Here I am cruising along in my life. I am slowly, ever so painfully slowly, starting to think I am going to learn and get a grip on this new job. The good news is that I am busy each day and the 5ish hours I am trying to put in each morning just FLY by. I always think that is a sign you are enjoying what you are doing.
As with my last job transition this one was a little overwhelming at first and I realized that I needed to let my body adjust to the new information and work I was doing. Luckily the first transition was the hardest, it only took a couple weeks to make the physical adjustment this time.
Now on to the next part of my new work schedule plan, starting a business! So I FINALLY feel like I am making some progress. Because John is working so much this summer we decided that I could put all my checks for this summer into an account for me to use to start my business. It is amazing how much easier and more confident you feel when you have a few hundred dollars to spend to hire people or purchase resources to help you accomplish your goal rather than sitting at the computer staring at it trying to accomplish something you are woefully under qualified to accomplish. So I am working hard on creating a web site to launch in September. It might be more like the last day of September but I decided I wanted an ambitious goal. I hired a coach to help me get started and launch me in a direction. Well spent money. She actually runs a web site for a living right now and she said in the industry the philosphy is "go ugly early". I had another friend who gave me similar advice with her "minimal viable product" advice. Basically, Make it happen! Just do it! Get started and fix it as you go. And, although you may not know this about me, that is totally how I roll. Wonderful confirmation that I am heading in the right career direction. And the great thing about hiring people to help you with the stuff you don't know how to do is that you get to focus on the stuff you are excited about. I have started writing content and am getting excited about marketing options. Once I have everything in place this fall the real work begins. But the possibility of making money also begins.
So where am I this month?
I opened a checking account for the business. Technically just a personal account. I still need to register as a business and file with the state. Still considering what I will call the thing.
I have a Stella & Dot trunk show tomorrow night. I am excited about it and am still enjoying it but have decided to simplify my goals. I still really like how much money I can make at a trunk show. Tomorrow I will work for about 2-3 hours and make between $50-$150 depending on the show. Even at the low end good hourly pay. My goal is to have at least one more trunk show in the next month and do a fall open house at the end of August in my own home. I am thinking my main goal will be to have a fall and spring open house every year. Just like we like to update our wardrobe every year we like to update our jewelry with the latest looks too.
I haven't quite finished all the books on my shelf but pretty darn close. I think by the weekend I will be ready for a new crop of books to inspire and inform me.
I am going to keep writing. I want to have several weeks of content ready to go when I get started in September. Might have to set aside a day just for writing. It will be hard but somebody has to do it... I have lots of other ideas and seeing this one start to come together is making me think that I really might be able to create some of the other ideas as well. But one thing at a time. Launch a web site in September, get it running and THEN start thinking about product ideas and Christmas sales..
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It is still hard work but once you are on the right path it is pretty fun.
I like thinking big. If you’re going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big. – Donald Trump
I like thinking big. If you’re going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big. – Donald Trump
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