Monday 5.5.2013 (A journal entry)
Lately I have really been beating myself up over my decision
to quit school, and basically it all boiled down to just two things; the fact that it
will take 12 years for me to finish the degree, and the mounting student loan
debt. As somebody said to me at work yesterday (I think it was Mary), “you have
to do what’s best for you”, and I know that quitting is what’s best for me at
this point.
But quitting is not the end by any means; it is really the
beginning because I realized today that I learned so much more than I had
bargained for over the last three years. I learned how to organize my self, my home, and my time in order
to be able to run a business from home. Everything is already set up; in fact I already
have a brand new laptop that can be used specifically for my design business. I
can focus on the jewelry to start with, first I will finish off all the half completed projects, and then I think I should begin by
concentrating on making earrings because that will help me learn more
techniques. Meanwhile, I can work on promoting my Etsy shop and my facebook
page, try to figure out how to just have one LinkedIn account instead of three,
and hopefully build an inventory.
If money were no object – I would flip houses!
I see that as the perfect career for me – but how do I get
to that point? I realized today that I already have all the knowledge required
to do Home Staging, and strangely enough when I finally found my
old business card (which was right in front of my face btw), it actually already
said Home Staging on my list of services, so I just need to make a couple of
changes to the card and reorder.
Because I don’t NEED the
additional money in order to keep a roof over my head, I don’t need to push it, but
think of how nice it would be to have more – what could I do with more? Buy
better food – get out more - take yoga classes. Once upon a time I wanted to be a yoga
instructor – I also wanted to be a private chef, a caterer of cocktail parties,
a wedding planner, and a garden designer. There are more, but I should probably
quit while I am ahead.
So how do I get more money without getting a second job, or
a different job? Actually promote the jewelry – make a brochure and hand out
cards at work for home staging – and start making some YouTube videos.
In other words – do what makes ME happy!! Do what’s best for me, maybe I will make money, and
maybe I won’t, but either way I will have fun!! I can use my new time
management skills to schedule in time to work on stuff and time to study
Italian and time to draw and time to play with my guitar. If I am lucky I will
make enough money to quit my day job and have weekends to do whatever I want. Maybe
home staging will lead me to meeting an investor/partner in house flipping.
It's just a thought.
