Ever dream of running a part-time business while keeping your day job? Want to operate a sideline business along with your current business? Or are you simply curious about entrepreneurship, and want to test the waters before you commit to the world of commerce? Whatever your reason, here are 25 sure-fire ways to get started today with your own part-time business. Antiques Make new money from old treasures and have fun doing it! Scout garage sales, estate auctions and flea markets for great buys on antique furniture, toys, clothing and other treasures from the past. Rent space at antique cooperatives, or set up booths at weekend fairs to sell your antiques. Computer Tutor Whether you're an expert at Windows or Linux, desktop publishing or Web research, HTML or word processing, you can help anyone enhance their computer skills. Start promoting your computer-training services by teaching classes through organizations in your community which offer adult education courses. Custom Jewelry and Accessories Put your creative talents to work designing custom jewelry and accessories. Whether you work with sterling silver or recycled metals, clay or papier-mâché, there's a market for your custom earrings, pins, bracelets, necklaces and belt buckles at art shows, crafts fairs and holiday boutiques. Espresso Cart Brew up profits day after day! Specialty coffee drinks generate gross profits of 55.1 to 61.5 percent per cup, says the Specialty Coffee Association of America. So brush up on your coffee drinks, buy or rent an espresso cart, and head for sporting events, concerts and farmers' markets in your community. Garage and Attic Cleaning/Hauling Service Nobody likes to spend a weekend cleaning out the garage, attic or garden shed--it's dirty and time-consuming, and when it's done, there's still the task of hauling off all that discarded junk. But if you don't mind putting in the physical labor, a cleaning and hauling service can be a lot of fun. You can usually find a few treasures among the trash which most people are delighted to give away, and you can add to your income by recycling bottles, newspapers and metal castoffs. You'll need a pick-up truck or other vehicle capable of carrying everything from cast-iron sinks to old timbers. Handyman If it's broke, you can fix it. Your phone will ring off the hook with calls from homeowners, senior citizens and others who don't want to fix it themselves. Advertise in shopper publications and on bulletin boards, and drop off fliers at real estate offices. Then start repairing everything from leaky faucets to broken windows. Home Inspection Buyers need not beware when they hire a home inspector to conduct a complete physical checkup on their dream home. You'll inspect the house for structural problems and refer your clients to the contractors or handymen who can make the repairs. Knowledge of construction and your local building codes will get your business off the ground. Medical Transcription Work as an important member of a medical team without leaving your homebased office. There's big demand by hospitals, doctors, dentists, chiropractors and veterinarians who need outside help transcribing patient medical records. Training in medical terminology and linguistic skills will keep your business healthy. Mobile Home-Entertainment Service When it's dirty, disconnected or in need of repair, you'll save the day for homeowners who want their stereo, compact-disc player or videocassette recorder in working order. Brush up on your electrical and wiring know-how. Door-to-door fliers and calls to retail-store managers about your services will get your business off to a great start. Mobile Window Tint With some training and basic equipment, you'll be seeing plenty of green with your mobile window-tinting business. For best results, have a pager and van ready to help car, van and truck owners prevent heat damage to their vehicles' interiors. Other hot markets: homes, high-rise condominiums and office buildings. Office and Home Organizer Attention all neatniks: Help packrats, overworked executives, and other organizationally challenged individuals clean out messy closets, straighten files, and throw out the excess clutter. Putting your knack for neatness to part-time business use is bound to arrange some tidy profits for you. Personal Chef What's for dinner, honey? Great home-cooked meals for working parents and busy professionals who hire you as a personal chef. There's plenty of demand for this specialized service. So plan your menu, make out your shopping list, and go to work to satisfy your hungry clientele. Personal Trainer Pumping iron; pumping profits. Americans of all ages, sizes and shapes want to keep fit, trim and healthy, and they're willing to hire their own personal coach to exercise correctly. Spread the word about your physical-fitness expertise at health spas, running, swimming and biking clubs, and other athletic outlets. Picture Framer Get in the frame with a picture framing service. You can work with gallery owners, artists, portrait photographers and individuals who've purchased a print, painting or fine photo. If you aren't already a framing expert, read up, take classes at a local college or community center, then assemble your tools--including clamps, saws, miter boxes, glue, and a pneumatic or hand stapler. Establish relationships with local artists' groups, galleries, photographers and print shops that can give you their business or refer their customers to you. Plant Leasing And Maintenance Got a green thumb and a delivery van? You're all set to service corporations, home builders, health clubs and other businesses who want fresh greenery. Develop a steady clientele with a regular watering, pruning and fertilizing program and a full replacement guarantee. Records Search Using specialized databases, you'll search public records on your computer to help your clients find lost loves, check out questionable suitors, track down debtors, verify a contractor's track record, or dig up facts on a business opportunity. Clients include attorneys, businessowners and individuals. Restaurant Delivery Whether it's macaroni and cheese or a five-course gourmet meal, at-home meal replacement is fast becoming the newest way to dine. When customers want their restaurant orders "to go," you'll be "on the go" with your restaurant delivery service. A great way to make your late afternoons and weekends extra-profitable! T-Shirt Design If you're an artist in search of a medium, why not make T-shirts your canvas? Paint, draw, bead or appliqué your designs on plain T-shirts, and spend your weekends showcasing your art-to-wear at farmers' markets and crafts fairs. Wallpaper Hanging Help residential and commercial clients turn drab walls into works of art with your wallpaper-hanging skills. Build a growing business with great referrals and repeat customers. Drop off fliers at paint and wallpaper stores; also, advertise in shopper publications, in homeowner-association newsletters, and on bulletin boards at local supermarkets and malls. Yoga and Tai Chi Instructor In today's hectic, fast-paced world, parents, business owners and students alike can benefit from the deep-breathing, relaxation and centering techniques you can teach them. Get started by offering classes at health clubs, through your city's recreation and parks department, or on your own.

