This morning Bossy woke up thinking about the money she doesn’t have. Bossy knows you’re not supposed to obsess about what you don’t have, and instead should focus on what you have — but Bossy would rather focus on what you have. Deal?
Here’s what you have:
It’s an apartment in a New York City apartment building.
In Bossy’s spare time she likes to shop for Manhattan apartments and decorate them in her mind. For instance, this morning Bossy located a charming one-bedroom apartment in Chelsea. This is the living room as it appears on the real estate website:
And here’s the living room after Bossy moves in:
Next up we have the bedroom before:
And here’s the bedroom after Bossy paints a black frame around it:
And finally, here is the kitchen before:
And the kitchen after. After Bossy buys the apartment next door to make the kitchen larger.
But back to the money Bossy doesn’t have to buy or rent this modest apartment, or any other.
It occurred to Bossy that if every single person who reads this blog donates one dollar a year to Bossy — to simplify, that’s one-hundred pennies in three-hundred-and-sixty-five days — Bossy could afford her independence.
Bossy can sum up her realization in this way: But collecting that money is like herding cats. Impossibly hairy.
Which is what today’s Ten-Word Challenge is all about. In exactly ten words, can you tell Bossy about your dream way of financing your life? If you could make a living doing anything, what would that be and how?
And be sure to check back later today for the dreamiest money-making schemes on the web.
Write a book. Buy big house. Buy house in SFO.
Win lottery, donate half the money to Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. Relax.
Sleeping late, writing novel reviews, and taste testing ice cream. 🙂
Rescue Animals. Love the Animals. Get paid beaucoup dollars.
Win the lotto, learn to surf, then become surf instructor.
Make a living? Bah! I’m hitting the lottery for dough!
Write that hit song. Then another. And another. Then more.
Need someone to travel around and write about it?
Inherit bread. Open vintage movie theater. Profit negligible; happiness not.
Recording artist/novelist/Sexual lubricant tester / Race-car driver (weekends.)
Write the Next Great Vampire Novel. Or the Next Great Werewolf Novel. Or the Next Great Jane Austen mashup novel. Whatever will sell megabucks, so you don’t have to sell blood to live on while you write other, more artsy-fartsy novels that no one takes seriously anyway.
That was more than ten. Get paid by the word.
Putting smiles on people’s faces, one greeting at a time.
Love the fun virtual decorating! I want to learn how!
Swept off my feet by non-druggy rock star – good life!
Who actually pays philosophers to think? I wish I knew.
Sow, Reap, Sell, Teach, Write, Draw, Read, Cook, Enjoy, Love.
–>Professional philanthropist. Or beer tester. Both rewarding. *burp*
Pottery Bar. Half pottery studio, half bar. Homemade infused vodkas.
On the stage. On the stage. On the stage. PLEASE!
Travel Writer for Lonely Planet Italy, England, Mexico and Bahamas.
OR – marry 82 year old billionaire, get own Reality TV Show.
NOT.
Disclaimer before the ten words: I’m an Episcopal priest.
Pastor church that is a sustainable community: farm, restaurant, retreats.
Make money anonymously, still go to Walgreens looking like hobo.
Photographer for 5-star hotels, free travel plus get paid lots.
I don’t want to WRITE about them (too much work), just stay in them and take the pictures. 🙂
Write great writings everyone will read. Or win the lottery.
Move to Iceland and design woolen products that *everyone* wants.
Anything to do with cooking would be the job for me.
And on a side note–I too share your obsession with John Cusack. Would be great to have a blown up picture of his face in my living room–make me smile all day!!
Lottery, must buy ticket to win, travel, see the world
Plan events and parties. In summary, help other people drink.
Would someone please just pay me to be a parent?
There goes hoping millions of people would donate dollars! Yeesh!
Put up a paywall, charge $1 per year, I’ll pay!
garden, genealogy research, horseback lessons teacher, or win big in the lottery. Maybe all!
I paypal-ed you a buck to support yesterday’s famous cleavage.
🙂
Tiny babies want me to care for them. for money.
crossbreed plants until pretty new one appears, then introduce, marvel.
Samantha Brown retires. Wants me to take her place- yay!
