*Unfinished draft posted yesterday by accident, pardon.*
So, I have several dreams of a better working life ahead. Some revolve around law school, some around acting, some around writing, and some around working for myself. Here are some ideas I’ve had about working for myself that I will never, never have the brass to actually do, but would like to explore on my weblog today because I just would.
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Resume writing assistance. I am doing this a lot now lately anyway. I think I’m good at it. What do people charge for this?
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Wedding dress and accoutrements rentals. My recent facebook announcement that I was thinking of selling my wedding dress (one of many short lived hairbrained schemes to come up with fast cash) elicited a chorus of responses from former brides, all in two camps: the “I am aghast at such an idea” camp, and the “I tried to throw my wedding dress away but my mother/mother-in-law/husband wouldn’t let me.” It is this last group, obviously, who I would target. I know I would come up against some extreme opposition in the bridal market, but seriously! What better time than a recession? You could get a much more fantastic dress, because it would be a rental rather than a purchase. People are all about saving money right now. It would actually be more like a buy and sell-back type deal, with guaranteed at least 70% return, much better than you can get on ebay or elsewhere. I would have reciprocal deals with companies that make smaller, more reasonably priced forever-after wedding keepsakes than my never-to-be-touched-wedding-dress-in-a-giant-box-in-the-back-of-the-closet is proving to be. Some make quilts in your pattern, some make little doll sized versions of your dress. Some box up your bouquet. Lots of options. I would also rent out ring pillows, shoes (maybe this wouldn’t work, but it might), veils, and whatever else you buy that you can only use on your wedding day. Bridesmaid dresses, anyone? The trend is toward ones that don’t match now, anyway. I would build my inventory by buying used wedding dresses from women strapped for cash, and then as I get more capital I would supplement with new ones. I would contract out to a seamstress for repairs. I would contract out to a cleaner. I sometimes think this is a brilliant idea and I should research it further, but then I wonder why no one’s done it already and scare myself into not wasting the time. It would be a lot of headache, but . . . more than the headaches I get now? I think not.
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My friend had this idea once of making embroidered wall-hangings that show your kids’ growth marks. Like – if you move house, right? And you had kids in this house? And there’s the growth mark doorway that everybody has? Instead of leaving those behind forever, you can trace them onto a template we provide and then we will embroider the marks, names, and dates, along with some frou frou of your decor choice (mod? country? beachy?), and voila. You hang the thing at the prescribed height, and suddenly you will always know how tall Jack was in September of 2010. Right? Good idea, right? Sentimental, not too expensive, can be customized? This is her genius idea but I would help, with the marketing and such.
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Freelance writing. Dude, have you checked out Parent’s magazine lately? I could totally write those articles.
It’s 8pm here at work, where I still am, after 12 hours of nose to the grindstone bliss, so I’m going to finish my daydreaming during my 1 hour ride home in the car, instead of extend my sentence here at this godforsaken desk. Maybe the baby will still be up when I get home.