Stop monkeying around!” My brothers, sisters, and I heard this exclaimed a lot as kids. When the 5 of us got together we created havoc, much to our parents’ chagrin. We rebelled, we mucked around; we screamed, we jumped up and down; we were an unruly bunch; we had lots of energy; we had fun. Two decades later, I am repeating a similar mantra to myself during yoga practice, in a bid to calm my equally as energetic, chatterbox of a mind. Monkey Mind is a Buddhist term which describes the persistent churn of thoughts in the undisciplined mind. In Bikram yoga, achieving a state of internal stillness during physical movement is challenging, especially when the mind is given free rein to battle with the heat, sweat, fear, boredom, that stressful situation at work, for example; all while trying to stretch the body into an asana – be it Cobra, or an elegant Standing Bow Pose. The mind monkeys around, so to speak. Or, as Bikram has been quoted as saying, "The human mind is like a drunken monkey... that's been stung by a bee..." To get some insights into the best techniques to tame the Monkey Mind, I rounded up 5 NYC based Bikram Yoga teachers, who I know and practice beside. They each agreed to share their tops tips to further help others, myself included, find ease and stillness in the yoga practice. Try them out and see if they work for you. Cammi Vance DON’T MISS THE MOMENT. The Monkey Mind is the mind separated from the body, or distracted from the moment. It is the reflexive mind ready to judge, worry, analyze, and compare everything in the moment, which is a good way to miss the moment. Therefore, you’re not only missing a chance to connect with Self, but in physical practice, you’re missing a chance to welcome healing and depth; possibly inviting injury. OBSERVE YOUR THOUGHTS. For me, one of the tricks in taming the Monkey Mind is to observe it without judgment. Something that kept getting in the way early on in my practice was thinking, “Oh, there is another thought coming into my meditation! Inappropriate! I am no good at meditating!” The Monkey Mind was judging itself! Your own body sensations can distract you from going deeper. A teacher once suggested I let the thoughts float by like clouds without attaching to them. That approach has really worked for me. I realized that it’s not a crime to experience a thought when meditating; I can just continue to work on my breath and usher the thought through. Like a child attempting to interrupt a conversation for attention: if it is not urgent, then the child can be gently and kindly acknowledged, perhaps with a hand on the shoulder, without necessarily affecting the integrity of the conversation. You can remain connected, but not attached. You can stay with your intention, in any environment. I like this quote, “The mind is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master.” ~Robin Sharma One other thing I will do, when I have trouble stilling words going through my head - I will create a simple chant in my head of '...ommmmmmm...' For me, it easily replaces all the other thoughts. Jessicah Coulston My 2 ingredients for the recipe to calm the Monkey Mind in a Bikram yoga class are conscious, proper breathing, and stillness. SYNC BREATH TO MOVEMENT. Since Bikram yoga is all about the details, you must try to breathe in and out through your nose. When you breathe through your mouth, it stimulates the body's sympathetic, or "fight or flight" nervous system. This send a message to your brain that your body is in a state of panic, which accelerates your heart rate, and sends your mind into a whirlwind of thoughts like “I'm uncomfortable, it's hot, get me out of this room..!” Most importantly, you are wasting that much-needed energy that gets you through to the end of a class. Our brains can be aware of many things at once, but by only