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On Wednesday, I continued doing spreadsheet work and then went to Hans’s house. At his house, he explained to me how many people who do real estate aren’t self-sustaining by it, so people create businesses like lawn care, cleaning, painting, etc. People in the real estate industry always need trustworthy people who do these things, so once you are in the real estate industry, you have the connections that need these services, making easy clients, then you can have the business going on the side and do real estate full time.

Hans also showed me how to analyze a house. Nick The Note Guy, was one of the most popular sellers financing people, and he created a website to analyze houses to see if they are worth it. He also showed me how to call people for possible leads and how to follow up with them. He has automatic messages that are sent to possible clients every so often to make sure that they still remember him.

Today, we went to his AirBnB property. He explained to me everything that he had done to the property. He told me that he would want to get an Airbnb in Colorado or Florida even if it doesn’t make him any profit, but he will be able to take a free trip down there whenever he wants, and I totally agree with that. We then talked for a while about Whole Sailing because if I were to get into real estate right now, then I would be doing Whole Sailing. You find properties in bad condition, contract with a seller to buy their property for a good deal, and then assign that contract to another buyer for a fee. The buyers are usually flippers who own bad properties.

I was mainly at two stores this week. I was hopping between Metro and Washington stores. At these stores, I did mechanical work on the walk-ins and updated all the menus and registers for the new series of wraps Subway introduced. On Tuesday I experienced one of the managers being fired at Dorsett’s location. For the rest of the week, Rayne and I interviewed potential candidates. Today I had a DC meeting, we mainly discussed our social media approach for introducing our bill.

This week, I worked with Hans Moscicke. He taught me all of the different types of real estate. I learned about whole sailing, flipping, agent, commercial, and renting, but all of them have a downside, except for what he does: seller financing. Seller financing is a real estate arrangement where the seller acts as the lender and provides financing to the buyer for purchasing the property. Instead of the buyer obtaining a traditional mortgage from a bank, they make payments directly to the seller over an agreed-upon period.

Many people can’t meet the requirements for a bank loan even if they make enough income, for example, if they are self-employed. People who do seller financing buy houses that are low-interest, for example, 3%. Someone who does not meet a loan requirement will then purchase the house from them, and they charge them, for example, 6% interest. So the seller financer will be paying the bank 3% and keeping the other 3% monthly.

As I said before, all other forms of real estate have a downside except for seller financing because you do not have to manage any properties. You are solely acting as the bank and getting paid monthly. If something breaks on the house, it is not your responsibility to fix and pay for it, as a renter would need to.

Right now, Hans is trying to add properties from Texas to his portfolio. He gave me a spreadsheet with the address and seller names of different houses that may be possible leads, and I needed to look up the houses on Zillow.com and find the days on the market, the first and last name of the agent, their phone number, and the status of the house, for example, Off Market, Under Contract, Pending, or Active. An issue that we ran into was that the phone numbers on Zillow were sometimes the office phone numbers, so I had to go back and look up all of the agents on Google and find their mobile numbers. In the past two days, I went through 275.

So far this week I’ve continued my regular deskwork (scanned more documents and formatted articles for newsletters) and I’ve also worked at some of the properties. Today I cleaned up the windows and lamps at a property we’re renting out and washed the front of the house as well. We also finished putting up the railing at the other house.

Here is what my week has been like so far:

Monday 4/8:

On Monday I stopped by school to turn my prom money in (if you haven’t turned yours in, yet then you should!) and then I also came to talk to Dr. Urbano, Mrs. Bryan, and a little with Mr. Waide! I also got to say hi to Mary and Lily, which was so nice. The rest of Monday my mom and I watched the eclipse with my Aunt Patty (we listened to Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” of course, but I forgot to play “I Wear My Sunglasses at Night,” because I was too distracted by George Michael and Rod Stewart songs!). My aunt made potstickers, which I had no self control and legit I think I ate 20 of them. I don’t know for sure because I didn’t want to keep count, but it was definitely a lot, and we watched “Girls 5 Eva” (which I highly recommend) and I did some writing for my substack. Oh also, on Sunday I met Hali at Bread Co., which was so fun and we talked for like three hours! While I was waiting for her, Kristina Fulton walked in, so I also chatted with her for a while!

