My Dream Business

My friends always say I should open my own store.  I like working in retail even though most people hate it. I even like the Christmas season in a busy store!  But I'm overwhelmed at all I would need to do to open a business of my own.

The last time I thought about it, I made a list of everything that would need to be done before I could open up shop.  I would have to find a location, buy fixtures, get set up to purchase from major wholesale companies, create a merchant account to process credit cards, open a business banking account for my profits (ha!), deal with the phone and electric companies to set up accounts, and finally, figure out a way to pay for all the merchandise I needed to start up.  And before I could do any of it, I'd have to decide what to sell!

I'm not going to be opening up my own business any time soon, you can bet on that.  It's more work than my uncommitted and easily distracted self could ever take on.  So for now, I'm just going to enjoy reading about someone else's adventures as the owner of a small shop, and take comfort in the fact that I am happily employed in a store that is not owned by me!