Tales From a Serial Entrepreneur’s Sick Bed: Business Ideas, Fever Dreams, and the Art of Slowing Down

Tales From a Serial Entrepreneur’s Sick Bed – Kim of Miles in Heels

First off, let's get this out of the way: I'll be perfectly fine. I tested negative for everything and am simply battling whatever creepy crud du jour my husband brought home from the elementary school at which he works. My mistake was not retreating to the guest bedroom quickly enough to escape this week-long, mini-hell I've been mired in. 

It's all the greatest hits, folks. I'm currently enjoying the bonus track entitled, "You've Felt Like Sh*t For A Week, So It's Time To Enjoy Some Laryngitis". It's a real head-banger. Pun intended.

I'm currently typing this at 1 AM because all I've done is sleep all week. So, when the time of night comes for me actually to be sleeping...well, you get the picture. So, what does a writer do when they literally lose their voice (and their mind)?

They write. Duh.

I've got some observations to share as I've had a LOT of downtime with my thoughts (and Kleenex, and Tylenol, and cough syrup). As a serial entrepreneur, my brain has a hard time turning OFF, so I'd like to share with you some of my deep musings...and new business ideas!

1) I never realized exactly HOW addicted I am to Diet Coke and chocolate until I woke up one day this week and realized I had consumed neither for three straight days. Might be a record. (That's how sick we're talking. Never even craved it.)

2) As I flirted between a temp of 100 and 102 for 48 hours, I thought of the next Shark Tank hit: temperature-controlled bedding for when you're sick; it automatically senses your body temp and keeps you from either sweating to death or freezing your a** off.

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3) The ceiling in my guest room needs a bit more attention. I made a new friend. Her name is Charlotte, and she currently resides in a lovely web in the far right-hand corner. I ran a few of these new biz ideas by her, and she, too, thinks they're brilliant.

4) Sick-bed business idea #2: A device that you blow into when you get sick that will tell you FOR HOW LONG YOU WILL BE DOWN AND OUT. Genius, right?! Where are all my fellow entrepreneurs at? Being sick wouldn't suck as much if we knew how long it was going to last! I mean, we could, at the very least, be counting down the sick hours by working on some dreaded paperwork. AMIRITE??

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5) SEE POINT #4: It should be noted that I have not gone all "Elizabeth Holmes-Theranos-Steve Jobs imitating black turtleneck" on the idea, but I might have Googled how much capital one needs to raise to explore medical technology testing. 

6) I am blessed to have the best friends and family who took really great care of me this week while I've been out of commission; lots of caring check-ins and yummy drop-offs. And, when I started a book and realized by the first half of the first page that I had previously read it, one of my besties rescued me with a book delivery. (This Bravo-obsessed babe can only binge The Housewives for so many days in a row. Talk about being sick...)