Tuesday 4/9:

On Tuesday, I helped set up for museum babies and worked the kids clubhouse until noon. The museum babies program is just so sweet. We lay out rugs for the kiddos to sit on with their parents and we also have these squishy, stackable toys for them to play with and those see through scarves that we used to use in gym for sharks and minnows, does anyone else remember that? After museum babies, we had our storytelling program, but the babies are also welcome to stay! Andy read today and he did a really good job. This weeks theme was spring for the babies and transportation for the older kiddos. He is very interactive and he also wear a headband with flowers on it, so bonus points for that. The headband reminded me sooo much of something Mr. Waide would do to celebrate spring! This weeks batch of kids were possibly the cutest I have seen. After story time, the kids did a craft, which was to make their own steering wheel and decorate it. Then I just sat in the clubhouse and cleaned up and played with kids. There were a brother and a sister who I played with for quite a bit there names were Rio and Archie, and they were so sweet! Rio kept handing me blocks to keep and I showed her our reading nook which is like a carved out portion of a tree. Archie built a castle with the magnetic blocks and told me about how he is kind of scared of monsters, and forgets that they aren’t real, but when he remembers he doesn’t feel scared anymore and is happy. SO CUTE! After they cleared out, the whole clubhouse was pretty quiet and I was kinda bored, so I did some coloring pages and thought about food. There were two families who hung out in the clubhouse, while their kids played and they chatted about private schools. If I was braver, I would have gone over there and bragged about TFS, but I was a chicken, OK? I kept trying to talk myself into it, but I just couldn’t do it, like they were talking so much, and it felt invasive and awkward. I am rep-ing a “I heart TFS” button on my lanyard, though, so if anyone asks I can be like, “Well, let me know tell you what TFS is…” As I was walking out of the clubhouse, I stopped to check my phone (no weeding!!!) and look at my schedule for the rest of the day. There was a man checking out the clubhouse and I said hi and he asked if I worked there. I said yes, and it explained I was a volunteer on my senior project, and said I was planning on becoming a history major. He asked me what kind of history, and I said I wasn’t sure yet, but I would love to be a historical writer. Then he started talking about how he is a historical writer and his current book is on how the Basque (a certain group of Spanish people) actually helped to discover and found colonies in the U.S. It was all very interesting, but by this time I was hungry, had to use the bathroom badly, and my feet were killing me because when I stand for more than two hours in my converse they start to hurt, I’ve gotten used to the pain (figures, since I have to deal with the daily pain of being a woman in a man’s world, shake my head, they just don’t wanna see a girlboss winning), but I just wanted to go on my break! Anyways, I said that was all very cool, but I had to run and it was nice to meet him. I felt like George Michael in one of his hit post Wham songs that I can’t write the title of here, but it was released in 1987 and actually has three parts to it. This little diddy was so inappropriate that MTV refused to play it until Michael and his team convinced them to air it, but by today’s standards it would be considered very tame, but by Danny Alt’s (my father’s) standards it is still considered very raunchy when I dance to it in our living room, which causes him to say things like “George Michael ain’t much of a man, he’s a sissy-boy!” This then causes my so-called liberal and highly accepting aunt to join in and throw Harry Styles and Rod Stewart in the pot of ridicule as well just because they are in touch with their feminine side and don’t adhere to traditionally masculine stereotypes! Sorry for the rant, but I felt like George Michael because of the lyric “every man’s got his patience, but here’s where mine ends,” then he talks about something he wants, but in that moment I did not want what he wanted, I wanted to go use the bathroom, sit down, and eat my lunch! After lunch, I got to listen to this graduate students talk on black Missourians in STEM, except it wasn’t an in person talk it was over zoom, whomp, whomp. I hate zoom, to be honest. It was interesting, but I was also kind of bored so halfway through I went and bought myself some snacks from the vending machine. I got doritos and a diet pepsi, which is honestly better than diet coke. Then I saw they had canned orange juice, I thought, “mmmm, why not!” and inserted $1 within the machine, but it cost $2, what the flip?! I still bought it, but kind of a rip off! All the other canned beverages are $1, why is the orange juice special? The talk finished at 3:00, I was ready to go do something else and then this old lady approached me. I did not feel like talking and when I saw her walking over, I though, “oh, boy!” and the George Michael lyric played again. But I persevered because I CAN DO HARD THINGS. Anyways, her name was Mariane Brickner and she is originally from New York, but has worked all over as a wildlife photographer and was interested in giving a talk at the museum and when I mentioned I was in highschool, she was also interested in coming to our school to talk. So, she was pretty cool, but I was so done with social interaction for the day, honestly. Kat didn’t have anything else for me to do, and I didn’t want to work on writing, so I went to the coloring STL exhibit and colored for a while, very relaxing. I feel like a wipe board like that would be really cool for the kids at school as a brain break / reward for working. I think the upperschoolers could design an outline like places / items around TFS and then anyone could color it! Tuesday night, I also dyed my hair darker, and now I really look like a young version of my mom!

