It’s Monday night. The week has only just started and you’re feeling defeated already.
Why?
Because even though you did all of your planning for this week, and decided exactly what you were going to work on, Monday morning came along and ruined it all.
Okay, admit it. How many planners do you have around the house that you never even opened? How many do you have that you used for a couple of weeks and then you just lost momentum and put them away, never to be used again? You’re not alone. We’ve all got a million...
As solo business owners there are always more things to do than there are hours in the day. It can feel like we’re in a constant state of overwhelm. It doesn’t take a genius to realise that, when you’re overwhelmed, you need to cut back on some things. But which things do you choose when everything seems equally important? The fact is that most of us have a strange relationship with what is important. If asked, we know what is important to us, but the things we do on a daily basis often don’t correspond to it.
There are so many challenges involved in running a handmade business and for many of them, we can’t really see them coming or know what kind of impact they’ll have on our business. Banking crises, Global Financial Meltdown, Brexit, Inflation, Consumer Confidence....
As one person businesses (for the most part), we makers have to ensure that we are making the most of the time we have available for our businesses. Whether you’re working on your business a few hours a week or full time, your time is the most valuable resource you...
Feeling completely overwhelmed and as if you can’t get anything done in your business? Spending so little time making that you actually forget you’re a maker, rather than a professional email answerer? As a solo business owner you can’t do it all. I usually say that...