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Brandiwyn🎶Prep starts 10/1! Author Icon, also known as Michelle Tuesday, is a musician, educator and writer hailing from Columbus, Ohio.
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I am a professional musician  Open in new Window., worship leader  Open in new Window., small business owner  Open in new Window., songwriter  Open in new Window., aspiring author  Open in new Window. and freelance nonfiction writer  Open in new Window. with a chemical engineering degree  Open in new Window..

But that's just my resume.

My profile of qualifications is only one of the ways in which I am unique. Here I chronicle my personal and professional goals and my efforts to achieve them. Occasionally I fail. Mostly, I take daily baby steps toward all my long-term goals. Much like the stories I pen, the songs I compose, and the businesses I run, I am always a work in progress.

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February 23, 2010 at 10:33am
February 23, 2010 at 10:33am
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Resign from Abbott by 4/4/10.
*Writing* 38 days and counting!

Brand the biz(es.)
*Writing* CD. Mexican restaurant. I actually have an old CD, but I've got new technology and really want to burn a higher-quality CD, since I can. I don't see it happening until... yikes. I really don't know. I've spent all morning compiling information for my tax return. It's amazing how fast deductions add up when you take the time to actually inventory them. I'm "making" (technically saving) more money per hour doing this than Abbott ever paid me. Still, it's a lesson learned: Keep good records throughout the year.

15 minutes of small biz research per day.
*Check* Goal met. My mother has a contact at work who deals in real estate acquisition, including in Ohio, and is hooking me up with a commercial real estate broker specific for my needs! I also sent a follow-up email to the pastor of the church I'd like to rent space from in the interim, until I find a quasi-permanent commercial home.

I am SO. FLIPPING. PSYCHED.I am totally going to succeed at this small biz stuff, and it's only in part because I'm brilliant. *Bigsmile* The other part involves having a solid network of supportive and knowledgable friends and family willing to help me out, and maybe more importantly, who believe in me.

My Board of Advisors meeting is set for Sunday night, 8:00 PM. I have confirmations from all four of my invitees.

Launch one new Praise Band song per month.
*Check* Goal met.

Post at WordPress at least once per week.
*Thumbsdown* FAIL for last week. Pending for this week. At some point, something will have to give... I plan to start a music instruction blog and post it at my studio website to promote traffic. I may piggyback off the dude I've been writing for at Textbroker, who buys articles at TB and publishes them on his blog. Whereas his weakness is poor writing skills, my weakness is lack of time - and either way, if you can earn a profit buying someone else's work, why the heck not?

*just realizes she's addressing an audience of writers looking for income opportunities and could possibly skip the middle man*

Uh... *Dollar* If you're interested in submitting to my music blog, send me an email, and we'll talk business. *Dollar*

Der. *facepalm*

Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 3/31/10.
Weight: 155.0
Meals:
8:00am ZonePerfect bar (4) and coffee (1)
11:00am Four squares pizza (8)
1:45pm Skinny roast beef sandwich (7)
6:00pm ZonePerfect bar (4)
TOTAL POINTS: 24

Monday:
7:00am Coffee (1), fiber English muffin with butter and sugar-free jelly (2)
10:30am Candy from the pastor's office (5)
1:45pm Skinny roast beef sandwich (7)
7:00pm Half bowl of french onion soup (?), broccoli with butter (2), maybe eight steak fries (3), and a turkey burger with lettuce, tomato, pepperjack cheese, and two strips bacon (Half-Price Burgers at Champps!)
TOTAL POINTS: TBD

Write new lyrics once per week.
*Thumbsdown* FAIL for last week. Pending for the week.

Write one new original song per month.
*Pencil* Pending.

Launch one new repertoire song per week.
*Pencil* Pending. Last week's song was "21 Guns" by Green Day.

Taxes.
*Pencil* Gah! My work here is never done.

Writing...
*pending* I need to start those four DirectOrders I accepted. My Level 5 OpenOrder was accepted by the client, so yay for payment.
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