This week has been an exciting one for me. Although i have still not made much progress in my errand running business I had sort of a break through with an idea that I have been kicking around for about six months now. Last summer I had a yard care business in Washington state where it rains a lot. I found that there were a lot of days that I wanted a canopy on my truck but other days that I did not want one. As a result I regularly went through the hassle of taking the canopy on and off my truck. I always wished that I could have some sort of fold down or retractable canopy that I could slide on and off myself.
Well, I have a room mate who happens to be an engineering major so I shared the idea with him. Last night I got home late and we got talking. Neither one of us were tired so we got on his computer and started making design. I am really excited because we came up with an idea that might actually work! He has friends who are machinists and thinks that we might actually be able to get a prototype designed and built! I am really excited about this one and I hope we can get it to work! I think contractors all over the country would love to have a product like this.
This week I learned a lot about money and the uses that it has. What stuck out to me the most and which has always stuck out to me is that money is not evil, people might do evil things with money but in and of itself money is actually a good thing. I think that a wealthy person with a giving attitude can do much more good in the world than a poor person can. Not that the poor person is worth anything less than the rich one but if we have the resources there is so much good that can be done! I hope that I can one day be a wealthy man and have the ability to do great things with that wealth.