I love the fall. I love the way the air smells in the fall and the coolness in the breeze. I am so tired of hot weather and I always seem to struggle in the summer to get much of anything accomplished. This year, however, I had just way too much going to let the heat keep me from accomplishing things. The next few months are going to be big months for You Get Me Gifts our basket and gift business. On October 13th we officially launch our website and participate in the Maumelle Business Expo. Then in November we will be participating in Dazzle Daze.
I have been trying to decide in what direction I wanted this blog to go. What I have decided is that I want to it to be a blog about my journey to starting my own business and being able to work from home. Some days it will be just my own experiences and stories. Other times it will be resources or information that I have come across that was helpful. I am hoping that this blog will help others who have always dreamed of starting their own business.
More to come......
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Moving Forward
The snow is piled high outside which made today the perfect day to move forward with my husband and mine plans to start businesses. Today we bought domain names for our future websites which is an exciting step.
As I have mentioned previously, I have wanted to start my own business for a long time. The thing that I have always lacked is patience. Unless by chance my power ball picks pull me through, it is unlikely that I will be able to quit my job anytime soon. It is frustrating when you know what you want and know that it is just going to take time and there is nothing I can really do about that except keep moving. That has been my stumbling block in the past. I would focus so much on the time line that I would grow impatient and give up.
This time I am determined to do things differently. As I was going through the process of purchasing our domain names, there were lots of opportunities to upgrade, add additional things such as a .net and .org versions of the sites. As I excitedly clicked yes the $$ signs kept mounting up until I was staring at over $100 in fees. There would have been a time when I would have tried to make it work with that amount thinking that was the only way I was going to get what I wanted quickly, but this time I thought a little more logically and thought about what I wanted to accomplish just for now. I also consulted with my husband who is a wonderful partner and keeps me grounded. What I wanted for today was to get the .com domain names registered and that is what I did. I also utilized promotional codes and reached the godaddy website through my ebates account so I saved some money along the way.
So for today I am moving forward or shall I say we are moving forward...and doing it in a way that won't leave us broke or feeling pressured to move quicker than we are ready to do.
As I have mentioned previously, I have wanted to start my own business for a long time. The thing that I have always lacked is patience. Unless by chance my power ball picks pull me through, it is unlikely that I will be able to quit my job anytime soon. It is frustrating when you know what you want and know that it is just going to take time and there is nothing I can really do about that except keep moving. That has been my stumbling block in the past. I would focus so much on the time line that I would grow impatient and give up.
This time I am determined to do things differently. As I was going through the process of purchasing our domain names, there were lots of opportunities to upgrade, add additional things such as a .net and .org versions of the sites. As I excitedly clicked yes the $$ signs kept mounting up until I was staring at over $100 in fees. There would have been a time when I would have tried to make it work with that amount thinking that was the only way I was going to get what I wanted quickly, but this time I thought a little more logically and thought about what I wanted to accomplish just for now. I also consulted with my husband who is a wonderful partner and keeps me grounded. What I wanted for today was to get the .com domain names registered and that is what I did. I also utilized promotional codes and reached the godaddy website through my ebates account so I saved some money along the way.
So for today I am moving forward or shall I say we are moving forward...and doing it in a way that won't leave us broke or feeling pressured to move quicker than we are ready to do.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
The start of a dream!
Ever since I can remember I have wanted to be my own boss. As I have grown up and my personality has changed my vision of what type of business I want has also changed. In reality, that vision is still developing. I have decided, however, that it doesn't have to be fully developed in order to go after the overall goal.
So I have set a goal for myself to be able to work from home doing things that I enjoy by the end of 2012, and I have created this blog to track my experiences, obstacles, successes, and findings as I strive to reach this goal. I am sure that there are a lot of people out there that have the same dream to start their own business, change careers, or just be able to work from home.
I hope that in my quest to create the lifestyle and career that I want, I will help others reach their dreams and goals.
So I have set a goal for myself to be able to work from home doing things that I enjoy by the end of 2012, and I have created this blog to track my experiences, obstacles, successes, and findings as I strive to reach this goal. I am sure that there are a lot of people out there that have the same dream to start their own business, change careers, or just be able to work from home.
I hope that in my quest to create the lifestyle and career that I want, I will help others reach their dreams and goals.
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