As promised...

Hurrah! I finished it!

I was a little intimidated and unsure where to start, but I figured the best place to start would be (who would've thought) the beginning. And by "beginning" I mean Chapter 9: "Income Autopilot I," since that's really where the "meat" of the book begins.

I began to think about what demand I can fill instead of what demand I can create, and I think I may (this is a lot of italics) have found my muse. I'm in a unique position as a college student who, like many other soon-to-be-grads, is about to step into a job market that has too much demand and not enough supply. Yet somehow, I've always been able to find unique opportunities, and if I couldn't find them, I've figured out how to make them. Thus, I think my muse is going to be creating a book telling others how to do the same.

Including the right resources, information, easy-to-follow templates and what have you, I could really make this into something worth quite a bit. I'd have to remember my market is college stu---

WAIT.

No, this is where I'm going to make my money. My targeted ads aren't going to appeal to college students; they're going to primarily appeal to parents and grandparents who have the money to spend $30-$45 for quality information that will help their child or grandchild. What I will be offering will be quality information, but college students don't have the money to buy it (and let's face it, will probably make copies of the book and give it to their friends because "the stupid author asks too much money! It's her fault!").

But I'm getting ahead of myself a bit. Right now, I need to set up my next goal, which is putting all of this together: Brainstorming and generating everything I want to put into this book.

Unfortunately, wouldn't you know next week is absolutely packed with tests--ones I need to do well on, too--so the deadlines for my next goal are going to be a little more generous than I would like to give myself, but regardless, at least I'm going to attempt to move forward.

Goal 1: Contact parents (best source for this kind of stuff) for further ideas. Complete by Friday, Oct. 21 @ 12:00m.
Goal 2: Complete general outline. Begin and finish Friday, Oct. 28 @ 10:00am.

I'd hate to feel like I wasn't doing anything while I had to wait all next week to get started, so I think I'm going to start Stephen Keys One Simple Idea, because it's next on my reading list and plays into this, as well.

Goal: Finish One Simple Idea. Finish by Oct. 26

I'll report back with the successes of my goals!