So I was strugging earlier this morning. I made a commitment to write a post everyday regardless of progress. At 7 am, I had done quite a bit of research and straightening out on the WordPress back end last night but certainly nothing to write about.  Just because I post everyday doesn’t mean I want it to be completely “nail me in the head” boring.

So late this afternoon I was Googling why my blog wasn’t listed on the web yet – even though my sitemaps were updating hourly.  I decided to go to the WordPress homepage and see what blogs were coming up there and whether or not I could submit mine for a featured consideration.

Do you know what I see when I look at the list of new blogs posted?? Sir Richard F’in Branson! My personal champion as of 2 weeks ago. Now – you might not understand why this is so crucial so let me give you a brief background and then sit back and enjoy while you slap your forehead in “that’s so cool!” amazement.

You see, I knew Richard Branson as the “Virgin” billionaire but I didn’t know much about him. I was visiting my man (the champion of my heart) and as most successful people do, he has a few books. A few books by uber successful people. I pull out Losing My Virginity by Richard Branson. Let me tell you that I have always thought myself not to succumb to presupposition but I was blown away by the strength and character of this man’s story. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, then read his book. Losing My Virginity: Richard Branson - I would tell my grandma to buy it.

OK – so now seeing his blog so soon after finishing his book has a normal amount of “hmmm…cool.” So I click away and…..

I am completely gobsmacked by the purpose of his blog. It’s called PitchTV. Prepare to physically assault yourself – it’s that good.

Turns out that Richard’s genius has decided to open the floodgates to the world to explore completley inventive new business ideas.  It is requested that these ideas – open to ANYONE to submit – be expressed in a 2 minute video.  Those that are chosen by the supreme blog masters will be shown in flight of Virgin Atlantic flights. And a few of Richard’s favorites will receive a special prize. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! OMFG! The universe rocks. This is just what I needed!

One can dream, namely me, of a vast positive end result. However, inspite of the pot of gold at the end of this entreprenuerial rainbow, I am so pleased that I now have a specific task to work towards. Regardless of what happens from PitchTV, I will have completed a very difficult goal in my journey: putting my life dreams into words and into a pitch. You see, I have been so afraid of this task up to this point. Horribly negative questions enter my mind. “What if I go through this process and realize my idea is no good.” “What if I it doesn’t make any sense?” “What if I can’t get what’s in my imagination onto paper and in a coherent way?” Obviously not the right questions but they exist none the less.

Now I have a challenge. One that is ever more important than those questions. And it’s exactly what I needed.

So I’ve comitted to making the pitch. Only a few things I need to do:

1) Trademark my intellectual property. Thing is, my idea is for a “Human algorithm.” It’s so awesome and unique yet completely accessible to the masses. It’ll inspire creation in the most dormant of people and expand the horizons of everyone else. And it’s FUN!!! I wish I could explain it now but I’ve got to trademark it. I can’t let this baby get stolen!

2) Get money to trademark it. It’s $325 to start the process. A rigidly complicated one at that. I have to give props to the operators at the US Patent office. They were so kind and patient with me today.

3) Detail and outline the algorithm. Oh boy. This is the up hill. And I’m going to have to do this in a way that is logical and adheres to the Trademark office’s guidelines.

4) Elevator pitch / story board the video. I’m not shooting for any kind of aesthetic perfection. I just want to get the idea across.

5) Upload it and celebrate a huge milestone!!!

I love you all,

sherryayn

-future professional adventurer

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