So. Here I go. The best and the worst. The easiest and the hardest. What I love and what I no like...
I'm preparing to open my Etsy shop. My creating, for now, is put aside. I'm in business-mode. Photographing my items, writing descriptions, determining prices and shipping costs, working on advertising, gathering shipping materials, self-promoting. I'm feeling very uncomfortable in this capacity. Creativity is my comfort-zone. It comes naturally. But my brain literally goes foggy when I think in terms of numbers, budgets and costs...
I've known for a long time that I needed to get my "things" out there. So I've slipped on my green eye-shade and dusted off my adding machine (goodness, that's probably a really old reference!). I'm purchasing a postal scale and using a photography white-box. My house is overrun with supplies and journals and greeting cards and ribbons and mailing envelopes and boxes. I'm the creative team, marketing, shipping and customer service departments all in one. My toes are curled up at the strong feeling of discomfort (like when I watch Michael Scott on The Office!) and I get a bit nauseous with each new step, but going ahead I am...
Everyone is comfortable with doing what comes easy. No one really likes to be pushed. And new tricks aren't always easy for old dogs. But, if we never try something different, or never push through "uncomfortable", we'll never know what lies on the other side of same-old same-old, and we might miss a great adventure. I'm learning to like adventures and new tricks.
Ill keep you posted...
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