Where I'm going?...

In the haze of a hangover during my undergraduate commencement ceremony, I kept hearing speakers say, "the future is up to you" and "you can be anything you want." When coherent, I am sure I rolled my eyes at such ubiquity. But each year that passed had me thinking, "dang, they were right." I could have taken any number of paths, with a clean slate before me. Choices lead to paths, opening some and closing others. Sometimes the limitless choices are so daunting we do not see them.

My MBA is a clean slate. I may have some 'splainin' to do about my 'sabbatical' but the paths are pretty limitless. So I don't want to waste this opportunity.

Ideas? I have a few.

• Keep resume current for a stellar job opening, either in quality improvement or finance.
• Continue to manufacture and sell baby shoes (which nets me about $100/year at present), but invest in a website and create a company to make more dough.
• Pursue networking and other activities that lead to important connections.
• Consulting AKA look at someone's watch and tell them what time it is.
• www.canistayathome.com a financial website tool to help families determine if one parent can really afford to not work (the answer is usually they can)
• Try to patent various product ideas with the hopes of landing an investor.
• Create a website with a service people really need.
• AND THE ONE I'M COUNTING ON;) :
• Write such a stellar blog that I get a book offer/fabulous job that supports me and my family

Certain choices are going to cut others on the list off, simply from a financial perspective. So I look forward to comments/feedback and reader stories if they can cut through my wordiness. If not, they can laugh at the attempts of a novice blogger!