Life is Hard, Man. Life is Hard.
Note: originally posted here on October 1, 2019.
I swear I did not forget about you all last week! I literally could not even get a second to actually type anything. Last week was crazy busy and, thinking back on it, I can’t even entirely tell you why!
Except the part where I’m working 40 hours a week. And doing my MBA. And, you know, trying to see my family once in a while. Oh, and there was an author’s panel at my mom’s library that I wanted to attend, especially since both my sister and my friend’s son were speaking in it.
Sometimes, it feels like I have little to no time for the creative side of my life anymore. Which totally sucks because that’s part of why I’m starting Pixie Elegance–to use my creative side.
But starting a business (which TECHNICALLY I haven’t done yet, except on paper) isn’t all creativity. It may be largely creativity for some people, depending both on the type of business and the person’s brain. But there are also numbers and spending a week trying to understand value chains and moving from that into the next week trying to understand how to create an effective strategy map. Sometimes, these things don’t leave a lot of time for the creative stuff I love so much.
Yet I often feel like I can’t mention this to anyone. Sometimes it feels like, “Hey, you chose to take this path so you have no right to complain.” And honestly, I don’t want to complain. I’m so excited for the plans I’m making! Every week, in my current class, the business plan for Pixie Elegance is coming together, and it’s really starting to take shape as an actual viable business path rather than just an (admittedly rather detailed) dream in my head. It’s thrilling! And while I can’t share all the details with you all yet (because, frankly, I don’t know that you want to read my papers about it, and it’s hard to explain some parts before more bits are in place) I can tell you some things.
I can tell you that it’ll more than likely start as just me making candles and jewelry, and me and my sister-in-law making soap. I don’t have a lot of it made right now, but I do have some soap, and a few pieces of jewelry, so if you’re interested in buying anything at all, please let me know! I’ll be happy to get back to you with what I have, and pricing, and what I can make on request. And at this point, pretty much all funds will go right back to more supplies so I can work toward making more and having actual stock! So you’d basically be funding the ACTUAL start of Pixie Elegance.
You’d be a hero. Just sayin’.
I can ALSO tell you that I hope to add more artisans with more artisan products as time goes by. So if you’re an artisan, please feel free to contact me and we can talk about what else can be part of the business, and how it’ll work!
I can tell you that I have very specific ideas of how I want pay for the artisans and charges for the customers to work, but it involves changing things a bit from more typical business models, and I am SO not an accountant. So, um, any accountants out there who also love crafting and want to talk to me about getting in on the ground floor as my business partner? Seriously, contact me!
Life is hard, you know? Life is hard, no matter which path you choose to take, and if you choose the path of least resistance, some things kind of end up harder. There are so many good reasons to take the hard path.
It’s okay to acknowledge that it’s hard even if it’s the path you chose.
But also, be excited for the awesome stuff. That’s what makes the hard so worth it.
