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La Bene Vita
I am a professional musician  , worship leader , small business owner , songwriter , aspiring author and freelance nonfiction writer with a chemical engineering degree .
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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My parents flew in last night. Mom is going to go over the biz plan with me and work on some budgeting ideas. I'm also going to talk about some house options, because my house is starting to get on my nerves. They're helping me clean up the landscaping and take care of some minor repairs, which makes me feel better.
I spent a bunch of time on the business plan yesterday, and WOW... I got really caught up. I also added "Buy Now" buttons to the websites for students to sign up for our samplers and summer camps, and HOLY COW, somebody used the buttons less then 24 hours later. She signed her twin boys up for a sampler. She was one of the easiest enrollments I ever processed and totally worth the exorbitant Paypal fees, which are twice as much as our normal merchant services account (to accept credit cards). The buttons stay up for awhile on a trial basis. Let's see how it goes.
Reach 300 students at MTMS by 12/31/11.
 We cleared 170, then had a few withdrawals, so we were back down to 167. Then last night was the final class in a four-week guitar sampler, and four children signed up for lessons. Another child withdrew, and one more signed up. Net result: 171. For today. Tomorrow, who knows which direction the yo-yo will travel? I already know of two withdrawals we plan to process if we don't receive payment by the end of business today.
Sometimes in the last two months, it's felt stagnant. But the numbers prove it's really not. We're still more than doubling our original planned volumes, and even beating the revised projections I drafted around November when I realized that my plan was ultra conservative. And we're actually starting to get summer camp enrollments, w00t!!! I'm psyched because those are going to be a blast.
Reading: One book per week.
Ooh! Ooh! I did pick up Eldest last night and read a few more chapters. It's interesting again.
Writing:
(1)  Blog at MT.com by the end of Wednesday: D'oh, I forgot. That's what I get for not blogging for three days.
(2) 30 minutes of daily freestyle writing: Nope.
Count points:
Morning weigh-in: 165.6 Wednesday, 167.2 Thursday, 169.2 Friday.
Yesterday's points: a bunch. I was doing okay until we went out for Mexican. It's evident in the data. Today will not be much better, since we're going to Bob Evans for brunch and a Japanese steakhouse for dinner.  |
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Even better if she can whistle to the tune of Mozart or something. 
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