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I want to open up my own store front. Not for the printshop/sign BS but for art. Have a consistent place for people to sell their hand made crafts and art through me. Kind of like a gallery but a store as well. Well... a shop. An art shop. What would I call it? Real estate is so cheap in this town that isn't unrealistic for me to think of this as an option in a couple of years. I can set up my studio in the store. Maybe I would title the place "revolution".

Or R-evol-ution. Love is backwards. Or R-evolution. Evolution of the arts. I really think this is what I'm going to do.

I love my job. Most days. But I can't see myself working here for the rest of my life. Even being a partial owner of the company, I just can't see myself working here forever. I need to branch out and do something different. Something with some more purpose. More... personal purpose. Volunteering for the arts council here in town, I understand the importance of having a place where art can stay year after year. All kinds of art. No, I don't think things will sell on a frequent basis but my over head would be so cheap, I wouldn't have to make very much a month to cover all bases. My mortgage could almost be paid off by this dream point, if I plan right, I could have almost 0 debt so any money made from the shop would go back into itself. I could take a loan out on the house [which would be the only money that I would have to seriously be focused on paying] and buy a small front downtown. Buy it out right. I could hold local reading events featuring a local author and their newest novel. Have little wine gallery events. That type of deal. I'm excited about this. I really believe it can happen.

If I start the business planning now... I could have a basic idea of costs/incoming-outgoing and a general overhead written on paper. Have it as close to a physical reality as possible so I can visualize it better.

HEY FUTURE. Watch yourself.