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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Thank you for your feedback and advice. I'll certainly take it cautiously.
The location is certainly a consideration. Median age is 65. Semi-rural. I think it would take a lot of patience and in-person planning.
Lots to think about!
oh... so is farming and farming equipment going to be a big consideration? because that is a big deal, especially when considering tech deployments and how it works with FOSS. spoilers: it doesn't (or not well)! it's a huge problems, in fact, and you'll have to do your research for that.
but if it's not a farming community, you. may have a lot of opportunity for systems conversions, especially personal/home conversions for those with older hardware. lots of older folks who could use a system tune-up/refresh with a nice linux install! make a old system new kinda thing, and now the whole town loves you! and a great way to scout out bigger business, especially if they have needy relatives! never turn down an opportunity to network!
edit: any local businesses/shops will be easy, though. don't bother with corps/banks though. they'll answer to a state/national office and wouldn't deal with a freelancer/sole proprietor anyway.
as a freelancer, 90% of your business will come from networking and referrals
anyway, good luck in your endeavors!
Thank you! It so happens that one of my first clients runs a farm, but just my size. I've already shared some solutions with the owner, but as free advice to gauge interest.
Some farm equipment is so old, in fact, that it only runs on extremely hacked now open source (kinda) software. In fact, the whole world is rather fascinating and rather underground. If you do your research, you can really get into it.
Currently, farm software/equipment and the whole agricultural and industrial world is that the center of the Right to Repair movement moving through the US Congress, also in Europe.