Wednesday 4/10:

For Wednesday, I spent the first half of my day at the clubhouse. I love working the clubhouse because the kids are just so cute. I met two brothers and their sister, Truman, Penny, and Henry. Henry was the baby and Truman told me they call him “Chubby” how cute! There was also this little girl, Lily, who was so adorable and her mom was gorgeous who played with an older girl with red hair and whose favorite color was red, she was incredibly sweet and gentle with Lily! There was also a little girl who had forehead bangs and a Peppa Pig shirt that I sat next to and colored with her and her mom. Then the rest of my day will be spent at a presentation on having and de-escalating difficult conversations. I think the whole Alt-Schuba family could listen into this! I tried to make this post a bit shorter, since I am working Thursday, Friday, and the gala on Saturday, so I imagine I will have a lot to say, but honestly it didn’t work! My mom said that someone told her one of my infringements and proof that I am just such a troublemaker is that I take up too much space on the blog or write too much in general! This person will not be named, but all I have to say is so sorry, but I am going to keep writing! Also, I put this post into a google doc, and it totaled to be about two pages, so if you think that’s long, I can’t imagine what you will think when you see a book! I am just kidding around and making jokes, but on a more serious note, it’s not inconsiderate, it’s called being creative, and you know what, I actually do all of my writing myself, I don’t have some robot do it for me, so if you don’t like it, you don’t have to read it. While in the clubhouse today I read a book called, “She Persisted” about thirteen American women who were pioneers in various fields. One of them, Nellie Bly, a writer who posed as a sweatshop worker and a mentally ill patient risked her life to expose and advocate for the humane care for workers and patients, once said (this is so “Criminal Minds,” to add in the ‘once said,’ bit, if you know what I am referencing I love you) “I have never written a word that did not come from my heart. I never shall.” AMEN, SISTER!!!! Like Nellie, I have never written a word that did not come from my heart and I never will. To me it is a crime shame to not use your God given brain and share your thoughts with the world. But I will also add this, my brother and I who are both quite skilled writers, agree that people nowadays are just lazy and don’t want to read things that are even a page long, so if this is the case with you, then I am going to suggest you step out of your comfort zone and challenge yourself to read my posts! And I will add this, I don’t write for other people, sure I want others to enjoy it and I want to know what they think about my writing– the good and the bad–, but even if no one wanted to listen, even if no one had any interest, even if no one cared at all, or even if no one ever read my stories, I wouldn’t care because at the end of the day, the reason I write is for myself. There are thoughts, and stories, and memories inside of me that are begging to be let out, and I will be damned (is this considered cursing? I feel like this and the word “hell” are a completely different ballpark than other curse words.) if I don’t let them out This isn’t to be rude, I just don’t get how this is a compliant? I am sharing my love for writing? Oh, the horror! Lock her up, folks! She’s crazy, she’s a rebel without a cause, she’s a wild child, she’s a cherry bomb! Somebody cue up “Bad Reputation,” by Joan Jett! Uh no, I am a girl with a notebook and pen and a laptop with lots of ideas in her head that are begging to be let out and shared and enjoyed by others 🙂 I am also working on writing a collection of linked short stories based on my journal and free writing entries that span over middleschool and highschool. My idea is to keep them sort of raw and free written and dated. Anyways, I am gonna submit them to the University of Iowa’s (Go Hawkeyes, RIP Caitlyn Clark, I love you, but you play lazy defense, and honestly it is understandable when you have an offensive game like you, but still…) short story contest. There are two awards given out and the winners get to be published by the Iowa University press. This is a big deal because Iowa University is very well known for their English and creative writing departments. They run a graduate school called their “writers workshop” where writers live together and you just work on your writing and get critiqued by other writers. It’s pretty cool and I think the acceptance rate for it is only like 2%, but if I got in, I would go in a heartbeat. I know it’s a long shot for me to win and get published, but I figure I might as well try, LOL. Anyways, my plan to popularize my books though, would be to go on “The Bachelor” as soon as I turn 21, unless I have a boyfriend I really love by then, but if my adult life is anything akin to my highschool love life, there may be no boyfriend, the love life may be non-existent, LOL. I would be the perfect contestant I would be well rounded and smart since I would be a writer / historian, I would have worked in a museum, and also I may possibly be able to add aerobics instructor to that list, how perfect is that? I am competitive in nature, I would be really good on a karoeke, sports, or truth or dare date, and I know that show inside and out. Any angle the producer would want me to play up, I would gladly play, and I think I could make it to Hometowns (4 people) or Fantasy Suites (3 people) or even the final 2, but I don’t think I would win, and I wouldn’t want to because I want to give the audience a raw heartbreak scene. Then I would write a book about my experience on the show and sell even more books, mwahahhahaha!!! I may identify as mostly a communist, but this is the captialist in me, baby.

