“Owning your own business is sexy?”

BLOG 1 of a four-month long blog sharing insights into the world of owning your own business.

This post written by Angelique Medow, Principal & Designer for Building Ideas

My friend Jen said, (Angelique) “Owning your own business is sexy!”

Jen is a mother of three. She works part-time as an RN in a hospital, drinks margaritas, watches shows like Design Star, idolizes Madonna and wears wide-rimmed, white sunglasses with diamond-pinstriping to drive her mini-van of munchkins to school.

I think her concept of what I do is something like this: Awake around 10. Put on some ridiculously expensive dress, coordinating heels and red lipstick. Grab a designer handbag, get in a classic convertible and breeze into a meeting about money, paint colors and rugs … poo-pooing dismissal and yahooing approval as required. Noon: boutique lunch of salad with anchovies and champagne with latest client. 2p: shop for furniture and accessories. 6p: freshen up for hot date with Knoxville’s most eligible bachelor of the moment.

This is only partially true.

How about this? I’ll dedicate myself to writing a four-month blog showing “a day in the life of a designer” … and YOU DECIDE if owning your own business is SEXY?