Small Business Brewing

I’m starting to feel my hermit self return after quite a long hibernation. When I say “hermit self” I mean the part of me that has a long list of things I’d like to accomplish, and therefore, I feel as though I need to turn inward and complete them. It’s more a frame of mind than changing anything else – I don’t lock myself in my bedroom for months at a time or anything, it’s just a more focused way of thinking, and it’s the way I lived during my university days. I find this part of me is always brought out when my external environment is calm and organized (which maybe explains why I need my house to be clean before I can do anything functional after work…). The hibernation of my hermit can be attributed to the changes I’ve been going through with my career and my life. As much as I’d like to think of myself as someone who’s extremely adaptable to change – I’m really not and I hate admitting it. Change is always great, but I have to do it in bite size pieces so everything doesn’t turn into chaos. I’m in a mood to get things done – small and big.

Sad for me, my dad’s new business in which I have been involved with for the past three years seems to be taking off. I’m really excited for him, but it’s unfortunate that I am getting out of it just as it’s starting to grow.I’ve been helping him tie up some loose ends from the work I put in – contract and warranty documents that I’ve written and such. Besides that, I’ll be working on the write up for Purolator’s NHL Tackle Hunger event that I attended a couple weeks ago. It’s not a full out business plan, but important for volunteers in subsequent years to know how it all operates. It’s really neat because the plans I am responsible for writing are contributing to Purolator’s branding penetration in Atlantic Canada. We want customers to know that we are near-by and concerned about our local community by supporting causes and events like the Feed Nova Scotia initiative.

On a more personal level, I’ve been brainstorming business ideas with my good friend who owns a martial arts business here in Nova Scotia, http://www.ckdhalifax.com/. We’re set on writing a business plan for now, and then seeing how it evolves. The stipulation is that it has to be environmentally driven with the potential to expand into other environmentally friendly areas. I’m looking online for ideas as I’m writing this. Albeit, I don’t have a ton of time to nurture a new business, but seeing as we both work full time, if we come up with an idea that can fit into our schedules and that is exciting enough, time will be made.

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"Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have."

Emile Chartier