February 12, 2016

10:00

  • Wake up, check emails
  • Think about tasks to complete for the day

10:10

  • Shower, get ready
  • Think about plans for lunch

10:25

  • Drive to gas station for Mt. Dew
  • Plan on picking up food, but bummed they still have breakfast out

10:30

  • Drive to meet local business owner and discuss business and potential ideas
  • Wonder about ways to add on to my current business or leverage another one to work together

11:00

  • Pull up social media to check personal and business notifications, respond to business ones
  • Feel annoyed answering silly questions and by people complaining about things. Think of the best ways I’ve handled responses in the past

11:30

  • Drive to work to start opening the shop
  • Think about all the things I need to get done while it’s quieter in the afternoon

12:30

  • Talk with golf coach and SID about recent golf trip and spring break plans
  • Little bit anxious for spring break to arrive, some sense of worry about being away that long and having to close down for 5 days while students are gone

1:00

  • Sit down at computer to respond to emails and start working on the day’s task list
  • Dreading having to make phone calls when they usually end up with automated answering systems

1:15

  • Pull up social media in attempt to stall working on my to-do list
  • Think about how to approach some sales calls for business opportunities with people I’ve never spoken to before

1:30

  • Make call about potential vending machine business
  • Think of potential locations to place machines as well as what kind of product to supply with

2:00

  • Call my mom to discuss vending machine options at her workplace

2:10

  • Discuss sponsorship and fundraiser options with 2 different groups in person
  • I had to decline both so I felt bummed, always love when I can find mutually beneficial partnerships

2:20

  • Check social media notifications for business

2:25

  • Fix nachos quick for late lunch
  • Regretting not getting “real food” before coming in to work

2:30

  • Take a phone call from my grandma

2:40

  • Think about how the things I’ve worked on can be leveraged for something that pleases God. I’ve got a good friend in prison I want to help out when he get released so I’m constantly thinking of ways I can leverage business ideas to help him as well as others

3:00

  • Research vending machine brands, suppliers, locations, etc.
  • Think about what a successful business would be like and what area I’d like to try it in

4:00

  • Read casually, browse social media and email

7:30

  • Leave work for the day. Run errands.
  • Think about plans for the next day and write everything down

8:00

  • Watch NBA celebrity game

10:00

  • Watch Netflix
  • Shut my mind off of everything work related and just relax

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