"- Met with Don (Stef's coworker) who started a Groupon competitor in Calgary a few years ago and got a bunch of tips including how to do small-group market research for idea
- I've put together a list of people to invite to a session where I will determine market demand for product and get ideas about desired features
- Also decided that the guiding principle behind the business will be "building better relationships through new and interesting local experiences"
- Settled on theme of a 'hub and spokes' (being hub of social network); still looking for name that is available in a .com URL
- Will put together some screenshots of what I think the other pages should look like as a deliverable this week"
"I still really want to make a masterpiece; but I feel like I'm floating through cosmic chaos with no guiding purpose. I need more frequent and regular meditation. I need to make meditation the foundation of my life; that is the only way to sustainably rise above my challenges."
"Thinking of having a straight scroll-down blog sort of a set-up at first just to get some content on the website. Each business will have key info (location, hours, prices, type of activity, etc). Other features like friends lists, membership, rewards accounts etc. to come later.
Start out with a website as proof-of-concept, move to an app if interest is there. Not sure what the parameters around the plugins are but likely more advanced than I'd go at first.
That's a thought. The things that I've got so far are all places with set operating hours as these won't need to be updated regularly. Definitely some opportunities for other things once the functionality is increased. Need to prove demand before all of that though.."
"It's turned out to be a much better week on the "getting money back" from people as I've been paid all my expenses and had an instant refund on some boots I didn't like when they arrived. I've got an on-going battle getting a refund from the Chinese company as the returned item appears to have become "lost", so I have to complete a Royal Mail form to see if I can get compensation back for it. Hey ho.
My current account is looking a bit sparse, this month but, so far, I'm on track with everything that has to come out of it and I deflected a big expense (car tax) on to my Credit Card, which gives me a breather until next month.
As far as wasting money goes, this week, I haven;t really spent any of my own money, other than on a few Easter presents, but that's not really a waste.
So to the Grades:
1) Current Acc in Credit = B, 2) No wasteful spending = B, 3) People owing me = B+ (I'm doing all I can to get that Chinese money back- it's out of my hands). Therefore, I give myself the following Grade: B"
"Very proud to be saving for the first time in a long ass time... and that it is funding my pleasure bucket and hedonic calendar activities... full body massage each month!?!?! I’m saving for that!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻"
"- Created mock up of homepage for website
- Researched list of 50+ potential "experiences" in Calgary, started to collect metadata to allow sorting/filtering of results
- Researched some web development/design companies in Calgary"
"no me he pesado pero me siento mucho mejor, fui al dentista , gyn revise los pies, hize examenes de sangre y debo hacer una sonografia esto fue 1-4 de abirl , chequeos para mejorar mi salud."
"Well, it would be very easy for me to lie and say I had achieved my goal this week, but why do this if you're not going to be honest about it. My wastage level is particularly high at the moment and I see a bit of a pattern forming that involves "Blonde & Beyond". it seems that whenever I have a gig coming up I seem to try to buy things that will help to make the act more believable so, last time, I splashed out on a wig that I STILL haven't got a refund for and now I'm returning some inappropriate and ill-fitting boots (I'll get the refund on that but had to pay for postage!) and spent over £100 on having my hair highlighted. That in itself is not a problem but the cost of the hair colour came out of my March account and not April so I failed to manage my spend for the month. I haven't (yet) transferred any extra across because, technically, I'm not over-drawn but, if I hadn't been paid I would be -£47 so that's a fail.
Also, the present I bought for Nancy isn't right so I've had to buy her another one. Waste of money! Finally, I have yet to invoice Sayers for the work Tangerine Design & PR has done for them. So people owe me - although I haven't actually told them how much they owe yet!
Here are the results for this week:
1) Current Acc in Credit = (Technically) Grade D, 2) No wasteful spending = D, People owing me = C . Therefore, I give myself the following Grade: D"