On Tuesday, Mr. Miller said that I could look through Case Net for the Missouri Court of Appeals and pick a case I’d like to watch in court sometime this week or next. The website itself is very unorganized and challenging to navigate, and I had to leave early for an appointment, so this took most of my day. Most of the cases are civil/criminal which tend to be more exciting than the cases the litigators in this office work on. The case descriptions for most of these cases are about 50 pages long, so I read through a few to decide which I’d like to see. One case had to do with a 9-year-old boy who had autism and ADHD along with a plethora of health problems. He saw multiple doctors who prescribed him different medicines, all of which his mother had possession of. The boy was in and out of consciousness and not acting himself and the doctors couldn’t figure out why. Eventually, the hospital took his mother into custody claiming she was poisoning the boy with medications he wasn’t supposed to be on. In 2017, she was sentenced to 25 years in prison for first-degree assault (count 1), and first-degree endangering the welfare of a child (count 2). She is now appealing to the court claiming multiple holes in the prosecutor’s arguments along with misuse of the term “poisoned.”

The other day, I was telling Dr. Urbano about how I have noticed a lot of the women at the museum I work with dress very similar, not identical, but we all own a lot of the same pieces. So, I have coined the term, “museum core,” (I’ve actually bought a patent, so if you try to steal it, you are a goner!). Now, you may be wondering what is museum core, well I have your answer. OK, so imagine the way Mrs. Bryan and Ms. Barenkamp (RIP, you aren’t dead, but you are now in TFS former teacher heaven) dress. Lots of sweaters, boots, clogs, jeans, linen, that’s like how we all dress, and I say we because I have adopted this look as well. Personally, I have always admired Mrs. Bryan’s and Ms. Barenkamp’s style so I have no problem with this. It is professional, but also very comfortable. So, here are some staple pieces of museum core: denim shirts worn as shirts or as jackets over tank tops, plain tank tops and / or t-shirts in cotton materials, sweaters SO MANY SWEATERS, cardigans either worn open over tanks and dresses or fully buttoned as a shirt, wide leg or straight leg pants, I occasionally see skinny cut pants, but rarely. The pants can be denim, cargo, khakis, trousers, anything. Linen, linen everything: linen tops, linen dresses, linen jumpsuits, but especially linen pants. I own two pairs, one in white and one in an oatmeal color, they are fantastic. They feel like sweatpants, but still look put together, and in the summer they keep you cool and are really lightweight and breathable. I got one from Target, the other originally came from Target, but my mom found thrifting. Button ups are a staple, fun pants as in like a bright color or pattern, midi / maxi dresses and skirts. For shoes, it is pretty varied some wear flats, some wear boots heeled or flat, some wear birkenstocks the sandals or Boston Clogs, some wear tennis shoes like Adidas sambas, reeboks, vans, or converse. The other big thing is to decorate your lanyard with pins and buttons that show off your personality and things you like. Right now, I only have two. One I purchased from the gift shop that says “Museum Nerd” the other is the “I heart TFS” button. I plan on getting a George Michael / Wham one, a “Freaks and Geeks” one, a Bill and Ted one, two cherries on a stem, Bart Simpson, hopefully saying, “Ay Caramba!”, and one with my pronouns on it. I was looking for a she/her pin at the gift shop, but they only had he/him and they/thems! Anyways, this is museum core. I can’t really say that there is as distinct of a look for the male employees, but a lot of them wear plaid button ups, jeans, cargos, and suits. Sort of like Mr. Kickham, Dr. Urbano, Dr. Hurwitz, and Dr. Austin! None of them really dress like Mr. Mitchell, though, I guess you are just too unique of an individual, and it makes sense because you hate the humanities departments! Which gets me thinking, does each niche department have their own core? Is there a Science Center / STEM core and if so what is it? Does English major core differ from history major core and does that differ from political science major core and does that differ from anthropology core? So, many fashion related questions, it’s gonna make me start vogue-ing like Madonna! Also, side note apparently my dad loves Madonna, Lady Gaga, and now likes Taylor Swift since he listened to “You Belong with Me,” (he said it reminded him of when he was first trying to get my mom to go out with him, back in the day). He also knows how to vogue and I am trying to challenge him to a dance battle, but he won’t accept! Is he scared or too powerful?!