focusing on one thing at a time - breathing in and out of your nose - you are sure to calm that Monkey Mind. BE STILL. Resist the urge to fidget and fuss in between postures. In the Standing Series, we always come back to standing with feet together, heels and toes touching, arms down by the sides, standing tall and proud, eyes open, and breathing normal. This stillness in between postures is your Savasana. On the floor, we lay in Savasana in between each posture - stillness is still the goal. By resisting the urge to itch, fix your hair, or as Bikram so eloquently puts it, "scratch your ass" (!!), you gain mental strength, and get closer toward a deep meditation. Finding absolute stillness between postures, whether you are in the Standing, or Floor Savasana, is often noted as the most challenging aspect of the entire Bikram yoga class. Once you have attained this highly cultivated stillness between the postures, you have truly become a skilled practitioner of Hatha yoga, and in my opinion, found an aspect of enlightenment. Aaron Zisman OBSERVE. JUST BE. For calming the Monkey Mind, I suggest humbling your mental perspective. Be really humble with your expectations. Don't try to compete with the person next to you, in achieving the perfect pose. Observing while actively trying to refrain from judgment is important. Observe your balance; observe the feeling of your hips in Standing Bow, but don't judge how much deeper you should go. Observe that you can go deeper, and do. Observe that those hips aren't opening any more today, and be. LISTEN TO THE TEACHER’S WORDS. Even though you've heard the same words for a posture for years, listen as if for the first time again. As you listen, consciously check off each bullet point the teacher verbalizes and actually feel it in your body. Monkey Mind is always there; he just needs something constructive to do. As long as he's in service to somebody, he behaves. Corrine Idzal TAME THE MONKEY EYES. Studies of imaging data of brain function have shown that the part of the brain responsible for visual creativity is the same part responsible for both visual attention and eye movement. In other words, when the eyes are still, so is the attention. With eyes still, you have to be aware of what they are looking at. The brain gets the majority of its sensory information from what we see, even if it defies logic. So, if you are looking at yourself in the mirror and your expression is one of panic or distress, that visual image sends the signal to the brain that there is reason for panic (fight or flight). If however, your expression is one of calm and peace, that image sends a strong sensory signal that everything is ok. Even if you are having the hardest class of your life, look as calm and peaceful as possible. It will create ‘brain confusion’ (the messages, "I’m dying here" and "It's all good," are both coming into the brain), and in most cases this will keep you from spiraling into the abyss! Sarah Yurich CLOSER TO ZEN. A Monkey Mind is a playful mind that easily and frequently gets distracted at any moment in your practice, or in your daily life. Some people may experience it more than others but I think through yoga and meditation, we can teach people how to quiet the mind at any given moment. We learn to put the monkey aside and give ourselves the zenned out inner peace our bodies and minds deserve. TWO TIPS. 1. Focus your eyes on one spot in the mirror, or the ceiling. When the eyes wander, the mind begins to wander. 2. Mantras can help with the Monkey Mind. We don't often teach it in Bikram but one of my favorites to tell a new student is, "Lock the Knee....Lock the Knee....Lock the Knee!" It works! To learn more about meditation or yoga, check out The Essential Guide To Meditation With Charlie Knoles and The Complete Guide To Yoga With Tara Stiles.

