Bookfair 2012 Notes~ Jim Hodges

I want to blog about some of the speakers I heard at this year's bookfair.

First of all I have to say that I had a "10+" on my nametag this year! That means I've been going for 10+ years. WhooHoo! It's my favorite time of year.  Better than Christmas for me.

As I was going through my notes I decided to type them up here. Remember, these are notes so they may sound incomplete but they make sense to me. ;)

The first one is by Jim Hodges.  His talk was about being self-employed (SE).  Since my son and I are working on starting our own puppet show business this class was right up my alley. I had an advantage over some in the class because I knew what I wanted to do, I have experience and previous knowledge of my business idea.
Okay, on with the notes.

5-11-12
"You Can Be Self-Employed" by Jim Hodges

In case you don't know, Jim Hodges records audio books written by G.A. Henty

Jim says, this is SE in a nutshell:
"Find something you love to do anyway, get good at it and find a way to make money at it."

Questions to ask yourself before you become SE:

• Why do you want to be SE?
• How many hours are you willing to spend at it?
• Are you great at it?
• How committed are you?
• How disciplined are you to work and stick with it?
• What activates you to loose track of time?
• What keeps you motivated, moving forward?
• What is your greatest fear to overcome? (money, ridicule, failure)
• What environment do you work best in? group, alone, scheduled, flexible 
• What are your bad habits that cripple you? 
• What experience do you have idea/business?
• What is your deal breaker?  In other words complete the sentence;  I will not...
• "It only matters what I do"
• If married health of marriage 1-10
• Spouse support 1-10
• What is your current financial situation
• Are you  out of debt?

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I can't believe I did this...

I went to the bookfair yesterday, had a "10+" sticker on my name tag. Whoo Hoo!!!

And after 10+ years of going I can't believe that I bought....

a planner!!!!

All these years I've always made my own charts, lists and planners. No one else's "pre-made planner" has EVER had everything I needed.  But well, life has changed for me.  I have more outside responsibilities and time is of short supply lately.  I also have been forgetting things because my church job requires me to keep up with everybody's plans, and at home I have to keep up with everybody's plans, and I have my own plans too and well, this old brain ain't what she used to be!  I do use google calendar and all that e-stuff but sometimes you just need PAPER!

I'm really so excited about this planner/binder.  I can take it with me everywhere!  I will have a grocery list, menus, calendar, school plans, budget (if I choose to write that down) and more in this binder!

I already have visions of the days I forget to put something in the crock pot and it's too late, because I remember this about lunch time.  But now I will be able to look in my binder and see what else we have at home to eat, or have that list of a few groceries that I need to pick up between big shopping days and not waste brain power, energy and time!

So many other things too.  I'm sure I'll be talking more about this as I actually use it.

I got the planner book yesterday but have to wait a week or so for the binder to come.  It's sooooo pretty!

P.S. I know my dil will like this! ;)