Signed the lease, baby steps

     It's Sunday morning, I'm drinking some Colombian La Chiquita Coffee from Brandywine out of Delaware, this coffee tastes a lot like orange juice! they have a barrel aged natural on their site that is probably even more intense.

I'm listening to the newish album "Devotion (Deluxe)" by Planet 1999. Kind of Reminds me of  "vegyn" or some other bubbly escape room / IDM. I'm going to start linking these here. Check it out!

So we signed the lease on a building last Wednesday!

my next task is to get insured and get the plans reviewed by the state, permit holding peeps, and the property manager. well actually, I have a whole bunch to do.

After signing, I have a no rent period of about 5 months, so I thought i'd have more time, but...

I have 30 days to get all the things listed above done, to show that i'm working on this actively. A lot of it was listed in a long dense lease, so it wasn't super easy to parse what was mandatory and what was filler or didn't apply to me specifically. Thankfully our property manager has been super nice about answering questions and pointing me in the right direction. Professionals are just people, but that's a topic for another day.

Here is how I manage myself when I have a lot to do. 

Break everything down into broad bullet points. Then as you work on these things, add notes below each bullet point. In this case, the property manager helped me define what needs to be done, so it was time to take those things and separate them. Time to eat the elephant one bite at a time. It may end up looking something like this:

1. Sign the lease

6/1/21

- talked to the leasing agent, i need x, x, and x,

6/8/21

- now that I have x,x,x, I met with the agent and signed the lease

2. Get insured

6/13/21

- I am meeting with an insurance agent tomorrow.

3. Now you can physically enter the space, go inside and write out exactly what you want to do.

4. Draw the bones of these plans in google sketchup, and talk to an architect. (construction, water, electric)

5. once they've given you a floor plan + life safety plan, submit them to the city for a certificate of use.

You get the idea, anything can be simple once it's broken down into smaller parts. 

if you're not sure how to get started, talk to someone else or look up the specific questions bit by bit until you've formed a bigger picture. That's what i'm getting started with now. 

wherever you are in you plans, good luck! I believe in you! if today's not your day off, enjoy the next one you get! 

- Elias