La Bene Vita

Friday: 35 Days

Resign from Abbott by 4/4/10.
35 days and counting! My last day is five weeks from today.

Brand the biz(es.)
Dinner with the teacher was good. She has lots of good ideas, and may want to invest or even partner in the biz. I'm not sure I'm ready for that, because I don't know her that well, though it's nice to know I have yet another potential source of capital if I need it. I figure I'll hire her for now, we can work together for awhile, and if I'm looking for expansion money in a year or two, I'll consider.

I also polished up my Studio Policy, Registration Form, Tuition Rates, and Teacher Expectations and Compensation documents. And since I was on such a roll being all employer-ish, I applied for an Employer Identification Number (EIN) at the IRS website. Yippee! I can pay taxes.

Next up on the brand-the-biz to-do list:
(1) burn an updated CD. I recorded a half a dozen songs today during a one-hour break, go me.
(2) send CDs and magnetic calendars to a few local bars and restaurants. Biz will ramp up in the spring, 'cuz acoustic acts are great for patios.

15 minutes of small biz research per day.
I'd say perusing the IRS website and applying for an EIN counts. I also applied for a Ficticious Name certificate about a month ago with the state, and the check finally cleared. I'm expecting that cert in the mail any day. That, along with the EIN, will allow me to open up a bank account in my biz name.

Next up on the biz-research list:
(1) location!
(2) location!
(3) location!

Launch one new Praise Band song per month.
Goal met.

Post at WordPress at least once per week.
Pending.

Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 3/31/10.
Weight:
Meals:
8:00am bd's leftovers (15? 18? - three tortillas filled with saucy beef and shrimp)
8:30am OJ (3)
1:45pm Skinny roast beef sandwich (7)
2:15pm Lifesavers (3)
4:00pm Dark chocolate Reese's cup (1)

I still have a month. I might feel more optimistic if I'd seen -any- progress at all in the last TWO. But I have higher priorities at the moment.

Write new lyrics once per week.
Pending.

Write one new original song per month.
{e:writing) Ooh! I almost forgot until just now. I have a song in progress! I started messing with a chord progression at Potbelly yesterday, and it fit one of my lyrics sets. I have until Sunday to finish writing it and meet this goal.

Launch one new repertoire song per week.
{e:pencil} Pending. I think. Unless I launched something and don't remember. Is it April yet?

Taxes.
I think I'm good. Although I'm waiting and may need one more revision, I'm going to remove this one from the list, because revisions are minor at this point.

Writing...
I accepted the last four Textbroker articles, and I have until next Thursday to write them.

ALSO on the writing front, I'm working on a music blog concept, related to music performance, education, and/or study. I'm looking for ideas... and submissions. The idea is still in infancy, but I intend to actually pay people for subs (GPs or PayPal) that I choose to publish. I just don't know when or how much. So the sooner y'all start sending ideas, the sooner I'll be ready to buy blog posts.