I’ve been studying for my test and I feel more confident about the results I’m going to get, but I still need some more practice. Right now I’m going over the sample test the professor gave us. After that I’m going to take a shower, then study some more and leave around 5:00 p.m. The test is not until 7:30 but I want to buy a couple of school supplies and then I may come back home and keep studying or go to school and finish studying over there.

My textbook talks about “opportunity cost”, which is basically what is given up in order to get something else, and it uses Lebron James as an example. The textbook says that he understands the concept of opportunity cost because he was willing to give up going to college to go straight to the NBA and make millions of dollars. I’m still trying to make that happen for me. I’ve been trying by starting different businesses and now it’s music, but I think that if that was to happen I would still end up finishing college. I would put my studies aside for some good money in a heartbeat, but after spending so many years studying… shit I want that piece of paper that says I graduated. I just need to finish what I started. Especially after all that effort.

I’ve failed in business one too many times already and I don’t want to start from scratch every single time anymore. I know I’m always going to be trying and I will never give up, but once I fall I have to pick up all the broken pieces and start over again. That can get pretty expensive and it’s time consuming. I’m still paying old business bills and I can’t wait until that’s done. The thing is… if I can get a good paying job I can pay things off quicker if I fall. That’s where this college education thing comes in. It’s a backup plan. This is why I’m so focused on finishing school right now.

Working full time, taking 5 classes and coming home to work on my business ideas was the busiest and hardest thing I’ve had to do. As much as I wanted to keep going, my body was physically and mentally shutting down. The fucker wouldn’t give me more juice. I’m so happy right now because I’m not working and I’m rested and things just happen so much quicker now. I wish it could always be like this.

Because of all the times I’ve failed, it is going to be that much sweeter when I start getting that recognition and money that I’ve been working for all my life. I’ve acquired a lot of experience over the years so I’ll know how to handle situations better. I’ve learned everything from how to open a business to getting what I want out of people and I just need to get into business my way. That means I need to be the man in charge, and right now I need something with low costs. That’s why I figured getting in the music market is the right move. I  know that with hard work I can create good music at a cost I can afford. What I have to do is appeal to peoples emotions. The only other type of business I can think of right now that you can create something out very little is sports.

One of the things I learned from Bullen Tea is that you need to have a good amount of money set aside to start and run the business before starting. I think that’s something that is needed more on a regular type of business. When the product is more about a physical or emotional appeal, I think it’s a little different. The product sells itself so less money is needed for advertising. And because I’m dealing with music, I don’t need an inventory. Marketing will be my main expense.

Alright, this was supposed to be some quick thing. I need to get back to work.

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