I can’t believe it is already going into week three! My mom told me that there are only 48 days until graduation, which is crazy to think about! Anyways, here is what my week will look like ahead and then also just some feelings about the project so far in general. So, Tuesday I have museum babies and then the rest of the afternoon we will all get to hear a talk from a graduate student, Joe Thurman, on Black Missourians in STEM. Wednesday, I will be in the kids’ clubhouse again for the parent and me event, then I have another training presentation by the same person who did the LGBTQ conversations on handling tough conversations. Thursday I will be at the Key Bistro, then either at the front desk greeting or surveying people, and then helping out with the night program. Friday, I have a short day and get off at 2:00, but that is History Exploration Day for kids and school groups, so I will be helping out with that. And then I am also working Saturday for history exploration day and then later that night for the Threads Gala, which I am soooo excited for! Basically, they have 10 fashion designers from St. Louis create a fashion piece based on a historical clothing item from the collection, there’s a fashion show, dinner, auctions, and speakers that night. Normally it costs $250, but employees get to go for free. The theme for the event is “BOLD” so wear anything bold in color, pattern, or silhouette. I am going to wear this sparkly black / gray ish jumpsuit, short white go-go boots, and then I am gonna do sparkly blue eyeshadow with white eyeliner and blue mascara and a red lip. I am going to also try to feather my hair, but we will see if it works or not! 

Overall, I have loved being on my senior project. I was telling my mom that it honestly doesn’t feel real that I am working there. It makes me feel so adult and sometimes I’m like “wow, this isn’t actually my job. I’m not actually 22, I’m 17 and I haven’t even graduated yet.” It’s crazy to think about and it almost just feels like I have been dreaming and that I am just sleepwalking through life, but I’m not and it’s very real, and I am really so lucky to get this opportunity. I also thought that since I am 17, I would get a lot of people, not a lot, but some, who would be like, “Oh, do you even know what you’re talking about?!” but not a single person has done that. Everyone has treated me like an actual adult with a ton of respect and kindness. And I think a lot of people thought that I was out of highschool and just working there, LOL and when I said I was still in highschool they were like “WHAT?!”

It’s also been cool just meeting new people and having a completely fresh start. I think it’s cool that at TFS we have all known each other so well and for so long, but at the same time, it’s nice to go somewhere, where no one has any past judgments about you and you just get a fresh start. And it feels really good to feel well liked there for just being me, too. I kind of got a feeling that a few people found me annoying, too much, and just didn’t like me for my “new personality” when really my true personality was just showing through. It definitely hurt to be kind of squashed down, told to change, and just called some pretty nasty things like a liar and to have my character called into question, when I know exactly who I am and have been for the past four years of highschool, for the past almost two decades at TFS, by people who know who I am as well. All I know is that I never want to make a person feel like they need to suppress who they really are to fit into some standard mold. It’s one thing to be told to be quieter and tone down some stuff (which I agree with, there were times I was really loud and disruptive) but to be called things like a liar, rude, a bad person, and weak is awful to hear when you know you aren’t those things. I know for a fact if there ever was a behavioral issue with anyone at the History Museum they would never say those things and handle it very professionally, but also with humanity, courtesy, and compassion. And that is the kind of environment I want to be in.

I guess all I can say is it feels good to feel liked, accepted, and wanted, and really when it comes down to it that’s all people really want in life, and that’s why we try to get ourselves to fit to these objective molds that someone (probably an old, rich, white dude, let’s be honest) puts on us. It’s just stupid. So, to be accepted, liked, and wanted for who you truly are and to be able to happily coexist with other true individuals who are their complete selves feels just really amazing. And all I have to say for those little rascals (not the cute little kids) who try to crush your spirit and tear you down is that they do that because they see you being yourself, and they are probably insecure of themselves, so to make themselves feel better they try to make another feel how they feel on the inside, but it doesn’t make them feel any better, it just makes them feel worse, and then they think the answer is to continue berating people. If you want to feel good about yourself, then lift someone else up (Joe had this engraved on a dog tag necklace for one of his senior gifts from our parents and I want to do the same, but with a different quote). Tearing someone down is never the answer.