.Scanning vintage bookshops. Rare Mark Twain unknown to staff
Buy book for song-sell at auction.I am rich!
Never have to sell another book long as I live.
Baby panda keeper. Actually, I would do it for free.
I get paid handsomely for being opinionated…
certainly less remorse.
Wine taster. Beloved novelist. Professional TV watcher. Baby holder. Chef.
(Guess how many of those things I’m actually qualified to do? Hint: Not the hard ones)
Win lotto, become a big spender who makes great decisions.
Be an insufferable know-it-all. I do that now. Doesn’t pay.
Write columns with wit and style of Molly Ivins.
Caretaker (mgr only, no digging) beautiful cemetery: write fiction anonymously.
Gig I have , loafing in second adulthood ,sassy and happy 🙂
Three separate entries, ten words each.
OR
Pay me to parent your kids – I’ll work pretty cheap!
Get paid to play World of Warcraft – FOR THE HORDE!!!
Paid to fix other people’s broken ideas/wardrobe/scripts/songs.
Tina Fey broke her arm, can’t write? Bossy’ll take over!
Write for Jon Stewart? Sure. Can Bossy marry him too?
bon bon tester
I would like to be paid to review vacation destinations.
Traveling the country to buy the junk that hangs on the walls of restaurants.
Best-selling author. Famous modern dance choreographer. Retire early. WIN!
Marry up.
That not being probable…. Best Selling author is good for me… where it is a full time job with words just begging to be typed.
Food critic. Eat, drink, write, get paid? Reservations for one please.
Professional gadabout. I gad very well.
Keeping track of Bossy’s road trip husbands? My dream job.
Testing out thatched huts in Bora Bora is another dream.
Powerball. Or a successful behind-the-scenes producer TV person.
I think Bossy means “next door” not “next store” ;-p
Running a New Life Program for impoverished families built on a self sustaining farming community for artists.
HGTV Voice Over Person. Cash Check Working Anonymously In Jammies.
Invent handy gadget needed in every home.
Cater to mildly appreciative teenagers – should pay big bucks!
except I obviously can’t count to ten – need more sleep
Sitting on my ass, selling junk in basement on Ebay.
Get crowned Blog Goddess 2010 (5’2″ and under category)
Win lottery. Found my own school AND travel with family.
Win lottery, share with family, buy huge kitchen, bake cookies.
I would be idependently wealthy and not have to work
Just stand around being all super and catch money in my mouth. P.S. I longingly shop for real estate all the time online, too!
Own Scandinavian shop. Must go on many buying trips. Bye!
Shop & do lunch. Just gotta find somebody to PAY me.
Arizona winter, Minnesota summer and fall, Philadelphia spring. Lottery win!
I probably suck, but I like my life really good.
Find $1,000 bills in wrappers of surprisingly tasty nonfat chocolate.
How do I get paid to travel and take pictures?
*wistful sigh*
Husband sells business, I become June Cleaver! Wait, that happened! =)
Windfall + move out of city to country + land + animals = Bliss.
Motivational (helpfully judgmental) commenter to blogging’s best < only 7 ~ FTW!
Philanthropist with beaucoup lottery dough to fund it–only way
offtopic Elizabeth Taylor is dead. Sad
Edit grammar and punctuation for those less neurotic than I.
Travel the west in an RV…just Hubby and me!
Confused: are we still talking about making use of boobs?
Just wish I’d patented my Lysol Wipes idea in 1996.
(YES, I was the one who presented the idea to Lysol. They told me they’d never sell. I saw them on the shelves about two years later.)
Once Bossy get money from readers, snatch it and run.
Become a CRNA. Put my kids through college. That’s all.
Money from my blogs and books-to-be. I like that plan.
Traveling the world taking award winning photographs.
Small restaurant/bakery. Open odd hours. Maybe just breakfast/lunch.
Paid millions for sitting at the computer reading Bossy’s blog.
I do the same thing, browse NY apts and wish I had the $. I mostly dream big though, no one bdrm charmers for me, no sir, I go for the ones in the millions!
Ten Words
Buy some land in Hawaii and build a recording studio
Pay off house, school loans. Stay home with toddler daughter.
Get to be librarian again – in huge, gorgeous library – no budget
Oops! (11 words)