 4 orders before going to bed and got up 2 listings on eBay. I’m slacking so hard on the listings. I’m really … Read more

So it looks like I ended up getting sick again. Whatever sickness I’ve been experiencing the past couple of weeks just came back full force and it took me out yesterday. What a bummer. I had a 100.4 fever all evening yesterday and today I spent a big part of the morning and afternoon sleeping. … Read more

Over the past couple of days I’ve been working on setting up the bank account and getting all the payment information settled. As of right now, I have switched over Etsy, eBay, and Amazon to the new bank. I was struggling to set it up yesterday but I think it was because the account was … Read more

Today’s actions:

I haven’t had a chance to write in a while and I was supposed to start this year. Too much going on. But I want to log in some entries so that I can at least know if the day was a success or not. So for today, this is what was accomplished: I went … Read more

1. Cash flow beats appreciation.Chasing appreciation puts you in a glass house. Appreciation is attractive and it is a powerful wealth-building tool, but in my experience cash flow trumps everything. Cash flow gives you peace of mind. It is the difference between a repair feeling like a minor inconvenience versus a full-blown catastrophe. When money … Read more

Tomorrows to do list Morning Afternoon Evening Ongoing task: organize Priority: rent out condo by end of month. Update I succeed in all the morning tasks. The afternoon tasks were also successful Unfortunately, the afternoon tasks carried into the night. I could not drop off equipment at spectrum or clean my office. That’s looking like … Read more

I’ve been busting my ass trying to figure out this whole moving situation. This past week was nonstop. I worked Monday, drove to Clearwater that same night, had my recertification class on Tuesday, and then drove back to Orlando on Wednesday night. Since Wednesday I’ve been moving things over to the new house and working … Read more