As many of you know, Warchild is quite the laid-back, suburban yuppie these days. The 3rd-world living, tranny-smashing, Iron Man-blasting, real-life Dos Equis man became a very average middle-class guy in a HOA subdivision, living on a cul-de-sac. Traded in my motorcycle for a Volvo, traded in Mexican girls for a pretty wife, traded in my old career for one healthcare management. My son turned on year old a couple weeks ago, and he's beautiful, a little Gerber model that is going to smash every teenage bimbo in the South.
That said, I've felt in a bit of a rut the past few months, and it's not due to the wife and child, who have me quite pleased. In fact, we're going to start working on Warchild 3.0 next spring, giving me an excuse to be a larger sports sedan in the fall (really the only reason to have a second child). I'm thinking Maxima or Charger SRT. That said, I can't be the "go where I want, when I want" type anymore, and I have commitments at home... so I've decided to start a business.
For a couple of years, when I moved to North Carolina, I operated a semi-successful online bookstore. As in, barely successful, but the goal was never to get rich. I worked around 10 hours per week, cleared around 2-3k per month, and contributed my share to our household while I tried to work out a new career, as the hospitality industry (my lifelong career) in this state is a joke, and my career effectively came to an end immediately upon my move. I transitioned into healthcare, and have a pretty nice gig, but at about half a year in, it occurs to me... FUCK. I'd like to be the boss again. I mean, in my office, I am the boss, but I'd like to be ownership.
So Warchild has come up with a brilliant plan: Start a small business, no more than five hours per week (LOL), without telling the wife, saving the returns, for a year or two, until I have the capital to start a larger-earning business. Yep. Start a business and save money to start another business. I submitted my LLC paperwork yesterday, made my first supply purchase online (which should be here in about two weeks), and I intend to get started.
I get hour-long lunches during the week, and most Fridays I'm off at around 2pm instead of 5pm, giving me a few hours to work. I have started this thread share my revenue and expenses, frustrations and progress, and if there is actual real progress, reveal my insane and selfish plan for a business in 2016/2017. One thing I absolutely do not want to do is take on debt in opening a larger business, so I intend to save and entirely self-finance. Warchild is not a fan of debt. Other than our home loan, the Warchild's owe $0.
10/10/2015: Total investments: $166
That said, I've felt in a bit of a rut the past few months, and it's not due to the wife and child, who have me quite pleased. In fact, we're going to start working on Warchild 3.0 next spring, giving me an excuse to be a larger sports sedan in the fall (really the only reason to have a second child). I'm thinking Maxima or Charger SRT. That said, I can't be the "go where I want, when I want" type anymore, and I have commitments at home... so I've decided to start a business.
For a couple of years, when I moved to North Carolina, I operated a semi-successful online bookstore. As in, barely successful, but the goal was never to get rich. I worked around 10 hours per week, cleared around 2-3k per month, and contributed my share to our household while I tried to work out a new career, as the hospitality industry (my lifelong career) in this state is a joke, and my career effectively came to an end immediately upon my move. I transitioned into healthcare, and have a pretty nice gig, but at about half a year in, it occurs to me... FUCK. I'd like to be the boss again. I mean, in my office, I am the boss, but I'd like to be ownership.
So Warchild has come up with a brilliant plan: Start a small business, no more than five hours per week (LOL), without telling the wife, saving the returns, for a year or two, until I have the capital to start a larger-earning business. Yep. Start a business and save money to start another business. I submitted my LLC paperwork yesterday, made my first supply purchase online (which should be here in about two weeks), and I intend to get started.
I get hour-long lunches during the week, and most Fridays I'm off at around 2pm instead of 5pm, giving me a few hours to work. I have started this thread share my revenue and expenses, frustrations and progress, and if there is actual real progress, reveal my insane and selfish plan for a business in 2016/2017. One thing I absolutely do not want to do is take on debt in opening a larger business, so I intend to save and entirely self-finance. Warchild is not a fan of debt. Other than our home loan, the Warchild's owe $0.
10/10/2015: Total investments: $166
