Five Year Plan.

It's that time. I'm almost twenty, so I'm coming up with my five year plan - what I want to have done, etc., by the time I'm 25. This all started yesterday, so I'm still working out kinks. I apologize.
I would really love to drop out of school entirely. Believe me. I would love to work full-time at two jobs, somehow fit in riding and other than that, pretty much do whatever the hell I wanted. I think I'm going to stay in school, probably full-time, preferably part-time until I am 21, and work as much as I can in that year or so. I want to save as much as possible, and when I am 21 I want to take bartending classes so I can get a decent second job. If I can pull off working nights and days, I might be able to swing into part-time mode at school or skip out entirely and really focus on the ultimate goal of this plan.
For a while now I have been wanting to open my own business. The concept is based on a bookstore I used to go to when I was younger, called Dickens' and based in Lebanon. If you're a local face you might have wandered in there prior to their relocation and redesign. It used to be a comfy, friendly atmosphere where the owners knew almost everyone who walked in; there was even a cat (named after the author himself, and the namesake of the store).
I kind of want to re-vamp this idea and incorporate a cafe/bakery, and instead of mainly being a bookstore, I want it to be a co-operative learning center where a community can come together and share within itself. I would start with my own collection of books and people could come in, get a cup of coffee and read whatever they fancied from the shelves. On full faith and credit, once we got going, they could borrow, maybe even trade the books. One of my main hopes in doing this sort of business is to revive the art of physical literature; newspapers, magazines and even tangible books are quickly going out of style as tablets are becoming increasingly environmentally friendly and attractive. But if we're recycling the books, why not? Those of you who are bookworms, know that nothing smells better than when you crack open an older book and can smell the pages. You know there's nothing better than having a beat-up favorite copy to hold onto as you're walking, or even napping in a chair.
So feel free to help support me in this venture. I am going to do all I can to make it work, and we're going to be as economically and environmentally friendly as possible.

If you would like to help by either recommending good books or people to talk to about starting and running a small business, or by donating books to the shelves, just shoot me an email!
I know I am only (not even) 20, but I feel like it's really the right time for me to get started on this.