Well the last two weeks have really be chaotic. My partner Dave decided to build an additional room in our office so I can have a private office and room to hire a new receptionist/dispatch person (part of our company growth plan & giving me room to work on our other projects at the same time). With this new office came a need for furniture and we couldn't find anything that would fit in the space available - so I made the decision to move my home office into my new work office... furniture, files and all.
It was a huge adjustment because it meant turning my home upside down - my home office WAS my open dining/living room... so now I have boxes everywhere with no place to put everything... so we bought a new bookcase for home, moved my old entertainment unit back upstairs from the basement, moved my office furniture to the office and I am now just beginning to go through boxes to reorganize which includes throwing out older stuff that is no longer useful and finding new homes for important things I will not be bringing to work.
At the same time my daughter has asked me to build her boyfriend a baroque style lace ruffle shirt and velvet & brocade coat for his birthday which unfortunately is very labor intensive. I use to own a historical costume business (with over 300 historical costumes in stock) and taught history of costumes at the local college over a decade ago but long since gave up sewing due to problems with my neck. So for the last two weeks between moving, boxing, still working full time and sewing added with the shoulder issues (torn rotator cuff & frozen shoulder) it has been a very rough time for me.
I was also scheduled to take an online course with a very dear friend, but I found trying to pay attention after 8pm near to impossible (I was exhausted and my arm was in really bad shape) - so I still have the recordings of the training and plan on listening to them next week when the worst of the dust settles.
Today's update - the shirt is done, the coat has about 6 hours left of labor (which I should be able to complete tonight if all goes well), the new office is done and my furniture is now functional at the office (even if there are still 6 more boxes to unpack), Dave built me some new book shelves and CD shelves and has started unpacking boxes in my dining room and although there are still 20+ boxes left to unpack at home - my new living room furniture will be arriving early next week and we can finally get the last of the old stuff out once and for all - so there IS light at the end of the tunnel.
So the good news:
weight 254 - (down 6 pounds from my original weight but a very long way to go to my goal)
bank account hasn't changed but the new business is now up and running and our first 3 potential customers have received our information package. I will be doing a follow up with them over the next week.
The post cards I ordered to promote the new business have arrived and I already have a list of 100 potential customers to do my first test market mailing campaign with. I will be doing 10 of these test markets over the next 8 weeks (1,000 in total), modifying the promotional material as needed to see an increase of leads to paying customers. Because this is a very specific niche market each of the 100 mail outs are already pre-qualified leads.
My target - 2 paid customers in the next 4 weeks - 4 more paid customers in the next 8 weeks, 4 more in 12 weeks. Total of 10 paid customers within 3 months.
My work target (beyond my daily job tasks) is to complete module 1 of the 4 month training program that I am selling (yes I am selling something that isn't completed) within the next 4 weeks (sooner if I get the paid customers as that will make module 1 a priority to completion).
To hire an additional staff for the new office space (to free up more of my time to work on the modules and promoting both businesses), to hire another technician (or 2) as I am now booked solid and need additional technicians to handle the work load. To listen to the training materials from Leap without Limits. And to get my home and office in order (meaning no more boxes).
It has been an insanely busy time - but I do have this weekend scheduled OFF to socialize with friends and enjoy some down time at the cottage. Even in the chaos there are still moments of joy, laughter, affection, and playfulness that make all of this worth while.
Today I am grateful for my partner Dave who is really pitching in to make my home less stressful for me
Today I am grateful for my job that allows me the freedom to accomplish so many tasks on the side.
Today I am grateful for my dog who loves me unconditionally even when I am too sore to pet her.
Once more I move forward with purpose - each step taken a conscious one in the direction I choose to go.
Kay Kinder
1000 days to health and wealth
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