Daily Diary
10:00
• Wake up, check emails
• Think about tasks to complete for the day
10:10
• Shower, get ready
• Think about plans for lunch
10:25
• Drive to gas station for Mt. Dew
• Plan on picking up food, but bummed they still have breakfast out
10:30
• Drive to meet local business owner and discuss business and potential ideas
• Wonder about ways to add on to my current business or leverage another one to work together
11:00
• Pull up social media to check personal and business notifications, respond to business ones
• Feel annoyed answering silly questions and by people complaining about things. Think of the best ways I’ve handled responses in the past
11:30
• Drive to work to start opening the shop
• Think about all the things I need to get done while it’s quieter in the afternoon
12:30
• Talk with golf coach and SID about recent golf trip and spring break plans
• Little bit anxious for spring break to arrive, some sense of worry about being away that long and having to close down for 5 days while students are gone
1:00
• Sit down at computer to respond to emails and start working on the day’s task list
• Dreading having to make phone calls when they usually end up with automated answering systems
1:15
• Pull up social media in attempt to stall working on my to-do list
• Think about how to approach some sales calls for business opportunities with people I’ve never spoken to before
1:30
• Make call about potential vending machine business
• Think of potential locations to place machines as well as what kind of product to supply with
2:00
• Call my mom to discuss vending machine options at her workplace
2:10
• Discuss sponsorship and fundraiser options with 2 different groups in person
• I had to decline both so I felt bummed, always love when I can find mutually beneficial partnerships
2:20
• Check social media notifications for business
2:25
• Fix nachos quick for late lunch
• Regretting not getting “real food” before coming in to work
2:30
• Take a phone call from my grandma
2:40
• Think about how the things I’ve worked on can be leveraged for something that pleases God. I’ve got a good friend in prison I want to help out when he get released so I’m constantly thinking of ways I can leverage business ideas to help him as well as others
3:00
• Research vending machine brands, suppliers, locations, etc.
• Think about what a successful business would be like and what area I’d like to try it in
4:00
• Read casually, browse social media and email
7:30
• Leave work for the day. Run errands.
• Think about plans for the next day and write everything down
8:00
• Watch NBA celebrity game
10:00
• Watch Netflix
• Shut my mind off of everything work related and just relax
