I'm excited and nervous - as I am with most new things I do. I've been wrestling with the reality that I seem to have no flight in the realm of "fight or flight." I do have, "feel really awkward and either find the answers or make my own path and get it done even if it's the hard way." I have an overabundance of that!
Yes, over the years I've learned how to figure out who to talk to or how to find the information I need and life has become so much easier. I often joke that when I wrote my first book I had no idea what would be involved. If I did I might not have tried. And it only took 10 (was it only 10?) years for me to write my second.
I've been creating my art for some time now - and since what I make is so diverse and depends on what I've got on hand, my mood, the season, etc...that's something I can handle myself. I do have some online classes I need to take for a few things I'd like to try, but I already have them waiting for me.
Over the last two years I learned the admin side of sales and that played a huge role in me feeling confident stepping out and trying to live my dream.
But doing this myself means being the sole proprietor of a small business and it's one thing to know how to price, track, run reports, etc. It's a totally different thing to start and grow a small independent business. I've got the site - but there are aspects of it that I know are there, and want to use, but honestly have no idea how to do it (I've got something in the works for that too - more when I know more).
I keep coming back to the reality that I don't know how to create a business strategy for all of this because I don't know where my focus should be, or how to order all the things to be the most efficient. If I had all the money and all the time I'd figure it out and just have fun. I don't so I've been trying to be intentional and I really do take this all very seriously. I love what I do so much and I want to be able to keep doing it and not have to go back to just doing it in my spare time.
Thankfully the City of Phoenix has resources - including access to advisors. I'm so grateful for what I'm learning and the reality that I have the opportunity to learn from the people who do know how to do this successfully. And you know I'll share as I learn and start to put it into action. This is good. This is all very good.
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