Once Upon a Time...

And just like that, it's finished. Four years of conceptualization. Three months of research, mathematics, procrastination, and cooking. Cumulative five days of typing, reformatting, and typing again. Over fifty pages of relevant materials,  nevermind the obscene amounts of other materials I have yet to polish because they are irrelevant to potential investors (Though those will be done soon enough). More work invested in this one project than I ever put into any of my school projects combined. And I can finally call it DONE.

DONE!

I no longer have this aggravating leech of an idea, just sitting on my brain and nagging me constantly with thoughts of, "You haven't done enough research!  Your idea probably won't work. But hey, you'll never know- you keep procrastinating!  Lazy. You could TOTALLY be working on it right now!"
Well screw you, Brain! I finished something. For once. And my math actually supports my research,  my bar can be a viable business. This lunacy of mine may just work!

Of course, now the first leech has been replaced with a newer, bigger persistence- "Way to go, smartypants.  You got your shit figured out. Now, let's try this whole getting your shit actually together and get this place built, eh?" (The voices in my head seem to all be grizzled old Brooklynites... I can't even begin to explain that)

So, the prelude is over. I guess it is now safe to say my story actually begins today. Cool. :)

Road map!

Well. After being jerked around by a realtor, I find out my dream spot has already been leased by a local mediocre Italian chain that already HAS a location down the street. Jerks. But it worked out in my favor- I've found a few other potential locations with cheaper rent.

Not going to lie, this entire process is daunting when I think about the numbers. I find myself constantly reminding myself that one doesn't -have- to spend half a million dollars all at once. It gets leeched from you in increments! I need to sit down and write out the breakdown to help me muddle this out. That way, it'll be a bit easier to process. Taking something step-by-step is the only way I'm going to get this done, right? Just gotta map it out. Maybe I'll get J to help me out with that...