With one week under my belt, I am realizing just how difficult this new venture is going to be. After working until 2:00 am every night this week and getting up at 6:00 am every morning, I am tired. My efforts for one week netted me just over $1,000…all of which is allocated to market the 52 upcoming courses I secured the venues for earlier in the week.

While money is extremely tight right now, I am very optimistic. I have one signed contract with an agency and agreed to four more that I will be writing this weekend. Next week I will be sending out more flyers…this time to more than 650 agencies across Missouri. For the next three weeks I will be calling and visiting agencies promoting individual courses and contracting before I hit the classroom again.

The next 60 days are critical. In retrospect, I wish I would have put my debt snowball on hold and piled up more cash before I dove in head first. Since that isn’t an option now, I just need to push forward.  All of my interactions to this point have been positive, I just need more of them…lots more!