So Much Ambition - So Little Success Volume 1

I have so many thoughts in my head, and I guess just sometimes I just need to empty them out. So today I am going to bless you all with the random jumblings of money-making dreams I wish I could do. Some of these things I just don't know how to get my foot in the door and some of them stupid things are holding me back, like money.

I do intend this to be funny, so I sincerely hope you enjoy this.

I wish I could have a successful business...

Now I know this is pretty vague. Because there's a lot of different kinds of businesses out there. But here's the thing... I can't decide. There are so many businesses I want to open.

I want to open a D&D-inspired bed and brunch (Yes, brunch, not breakfast. Breakfast entails getting up before noon, which I expect my patrons won't)

My patrons could come in the afternoon or the evenings. I'd have enough rooms and beds to support a party of 9, with a DM. I would make a D&D-inspired meal from either the Dungeons and Dragons Cookbook: Heroes Feast, or if their group happens to be playing a Critical Role campaign, I'd do a feast using the Critical Role Cookbook: Exquisite Exandria.

Let me tell you, I own these cookbooks, and there is some amazing food in here.

I would have a large comfortable set up in the dining area where a feast would be set up on the table for them (In a way that is up to health code of course, but also on display elegantly) and they would have an area where they could play their tabletop games (Any of them) until the wee hours of the morning. When they awoke, they'd have a brunch waiting for them before they checked out.

If I could get away with it I would want it to be like a whole lot of land and make a whole LARPing community area, where people could Cosplay and dress up, and go on a real quest through my little village or whatever. I'd probably beg Matt Mercer to help me with this.

For years, I wanted to open a laundromat in the town I live in. But someone recently went ahead and did that and crushed my dreams. Their laundromat is still not as good as my imaginary one, where I would have a large TV, a gaming console, a seating area for students, vending machines, and a couch for those who just want to relax. And of course, free WiFi.

If I can't have either of those I should open a food truck. I'd have a rolling menu that would be changed up every couple of weeks, and I'd have all kinds of food available. OH, or maybe it could even be a D&D-themed food truck? Obviously, I really like making these particular kinds of foods.

I did have a thrift store. But location, location, location - and COVID. I now have an online eBay store, where I am selling all the leftover items from the store I owned - hoping to get rid of this surplus of stuff one day. I'm more successful on eBay than I ever was with a brick-and-mortar store.

For a while, I dreamed of opening a bakery. But I'm not good at decorating. Just the baking part. I've been kind of practicing fondant decorations, but as for making cakes and stuff that have pretty icing, I'm still learning.

I also am good at voices and noises, and it would be so fun to be a voice actor. But then I listen to people like Matt Mercer, Laura Baily, Ashely Johnson, and the other Critters... I realize I am a cheap imitation of talent. Haha! It would be a LOT of fun to voice act though. I have no idea how to get started on that though. Like, literally HOW does one get the job of voice acting?

I want to get into real estate. I know that seems way off to the left field of what I've already stated, but I love renovating things and flipping them. I have done most of the renovations on my own house myself, too. I'm a pretty good painter, and I can lay laminate flooring pretty well too. I figure, if I can get into real estate, not only would I be able to afford to support my family but I could also fulfill my dream of flipping houses (or maybe owning a few so I can leave them to my children when I die). Literally, the only thing stopping me from doing this is money. It's like $200 for the certification education, and money is so tight that I literally cannot afford to just... buy the program.

As sad as that is. My children always come first, so my bills are paid first. After bills and necessities, there's nothing left. It's almost impossible to save. Which is why I started vocal, and trying to earn money online in some ways. Vocal and my affiliate program (if I even make any sales on that) are my Christmas funds for my kids.

Maybe that is why I am so ambitious and excited about the things that I would be good at. Because I grew up with nothing, and I still have nothing, even as a published author. I feel like I have nothing to leave my kids. So I have all these ambitions, and yet I am no closer to being successful.

Ugh. I guess I better keep trying, huh?

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