(Ridge Heights computer and software technician) Gary Bell on trying an idea: If you have an idea that you want to turn into reality, then find out what you need to do and just do it. I wouldn't discuss it with my neighbors, coworkers, friends, or relatives. Just do it. Everyone is busy with their own lives, and they don't understand what you're thinking or your reasons for attempting what you want to accomplish. Who cares what they say about it anyway? They would do it themselves if they could. So just do it, and start doing it as soon as you can because the longer you wait the harder it can get. Remember, laws are increasing all the time, and most of the time it isn't to make things easier. There's more paperwork, more fees, and more information that you have to provide for even the simplest of things. Everyone is supposed to live in a box, and when you try to come out of that box you have to toe the line. You're free to succeed, but there are forces in place to make it very hard for you to do so. I've always believed I was only as free to do things as the amount I could pay for it. I knew a guy who was a contractor for about thirty years, and then all of a sudden he wasn't allowed to be a contractor any longer unless he provided nearly a lifetime of information and, yes you guessed it; paid a recurring fee. Then, he was told how to conduct his business by some people who probably never had a business in their life. Toe the line, or get back in your box and stay there? I'm just asking if that's really what it is. As I said; just do it. The years go by quickly, and then you realize you have grown old. Maybe you don't look older, or maybe you don't feel older, but you are older and you have less time to get things done. So if you have an idea, or a need to create something, then put your shoes on and get going. If you fail, you will still have succeeded.
