Foresight

I once heard that foresight is what distinguishes mankind from the rest of the animal kingdom. I think that vision is equally important - closely related to foresight, like the chicken and the egg. Which came first?

I made a few timid steps towards business growth. The beginning of the deployment of yet another phase leading to the full vision of my business - Le Petit Atelier. It comes much later then what I originally planned when I launched the business, but I'm not too concerned with that. I believe in nurturing the natural growth curve of my business, and not push things through only for the sake of fast growth. I kept at it patiently, and this school year is providing me with all the signs I was waiting for.

Made contact with a new accountant who was highly recommended by a friend. Booked formal meetings with my two pillar teachers, where I will present them with the first draft of their service contract. Ready to fire off a fair size marketing effort beginning this week, which will hopefully translate into a couple of new clients this spring, and strong leads for the fall. Other upcoming tasks on my 'to do' list include merging the English and French operations, with one logo, one website, one bank account. I don't particularly enjoy this type of admin work... the web stuff is fine but banks nearly make my hair curl from resentment whenever I have to go in. In short, I think they could save the world many folds but those sleazy blood suckers are way too greedy, and way too busy finding new ways to rob us with a smile. If they keep up with their ever evolving little tricks, soon we will pay a fee to walk into a bank.

Oh yeah... surprise surprise - we have snow on the ground in Toronto! A very unusual winter so far. An average of +2 celcius in January, and +4 in the first 10 days of February... usually this is the coldest part of the winter - we call it the 'dead of winter'. We've been at least 10 degrees above normal - that's a lot!

Sitting in my dining room, looking out to the park covered with white snow, and thinking about... my next trip to Yucatan! Another thing to add to my 'to do' list : Passport renewal. Yesss!!!