From: Angie Boldwyn <boldwyn@accessus.net>


Manager to Maid to Entrepreneur


Years ago I read an article about a
famous author who took a job picking
tomatoes so he could get his exercise
and get away from his typewriter.

He used this time to enjoy the outdoors
and did alot of his writing in his mind.

I wish I could remember who it was but I've
never forgotten it and have now taken the
same road.

For years, I worked in a Convenience Store
Chain (4 at the time in our small town).
I started at the bottom but since I could
never learn to do things in a small way,
before long I was managing and went on to
auditing and traveling.

This, of course, took it's toll on my family
and I decided to move on.

- Out of the frying pan and into the fire. -

I then started working at a local newspaper
as a newspaper carrier in the country out of my
car. This gave me time to follow my entrepreneurial
side until I agreed to graduate to assistant
circulation manager.

Then, guess what, the overstressed manager walked
out. You guessed it again, I'm now the manager.
This was not what I wanted but I did it until
they found another person to take my place. Poor
soul is now working the 12 hour days.

I read an ad in our newspaper one day for a
local motel looking for housekeepers. You
could work part time and still have benefits,
etc.

Guess what! I was a housekeeper for two years.

I worked part time, kept my semi-gorgeous figure
(just kidding), and had plenty of time alone
in the rooms while I worked to think.

What's this got to do with the Internet?

I started slife.com in 1997. The perfect vent
for my entrepreneurial, creative side. I made
all the classic mistakes, I even gave it up
at one point but just couldn't get my mind off
of it. I knew it could work!

I enjoy the challenge of marketing and the
creativity that goes with it so I decided to
focus on marketing / advertising and try to
help others as I go along.

Guess what! That was the key all along!

I am now a full-time webmaster. I gave up
my outside job as of 9-6-00 and dusted off
my exercise machine that was in the corner
of my office. Ha!

The key is choosing a niche you enjoy and
staying with it. I am now in the black and
look forward to work everyday not to mention
all the wonderful people I have met through
the Internet along the way.

If you have a dream, you should do what it takes
to follow through.

Yes, many people will think you're crazy but
many will actually be secretly envious you have
the guts to go against the flow.


WISHING YOU ALL MUCH SUCCESS!
Angie Boldwyn, Entrepreneur
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