La Bene Vita

Thursday: 22 Days!

Resign from Abbott by 4/4/10.
22 days! Or, 3.43 weeks. Or, ten full workdays and three half workdays. Or, 920 hours. Wait, I don't like that one as much. Let's go back to 3.43 weeks.

Brand the biz(es.)
Pretty much waiting on my new home... except that I still haven't decided whether to keep "Studio" or change it to "School" or "Academy." Also, I'm ready for the hiring phase, and I need a lobby attendant who can not only greet customers, but help students with computer lab. I have a few ideas as to where to find such a person.

15 minutes of small biz research per day.
I have two primary locations competing with one another: one retail and one office. Pros and cons of the two:

Retail:
* Higher price, lower profit margin
* Higher break-even, which means it will take longer to see a profit
* Location is tucked between shopping and restaurants, making it convenient for busy parents
* High visibility from a main road through town
* Larger property, more room for future growth, therefore higher overall profit potential

Office:
* Lower price, higher profit margin
* Low break-even
* Location is somewhat close to shopping and restaurants, but not right next door
* Visibility from the Interstate
* Smaller property, less room for future growth, lower overall profit potential

Basically, the retail location is a higher risk with a higher potential reward. Originally, I looked at my potential profit on it and went -OMG- I'm not even interested in the smaller one. But then I spent two hours yesterday at the little office space taking measurements and drafting my floor plan, and I love it again! It's so cute, and I can get one more lesson room in it than I originally thought with very little modification, increasing its potential by 33%. So now I love both locations, so it will probably come down to who gives me the better deal.

Post at WordPress at least once per week.
Yep. http://michelletuesday.wordpress.com

Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 3/31/10.
Weight:
Meals:
8:00am Breakfast lean pocket (5)
9:00am Coffee (1)
10:30am Coffee (1)
1:45pm Skinny roast beef sandwich (7)
7:00pm Red Lobster! Two biscuits (8), salad (2), 1/2 tilapia & broccoli (4), and lobster mashed potatoes (9)
TOTAL POINTS: 37

Write one new original song per month.
Goal met: "Time"

Launch one new repertoire song per week.
Goal met! Potbelly Gahanna has a little extra budget money, so I'm playing Wednesdays this month. Yesterday, I played "Second Chance" by Shinedown, finally. It sounded good, but the verse is still not quite right. I'll be polishing.

Writing...
Textbroker articles x 28
Music educators' blog