Slow start. Nice cheese.

I’ve so far managed to nothing but wallow in my inability to make progress with anything.

I miss the feeling of freedom. I miss having time.

When I do have both of these things, albeit in limited quantities, the scarceness of the resource becomes paralysing. What should I spent these precious resources on? I have a hobby, of collecting hobbies. So, there is usually an abundance of options to spend this time and freedom on. I could actually practice playing the guitar before my next lesson, or I could sheepishly turn up as unpractised as I did the lesson before.

I could of course spend time learning a little more about radioactivity and the half-lives of various  radioactive isotopes, given I am the proud new owner of a gamma spectrometer that I definitely don’t need.

Radio waves, AI and home networking have all been vacuums for the little time I have outside of work and family. All of which I’ve found interesting; none of which have offered a great deal of day-to-day value.

Anyway, on to the positives. In appreciation of my desire to ‘do’ more, I’m sitting in the lobby of the local Marriott hotel, writing this, planning my next move towards total world domination. I’ve ordered a cheeseboard and a cup of tea from the bar menu by the way. Because sitting in a corner on your own, with a bit of brie and some grapes is what real winners do. To be fair, I’m quite enjoying it.

So what’s next. I have three business ideas that I need to progress. I’d rate them all somewhere between slightly distasteful and possibly good ideas. All of them are sitting in a different place along that poorly defined continuum.

So what are they? So far I have:

• Try creating a AI influencer, post to Instagram and other platforms and attempt to monetise it. So far, I’m finding that generating consistent characters is the tricky part here.
• Create an agency to cater for the needs of people with side-hustles, who have a need for specialist knowledge (think finance, marketing, procurement, legal etc.), but don’t have the funds, nor the need, to employ a full-time team of professionals. The charging mechanism for this needs more thought, but it could be subscription-based, or perhaps commission on referrals. Maybe both.
• Here is the curve-ball. A voice-only dating app. No pictures, limited text based messaging (or none at all?), with communication done primarily through voice messages. Think Tinder for voices. Perhaps there is an opportunity out there to facilitate relationships built on communication over physical attraction? The problem here is that I have no expertise in building apps, so this one might take a while. And it may also be a terrible idea.

Anyway, here is a picture of my cheeseboard.