Making the Plans

Well, while I was at my sales job today I just wasn’t feeling it. I already want to quit and just get ready for my trip. So, I think I’ve decided that I’m going to quit in two weeks so that I don’t have to pay for rent for the month of December. Then, I think I’ll live in Provo for another week and just couchsurf for that week. That will help me learn better how to use the couchsurfing website, as well as get some positive reviews for my couchsurfing profile. I’m excited, but I better work hard these next two weeks so I don’t have to worry about money.

The more I think about it, the more I’d like to try and get sponsors. I mean, even if I don’t get them, I’ll learn from the experience of trying to get them. I was wondering who the people are that I’m going to want to talk to and what not, when I realized that I could probably just talk to Brogg and ask him about it. Brogg started BBSC Endurance sports and I know that he’ll have experience contacting companies for sponsorships. The sponsorship amounts that I’ll be asking for will be so small that I’m sure companies will go for it. Either that, or they’ll wonder if I’m for real. That’s the bigger concern, that they don’t take me seriously. Oh well, somebody will I’m sure. If not, I’ll forge ahead anyway.

I’ve made some more definite plans about what I’d like to do on the trip. I’d like to make my trip a combination of two successful projects I’ve seen: LetMeStayForADay.com and OneWeekJob.com. I want to stay with a different person every night and go to work with a different person every day. I’m not going to set any restrictions on when I’d like to finish or not, because I’m genuinely going on a journey looking for occupations that I could enjoy or cities I might like to live in. Once I find what I’m looking for, I can stop my journey at anytime. However, I don’t want to make any decision until I’ve seen a majority of the U.S. and most of the major cities. Well, tomorrow I’m going to start calling companies for sponsorships. I guess we’ll see how it goes.

1 Comment

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  By R, November 17, 2009 @ 11:29 am

  Hey Aaron!

  It's always good to see people getting inspired by the possibilities of the internet. When I started Letmestayforaday.com in 2000 I was the first ever to think of something like that. Do know that a lot of variations are 'thought of' since them. Having a job for a day, example, has been a registered television format. If you wish to make an official website of you travelling and working for a day, you might receive a letter from the person who registered that idea before you did (it's not me).

  Since a few years you have to be very careful with ideas for internet project and do very good research on the possibilities and even more if the idea is already out there (like at a tv production company, in this case).

  If you do wish to continue your plans, I advise you to blog about your couchsurfing experiences and simply write about the possibillities to join 'strangers' to their work floor (if they let you in the first place). If people start to like what you are reporting about, sponsors might be part of it and nobody can complain about 'stealing a registered idea': you are already simply doing it successfully. Start low-key and let it grow, don't start too big.

  Good luck and regards from Amsterdam,
  Ramon Stoppelenburg

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