Keeping a Calendar…Encouraging Progress
Two weeks ago, I found a magnetic calendar stuffed in between some books on the bookcase. It’s a pretty pink paper with roses on it…a leftover gift from my bridal shower more than 18 months ago. Seven days are in columns across the page. It’s undated.
I’m not sure why I started writing down what I [...]
Victory!
The first draft of my first E-Book is done! Now I know where some of the negative feelings were coming from. As I told my mom in an IM conversation earlier this evening “I think part of it is fear, the other part is fear, and the rest of it is probably fear.”
It’s not bad, [...]
Are We There Yet?
My primary thought today is of how worn out I am. Between day job and new business, I’ve put in close to 120 hours a week for the last six weeks. I wish I were joking or exaggerating, but I’m not. The final push is coming up, along with some of the more rewarding tasks [...]
Building a Business
Starting a business is a lot like building a house. You believe, at the outset, that it’s one big project or several big projects in succession. In reality, it’s a lot of little steps, little tasks, and little projects punctuated by a few larger events.
From the blue print (or business plan) to the final [...]
So close…or am I?
I read somewhere that a new business owner has somewhere between 500 and 5000 invested in the business before ever opening the doors.
I wonder if this includes the time spent dreaming about it?
I can now attest to the hard work involved in setting up a business you care about. I don’t open until the middle [...]
