I've been a bit neglectful of this blog lately. My apologies. Unfortunately, the primary reason for that is that I've also been a bit neglectful of my goals and ambitions lately.
At the beginning of the year, I had a burst of energy and creativity. I came up with a name for my business, pattern ideas for my first products, even catchy names for a couple of the products. I talked a lot about my goals and I even wrote them down.
Then time passed....
A few weeks ago, I had another burst of energy and creativity. I ordered labels for my products, set up an account on Etsy, created my Facebook page.
I think about it every day. I've written out so many things - ideas, pattern dimensions, marketing goals.
But I'm struggling with that next step. Part of it is a balance issue. I know I've chosen a difficult time to try and add a new endeavor to my plate. I work a full-time job, I'm a wife, a mother to a busy five-year-old and a nursing four-month-old. By the time I get everybody to bed at night, prepare bottles and bags for the next day, I'm wiped. (I feel asleep on the couch at 9:30 last night.)
But I also can't help but wonder if part of the struggle I have in taking that next step with my business is nervousness about putting myself out there. Once I put all this time and energy and love into bringing my creative vision to reality, will anybody even like or want it?
I won't let that nervousness stop me, of course. I believe in my idea. I want to see it come to life. I will see it come to life.
What's that saying? "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
What project, dream, or goal have you found challenging to get started on? What motivated you to take that first step?
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