(This is another of those honest posts. If you want something cheerful, please go to the rest of this blog. I usually try to be more upbeat)
Of the year.
Of what? the expectation to grow the business AND homeschool AND learn new things?
Well, I certainly need to modify my expectations if I'm going to keep on going.
On my twitter profile it says, "I want to make gorgeous jewelry, keep my family happy and see the world. My goals are small." This year I've realized exactly how big all those goals really are. Before I'd known, but not to the core of me.
School takes up all of my time and energy. This year, I've been able (barely) to make enough jewelry to keep up with special requests and keep my table full. But I'm raising my own standards, and I hope to make new.
Yes, if you're interested, I'll be listing many things at about half off the original prices. Mina and I have agreed upon these new goals and the old stuff simply has to go.
And if I have a commission of yours and it's not with you yet, I will be getting it into the mail by the first.
Mina and I have talked... A lot.
Our eclectic style has not been working well on the sales front. Not to say we won't go where inspiration takes us, but we'll be focusing a little more on consistency.
So, next year will be a year of fits and starts. A year of hard hard work, a year of learning to juggle better. How is that different? I'm not really sure. But it will be more serious, more directed, more realistic.
I'd like to blog more. I'd like to take more pictures. But most of all, I'd like to make a lot more jewelry.
Maybe I'm looking forward to the end of this year with all it's stuggle and frustration.
-Simbelmynë
