I CAN let go....!

Okay, I REALLY need to stop beating around the bush!

I have just re-read the past few posts and they are all saying and pointing to the same thing that I know... I know it. I know it.. I know it.. But it has just been so hard for me to LET GO of my art classes.

I have worked SO hard to prove that I can make my business successful. I have proven it. I have more students and classes than I can physically handle myself... So knowing that I had too much on just for me I decided to start employing other people - and that of course opened up a whole new can of worms for myself.

Employing people (at this stage) is a heck of a lot harder than just doing the classes myself!

And even if other people are teaching the classes - there is still SO much work generated by them running.. and the bottom line is that I don't want to be a slave to all of that at the moment.

There are many other things that I want to do. I have been wanting to move A Little Creative to selling art materials and developing my own products and kits for a long time now.. but I have not been able to progress with that properly whilst I have been flat out with the classes.

It is REALLY hard for me to just stop those classes. So hard. But I do know that it is the best solution... (I'm saying it... I'm writing it... I probably believe in it at least 90%...)

It is the easiest solution. (Ha! not the easiest for me to decide!) - but to stop the classes altogether (for now) is a heck of a lot easier for me than it is to continue them but with other teachers teaching them.

I really believe in the other areas of the business that I want to develop. I believe that the business can be VERY successful without any classes being run...

Ideally I want to do it all.. But I have been trying and it is just not realistic.

I still work too hard. I need to have more fun. I want to have a better focus on looking after my family and household too.

SO... what am I saying? what am I going to do?

- I will continue the current classes as is until the end of this term...
 (I have two new email requests to join my classes just today! - not sure if I will just turn them down... or let them join until the end of term??)
- I will do the school holiday workshops at Kawana Events centre (as I have been negotiating) - but I will not run any others...
- I will give myself at least 12 months to focus on the other side of my business (online-shop, art kits and products and also could be online art-curriculum) before attempting to run regular classes again ( if ever!??)
- I will still run occassional classes and probably holiday classes and birthday parties etc. - but I will have the flexibility to choose how many, when etc. and need not to get myself too busy with this side of things...
- I can soon develop my art 'programs' which can be sold online - with suggested materials! - and other teachers could 'run my programs' if they decided too - thus paying a 'wholesale-fee' for the course??? - this could be offered to Sandi?, Reece? - anyone else...
- I can still have employees if desired who do run some of the holiday classes and birthday parties... - but really organising this really needs to come second to getting the shop properly running.. and deveoping my kits and programs.
- the idea is that TIME belongs to me. I will have control of when I work and what my deadlines are etc. - instead of always having to run to external class deadlines which puts a lot of pressure on me, particularly if I or a family member is sick or out of sorts.
- I need to potter along at my own pace without too much pressure... I need to have time to do my own art too and let the creative side of me really shine and develop!!

I'm tired now... heading to bed.. will definitely re-read this soon though..

Here's another quote that is quite relevant: