If you were to be your own boss...

[duff]

My dream is to own a brewery/yoga studio.

I teach yoga at my favorite brewery, so it's close I guess. LOL!

[Deleted]

I would love to open up an indoor kid play place, but would host kids camps during school breaks, and evening and weekend classes that would enable working parents to participate. Everything around me is catered to SAHM and there's nothing like that here.

I would like to add a cafe and serve beer and wine at the play place too.

[panicfoot]

I would own a voice/piano studio to teach lessons. I would do it now part time but I think I've lost some skillz.

I've also worked in the administrative side of the medical field for a while and was thinking about a sort of one-stop shop for new medical practices. I've seen SO many of them do so poorly in the beginning. I think it would be so much fun to be a consultant/practice manager for a year or so to get a practice up and running efficiently. I don't know if this is a thing already or if it's worthwhile at all, but one can dream.

[Alyssa]

I would love to operate my own little coffee shop and book store.  We had one in town and I always loved the smell of the books mixed with the coffee beans.  It was the coziest little hole in the wall that would invite authors to come in and talk about their books.  It was a real loss to see that place closed down.

[cabbagecabbage]

I'm finally learning that I really like and am good at combines public speaking/instruction/sales/hospitality. My other talents and my heart lie with making food and art. If I could structure my life however, I'd teach a couple art classes a week and have ample solo studio time to make pieces to sell.

I was also in event planning and to some extent wedding planning when I worked for a luxury hotel and it is pretty grueling and thankless. The wedding planners we worked with most were basically drill sergeants of efficiency. I actually like the event production side more than planning and thrive on the energy.

[Deleted]

Realistically- I'd love to become a doula. I'm going to take the course eventually, but I don't want to do it until the kids are a bit older (or h works locally)

Big dream? I'd looove to become a midwife. If I could go back to 19/20, I'd tell myself to go to Vancouver for a few years and do the schooling. It wouldn't be an option now.

[Deleted]

Interior design kind of... but I know its not what I think it is.

I would love to train horses, but I don't have the experience.

Actually I would love to work as a support staff person for someone. Which I kind of do. I would love to do it for someone instead of a team (or four teams).

ETA - basically an admin assistant or personal assistant or executive assistant, but I shy away from the word "Assistant"

[dreamcrisp1]

Project management firm.

[iheartbanjos]

I would sell market leading skincare/jewelry/Mormon clothing/mascara/children's books/nail wraps, and shakes.

I'm PM you with more info!!!!!!11!!!!!

Seriously, though. I would open an espresso hut. I have actually written up a business plan and hope to do this in about 10 years.

[rex]

i would want to work privately as an Occupational Therapist, specifically with the under 5 age group.

my current real-life plan is to be an OTA because a master's degree is just not feasible anymore, nor do I want it. a 2 year degree is more realistic.

[shamrockshake]

Bakery/ cafe. Sometimes when I make a really good recipe I think this would be on my cafe menu. But I really have no desire to be a business owner

[lolo]

Right now, I'm a freelancer. While that still means I'm working for clients, I can be (and am) choosy about which clients and projects I take on.

I do product development, product testing, market research and product marketing, primarily in the e-learning sector.

The flexibility and autonomy are fantastic.

I'm not sure what 'the dream' is.

[Coopertown]

Mar 16, 2016 15:06:47 GMT -5 JamaicanPineapple said:

If I had any business sense I'd open up a drop-in day care for kids who are sick but their parents have to go to work and have no back up child care options.

I actually researched this.  There's a franchise out of VA called Rainbow House or something or other.  The start up capitol made me weep, though.

[luckyval]

Travel photographer!

[gault]

A homey bookstore that has stress relief animals. Cats roaming around, dogs that get brought in for the afternoon just to play and snuggle, etc. And the animals would be affiliated with a rescue group, who would come in and give presentations and have adoption days.

[Waffles]

Unattainable dream?

Publisher, bookshop/cat café owner or interior designer.

Realistically I might one day be able to quit the day job and be able to stick to property management full time (or hopefully half time but with full time money!).

[brooke77]

Travel guide.

Personal trainer.

Matchmaker.

[steph96]

I would love to have a bakery/cafe. I would also love to have a doggy daycare.

[textbookcase]

My dream is to open a creative arts cafe that is geared towards kids/parents. Something similar to Moomah in NYC (which I think closed down)with different classes like arts, cooking, yoga, etc. for both kids and parents. It would be a fun place for homeschoolers and parents with young kids to hang out during the day. Mom's night out classes/events at night, too. I've already scoped out my perfect location and everything, lol.

[Deleted]

I really want to run a summer/all year enrichment camp. Including sports and time on the water.

H would charter a fishing boat.

[olive]

I would bake and sell pies and/or artisan breads. Maybe have a little coffee shop to go with it.

Or maybe own and operate a scuba diving business somewhere warm. I'd run the business and my H would do the instruction.