Staying Motivated

So far, the hardest part about owning a business is staying motivated – especially when work isn’t consistent. With how small my company is, if I can’t work I won’t make money. On top of that, I am still building my clientele which means I don’t have a bunch of return or word of mouth

Busy Work

Jobs like the one I have ebb and flow. Some months, I’m turning away clients and wishing I had employees. Other months, I’m grabbing at scraps and jumping on any potential client to get as many bookings as I can. In the beginning of a slow time, I tend to be excited. I spend time

Bad Day Remedies

Wednesday was a bad day. One of those days where I had to force myself to see the good things because there were so many little things going wrong. I could have easily dealt with one or two of these things happening, but it’s like I didn’t have time to recover. They weren’t even that

Finger Painting (For Adults)

You might have noticed that there has been some time between “real” crafts. I got overwhelmed. When I let my craft space get messy, it blocks my creativity. The room I have all of my supplies in is small enough that a little mess can seem huge, especially when someone gives me boxes of supplies

When Will That Shoe Drop?

“𝒜𝓃𝓍𝒾𝑒𝓉𝓎 𝒹𝑜𝑒𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝑒𝓂𝓅𝓉𝓎 𝓉𝑜𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓇𝑜𝓌 𝑜𝒻 𝒾𝓉𝓈 𝓈𝑜𝓇𝓇𝑜𝓌𝓈, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝑒𝓂𝓅𝓉𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝑜𝒹𝒶𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝒾𝓉𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑒𝓃𝑔𝓉𝒽.” —𝒞𝒽𝒶𝓇𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝒮𝓅𝓊𝓇𝑔𝑒𝑜𝓃 Today, I want to have a chat. Some of you probably know a lot of what has been going on in my life, but for those who don’t here is a little recap. I started my adult career