I think that Maya Angelou quote is true, (if any of you don’t know Maya Angelou, I may sue someone, and Ruthie and Maddy are basically lawyers now, so….), but it’s the one where she’s like, “People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel,” is exactly true. I am not gonna forget the few people who made me feel awful about myself and tried to chain me down. It could only be one person who does this to you in your life, but you will never forget it because it will have a huge impact on you and your thought process for the rest of your life. But I am also never going to forget the many people who have lifted me up in the TFS community and beyond. And from both of those lessons, the good and the bad, I know that I never want to make someone feel that they need to hide or suppress their true selves. I want everyone I encounter to feel confident in showing me their true selves and giving me their honest opinions because that is what I want to give to people as well. Sorry to get all “kumbaya,” sappy, philosophical on you with this one, but it’s just been on my mind since the first week and I thought it was worth sharing.

This week was busier! As the Golf pros started to get more comfortable with having me do more extensive jobs, it became busier and more impactful! Here’s what I did Tuesday through Friday. Tuesday was a freezing day, so the weather was not very good. There were only 18 members on the tee sheet to come out and play that day. When only a few members play golf, the staff gets much more done regarding paperwork, clothing, and other merchandise invoices. I helped unbox some shipments that certain club members had ordered. I also helped tidy up the shop by vacuuming- a tremendous cordless vacuum! That day was slow, so I started folding some old towels after lunch. Wednesday, I had a new project. Head golf director Joe, the pro, had me fold five boxes of old towels and put them into boxes with old shipments and reusable containers. I got a lot of towels folded, so much so that everyone was so impressed in the golf shop! The team is so comfortable with me that they call me “Clarke the intern” from The Office, which is pretty funny if you ask me. Anyway, came Thursday; I was not feeling the greatest that day, but I helped with more boxes of towels and cleaning up the back office rooms to see what was messy and needed tidying up. Then, the last day, Friday, Today was probably one of the busiest days of the week. This morning, Golf Pro Adam gave me another big project: sorting through a mess of hangers that sometimes need to be sorted through buy color and not mixed up when doing orders for customers. I started organizing all the hangers by color and essentially by the brand or style of the hanger. Then I sorted those in piles, taking them and putting rubber bands on them to keep them neat. Then, I put the bins in the correct spots. Then I went out in the afternoon with Gold pro-Jim and Jordan and checked on some birdhouses displayed throughout each golf course, Lewis and Clark and Tavern Creek. Some of them had nothing. Some had six to eight eggs; it was cool to hear about the type of bird that lay there. Then I helped with some other little things like checking orders and such. That was my week; I hope you enjoyed it!

Monday and Wednesday: Lifetime West County shadowing Chris Lichtenberger.

A: Monday – Some General stuff.

B: Wednesday – Global manager call from 11:30 – 12:30

1. 148 clubs, more than 100 managers.
2. 800 thousand memberships registered in March: outstanding month.
3. Quote: What people are capable of < What people are willing to do.
4. Some data, goals , and problems after general review of the month.
5. Some managers shared their tips: Mainly about the deep connection with members and members’ points of view.
6. Some successful events: 1. Partnership weekly meeting: get involved. 2. Trivia nights at LifeTime WestCounty. 3. Seminars on vitamins, protein powder selling.
7. General stuff.

C: From 1- 2pm – Lululemon call

1. LifeTime – Lululemon 15 years partnership.
2. Brand identity of both company: Healthy, active life style.
3. Despite middle age people, they both care about younger ones and 65+ old dudes.
4. LifeTime – More about training courses and gym, while appearances and accessories on side (LifeShop).
5. Lululemon – More about the clothing, the brand, while also includes memberships events like peloton and yoga courses.
6. LifeTime do not discount, like Tesla. Possibly for brand identity.
7. Coop like Lifetime yoga courses with Lululemon shirts, or with both logos.

D: Because of age issue, I can only do some operational stuff.

1. I will try to be a towel folder. Be the best towel folder and try if my abilities can earn like a fake promotion like thing.

Tue – Fri: I finished Coursera Finance / Accounting. The course is alright, Quizzes are hard and questions in there are AI proof. I tried that one quiz for N times. and stuck at 60%. Finally I got 80% with the help from the comment session. Too many people struggle on that one quiz too.

I started another course called Learning how to learn.