You know I mentioned in this blog earlier, I really remember
Mitt Romney running for president against Barack Obama and how he was saying to people, just start your own business.
Regardless of his political profile and enemies and ludicrous wealth and whatever. It seemed like smart advice but not something everyone wants to do.
Well I'm glad I took the plunge not just in that sphere but also with the boating as well. I never seem to stop meeting intelligent high quality people on sailboats one after the other. A lot of these people contribute a lot more tax money than the average citizen or journalist due to their business acumen and saavy.
My business model for gardening is a flat rate of $41.50 U.S. per hour on the clock time. I have a handful of legacy customers I charge only $38 u.s per hour. When I was doing my part time self imposed apprenticeship I only charged two thirds of $41.50 U.S. give or take due to exchange rates.
This week I worked a little over twenty hours gardening and made a pretty good income. A lot of my equipment is super low overhead. Like my hedger broke after three months I just got a free exchange. Or my mower is shit I will buy a used one for like $85 U.S.
From my utility vehicle cigarette lighter I can recharge two plug in batteries at once between jobs while driving. If I'm stressed I can call the people in Colorado for emotional counseling.
The supply chain Bidenomics Turd System (BTS©®) makes whipper snipper cable unbelievably expensive. I'm going to have to buy it direct from somewhere cheaper. Apart from that I'm making out great. I might try buying a used wood mulcher next. Unlike rollerblading with my buddy Fernando in Murcia, Spain when I was 19 years old, I actually enjoy gardening and boating/sailing on my little yacht. I just never really got into rollerblading although I was extremely expert on roller skates around age like eleven. Cops in Paris rollerblade they love that shit. Cops everywhere should be patrolling like that now and then if they're capable. People like that.
I found a way to hide and waterproof my tools on my utility tray parked, that just looks so scrappy and low key it's like it's uninviting to thieves to poke around.
I have four different unique areas of operation. I really get a kick out of working in four completely different areas. One area is pretty far from northern Sydney actually like 100 miles but my utility tray is streamlined so I can just hit the freeway and it's like warp speed to a different solar system. I love that shit. It's like the only time I went to a UFO convention and my phone flashed a text message on the top of the screen without any actual text message in the inbox, like from an alien saying they'd just spent four years on Sirius. That's how I feel, same way! Great!
I love cutting grass. Man once I've got my whipper snipper or lawnmower running it's an instant dopamine endorphin thing going on. I'm getting a workout, I don't need headphones or music. I have a Bluetooth music supply on speaker if I want it. I love weeding, hauling shit off to the dump like bamboo. I'm going to be poisoning a bunch of weeds soon so that's something to inquire about.
People are always calling me, just the right amount so I don't need to reject much or anything. I have recommenders pushing me on Facebook I don't even need to log in. Some lady called me over saying my name was Benjamin English coz that's my Facebook name. Or if I've dropped a flier saying Martin's lawns and gardens whatever. People tell their sibling or buddy and often they're asking for Martin's or just plain Benjamin whatever.
I'm going to make like over $300 u.s. next Friday at two next door neighbors in a three in a row cluster of houses that I dropped letterbox leaflets in at under a penny expense to print. I do all that stuff myself except social media I couldn't be bothered it's all working for me. That's the neighbourhood I have my boat in where the houses are like almost two million u.s. $$
But even if I'm just doing a run down super old Newcastle house like on Monday or Tuesday, I don't care because everywhere I go I'm happy with my four pivotal key areas and just keep circumbulating around those places. I'm loving it.
One of my old buddies is a long time TV producer here in Australia. I should invite him to a performance of Othello at Avalon sailing club coming up. I don't want to miss it. I want to catch up with the real Shakespeare soon! I walked into Avalon supermarket this morning after doing some more work and Britney Spear's oops I did it again was playing. I love that shit too.
I can't believe how happy I feel. I hope it lasts. To be honest I was pretty happy I think, traveling around Spain and America and France and Asia also but maybe sometimes I looked unhappy, not sure. Physical exercise is important.
Oops doh
https://youtu.be/DEsqGOHo0nI
So the next thing I'm looking at is like a van where I can sleep in the back, say in Newcastle if I'm sailing there on a Wednesday afternoon or cutting a lawn there. But like that I can kit it with a coffee making set up and just sell coffee in the winter or something. Something along those lines. Plus I'm doing my community college offshore marine course, I just passed like two out of like six or seven theory units. It graduates mid June. How to crew on a ship offshore. Just met more boating royalty a moment ago on boat next to mine on a mooring near PALM beach. He said to go check out his shipbuilding yard nearby and consider working there. Guy's 86 looks like Admiral Morrison before he died. Very similar looking guy. Just was talking to him meandering of his stern on my kayak. He told me don't go about when the wind and tide are against each other. It makes sense.
Morrison:
https://youtu.be/Kz63-q8otYM
Come to think of it, I remember three American guys I worked with that were doing similar thing, owner operated. Billy pressure washing roofs in Virginia. David, the short tempered first generation Italian American guy with some mafiosos in his family doing carpentry and tiling in NYC, like queens and Brooklyn. And this guy Jordan, a landscape gardener in Sedona Arizona. Jordan was making the most money. Just killing it. Those gardens in Sedona Arizona do not grow grass. They're all pebbles and cactus. Wow if I was in America now I'd be doing gardening stuff too very likely. Same as here.