Amy Strang, Professional Interior Designer Majoring in Applied Management

I have learned and experienced so much in B283-02. I have written my 50 Things I want to Do List, chosen my Kiva Entrepreneur that I want to sponsor, come up with a list of business ideas, and written a report on Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, among other things. It is sure to be a great semester.

50 Things I Want to Do Before I Die:

1.     Take a watercolor class

2.     Take a drawing class

3.     Take and acrylics class

4.     Take a sculpture class

5.     Have my own artistic studio

6.     Grow Roses

7.     Grow tomatoes

8.     Grow herbs

9.     Have a lemon tree in my yard

10. Have an orange tree in my yard

11. Travel to England

12. Travel to France

13. Travel to Italy

14. Travel to Scandinavia

15. Travel to India

16. Go on neat vacations with my children and grandchildren

17. See my grandchildren regularly

18. Take a European trip with my husband

19. Go on a marriage retreat with my husband

20. Visit my siblings regularly

21. Take fun trips with siblings

22. Interior Design High End homes of 8,000+ SF

23. Teach Teenagers Interior Design for their own living spaces

24. Have my own Interior Design Firm

25. Have my designs published in an Interior Design magazine

26. Win first place in a Design Excellence Interior Design competition

27.  Be recognized as an expert in the field of Interior Design

28. Make home furnishings and accessories out of flea market finds

29. Use my professional talents to give back to my community

30. Design my own line of furniture

31. Be on a televised Interior Design Competition

32. Be on a talk show

33. Get a Master's degree in Project Management

34. Design fabric

35. Have a tailor make my dress that I designed

36. Design little girl's dresses

37. Design girl's accessories

38. Design handbags

39. Write a book

40. Take singing lessons

41. Learn to sail in a sailboat

42. Go hang gliding

43. Learn to snow ski

44. Take cooking classes

45. Pay for my grand children's college expenses

46. Learn martial arts-- get a black belt

47. Go to the Chandler Ostrich Festival. If it is fun, make it an annual event.

48. Go to a health spa retreat

49. Go to a day spa and get pampered

50. Watch every episode of "Married at First Sight", discuss.

 I have spent a lot of time thinking about my Kiva project. I want to earn more than $100 profit  to help a mother from Kenya. I chose the country of Kenya because it has the most Kiva loan opportunities in the world, over 600. I am choosing a mom because strong mothers strengthen their communities. I am choosing a mother in the food business because I want to help  her be self sufficient and hopefully also be able to provide nutritious food to her own children. 

I have brainstormed business ideas for my $100 project, and am deciding from the following:

1.     Tie die baby onesies and socks, sell to friends and online

2.     Applique cute designs on baby onesies sell to friends and online

3.     Sell Brownies or cookies to friends and co-workers ( I can legally make certain types at home because I have a food handler's card and so I know kitchen conditions and also how to legally package items)

4.     Teach Interior Design class to Tweens or teenagers in home, network with friends to find interested participants

5.     Make earrings, sell to friends and family

6.     Make girls super cute hair bows, sell to friends and family

7.     Make doll clothes, sell to friends and family

8.     Make a simple little girls dress from a t-shirt and fabric

9.     Sell mugs with homemade hot chocolate (Can get mugs at dollar store)

10. Valentine "Gift Shop" Take orders for  heart shaped brownies, hot chocolate mugs and beautiful homemade cards

11. Use Facetime to give quick Interior Design advice

12. Sell quick bathroom upgrade

13. Paint goblet glasses and sell

14. Make bracelets and sell

15. Make and sell homemade greeting cards

16. Sell interior paint consultations

17. Sell embellished journals

18. Sell my own designed pillows

19. Make a Youtube video to teach a skill, ask for donations

20. Make and sell a cookbook of favorite recipes

I had a great time reading "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill. Have you ever heard of "The Secret"? What is "The Secret"? Who thought of "The Secret"? Does knowing "The Secret" really help people to become successful?  In his  book, Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill was the first author to teach  how to effectively use this principle. Up until then, it was only known by  a privileged few...