The left side of your brain is rational. I don't have anything to back this up, but I think the left side of my brain must take up at least 80% of the total space, because things that don't make sense drive me nuts.
I love efficiency. I started on my process management kick in middle school, when my friends would tell me they were hungry. That thought, plus an old green duffel bag from my dad and $20 in seed capital from my mom (she was my original angel investor!) put me in business selling candy bars. Everything went in a black and white spiral notebook - how fast inventory was turning over, profit margins, even candy weight - when you're carrying your entire supply on your back, it takes on more importance! I switched out my Snickers for Blow-Pops in the spring because the mark up was higher. Also, chocolate and sticky Cincinnati summers aren't the match made in Heaven one might think.
Fast forward 20 years. I'm now an adult with a responsible job, a FICO score and my own bottle of fabric softner. I still have the kid in me saying "You know what would be awesome... !" and filling in the blank with some crazy idea. Then there's the other part of me that's already mentally forming a spreadsheet with a cost-benefit analysis, timeline and project scope to see if that thing I was just dreaming of is a good idea.
My favorite equation: Goals = Dreams + Deadlines
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