break down of "you belong with Me" using Blake Snyder's beat sheat.

so this is my break down of Taylor swifts song using Blake snyder's 15 beats.
if you don't know the blake snyder's beats. just google "blake snyder beats example"

My breakdown of songs
blake snyder’s and other techniques

You’re on the phone with your girlfriend she’s upset

She’s going off about something that you said

Opening image

Very visual opening as opening images should be. Lots of external detail. I can picture the character in a specific setting. It shows the situation or problem in detail

We can just picture the poor guy trying to calm down his girlfriend on the phone but she keeps on yelling at him

She doesn’t get your humor like I do

We completely understands who the hero is at the opening of this story/song:

A girl who wants to be with a guy who’s clearly has a bitch for a girlfriend

We get an impression of taylor’s wants; this particular boy and the obstacle/conflict in the way: his bitch of a girlfriend.

I’m in my room it’s a typical Tuesday night

I’m listening to the kind of music she doesn’t like

Setup

We see the hero In her “before” world, thesis world, which is the status quo of her life before the journey begins.

She’ll never know your story like I do

prechorus

But She wears short skirts

I wear tshirts

She’s cheer captain and

I’m on the bleachers

Dreaming bout the day when you wake up and find

That what you’re looking for has been here the whole time

Debate

This part of the song Taylor is debating if he’ll ever truly see that she’s the one that he’s been looking for and not the bitch that he’s with.

If you can see that I’m the one who understands you

Been here all along so why can’t you see ee ee

You belong with mee ee ee

You belong with me

Theme

The theme of the song is

how can you make a guy that you love realize that you’re the one for him. Chorus carries the theme and it tells a good deal about the characters and the situation. Words, phrases, images used in the chorus related to the title.

Walking the streets with you and your worn out jeans

I can’t help thinking this is how it ought to be

Laughing on a park bench thinking to myself

“Hey isn’t this easy”

And you’ve got a smile that could light up this whole town

I haven’t seen it in a while since she brought you down

You say you’re fine I know you better than that

Hey what you’re doing with a girl like that

Break into two/B story

We break into the second verse. The upside down world. The antithesis. The antithesis of this song is the hero walking with the boy she likes to the park enjoying each other’s company with no drama

The break into two, 2nd act, should always be an extreme opposite of the first act and the songs capture that with the guy smiling instead of being yelled at by his girlfriend. We see the guy opening up, enjoying taylor’s company. He’s leaving that drama behind an entering a new, unknown place.

She wears high heels

I wear sneakers

She’s cheer captain and

I’m on the bleachers

Fun and games

With this lyric, we get a small glimpse of the fun taylor is having comparing herself to the bitch ass girlfriend. Staying true to the spirit of the “fun and games” section, this lighter lyric is a nice break from the heavier drama of the verses.

Dreaming bout the day when you wake up and find that what you’re looking for has been her the whole time

Midpoint

We’ve reached the middle of the song and all seems to be going well with taylor and the guy she likes. This is a “false victory” however because has he really realized that they’re met to be together. Is he ready to move on from the bitch his dating. No cause she’s still dreaming bout that day, that day hasn’t come yet.

if you can see that I’m the one who undersdans you

Been her all along so why can’t you see ee

You belong with mee ee ee

Standing by and waiting at your back door

All this time how could you not know baby ee ee

You belong with mee ee ee

You belong with me

Bad guys close in

A repeat of the chorus and our theme reminds us the hero is still trying to get this guy to realize she’s the one for him. Which is why she added words to the lyric “standing by and waiting at your back door” “all this time how could you not know baby ee ee”, reminds us that she’s still trying to get the guy to see she’s the one he’s been looking for. She’s having internal debate on wether he’ll ever realize she’s the one for him

Oh I remember you driving to my house

in the middle of the night

I’m the one who makes you laugh

When you know you’re bout to cry

I know your favorite songs

And you tell me bout your dreams

Think I know where you belong

Think I know it’s with me ee

All is lost/dark night of the soul

She brings up the ghost of her past with him. Which could make him see that she’s the one for him. And prove to him that he belongs with her and not his bitch ass girlfriend

Can’t you see that I’m the one who understands you

Been here all along so why can’t you see ee ee

You belong with mee ee ee

Break into three/finale

But then, right as she’s about to crumble and collapse, based on the music going very slow at this point, the guy sees her in her brand new dress at Prom(in the music video) and he’s eyes open wide.

Just as all great hero’s do when they break into act 3, the guy has an epiphany. He turns his girlfriend down and goes to Taylor. Taylor shows him a letter that says I love you and he pulls out his own that says I love you. He’s proven he’s finally learned the theme. He’s finally see her in a new light, not just as a neighbor. But a lover.

Standing by and waiting at your back door

All this time how could you not know baby ee ee

You belong with me ee ee

You belong with me

You belong with me

Have you ever thought just maybe ee ee

You belong with mee ee ee

You belong with me

Final image