Another week has rolled along.. and I have a list of all the official paperwork that I have to get in order for the shop lease.. I expect that everything should be signed and sorted by the end of this week, and then hopefully next weekend, or the following week at least I can get into the shop and start to do the fit-out and set-up just before launching into the school holidays - eeeek!
Seriously, it still is all a bit surreal and unbelievable when I take a spare moment to think about it... But I guess I don't have that much time to stop and think too much - which tends to be the way that I operate...
Emotionally I have had my ups and downs. I have had quite a few nights when I haven't slept well - mainly because I've been excited, or just have too much to think about. And as usual, when I get overtired the negativity can creep in... but on the whole I am just very excited and optimistic about the whole endeavour.
I think this Currimundi shop is just a fabulous opportunity. The location is absolutely unbeatable for my target audience - and there could be nowhere better to have my first ever shop. Obviously it has launched me into a whole new direction than I was previously heading - but I feel confident that this is a good step for my business and that I will make a great success of the store.
The hardest thing is most likely to be just making sure that I keep on top of things, and manage to maintain a healthy balance in my life and don't work too hard. Realistically I expect that it will be 6 months before we are really 'settled' into the new shop and hopefully have things operating as it should be... I have lots of ideas and plans ready as I prepare to go into the shop, but feel that we just have to get in there and get started and see how it all works out in reality - and adjust the plans and ideas to suit the space and the actual clientelle..
Yep, I'm using all these words... but to be completely honest - I am just friggin EXCITED!!!!
Already this opportunity has launched my business into quite a different mode - a much more serious and professional one, and I think that is quite a good thing. Yeah, definitely scary aswell.. but I do think I am ready for it and can handle it...
One major aspect though, is that I also still believe that selling art-materials to schools and centres on the Sunshine Coast is likely to be my most lucrative area - so as I am the sort of person who likes to ride more than one horse at once, I still fully intend to act on those plans as well as getting the new shop up and running.. Also my new website will be launched very soon - so it is definitely all stations go!
As I said, maintaining BALANCE is the key: ensuring that I look after myself and have my own personal priorities in order too - and let's face it, that is something that I have been practicing and slowly getting better at for the past year...
Although other people may think that I am crazy, I have to acknowledge that I am ME. I am the sort of person who likes to be challenged and pushed. I like to be busy and to be striving to achieve new things.. that is just me. I am so proud of myself so far for the wonderful business that I have been creating - it means so much to me on so many levels. I believe in it and I believe in myself and I can't imagine being this happy at all in any other job.
Yay me! - And here's to the future... let's hope I can continue to make my dreams come true! Let's hope that the coming months see the 'profit' that I have believed is just around the corner, finally starts to reach fruition... Let's hope this shop actually does turn out to be the first of many.. I hope the new employees that I take on turn out to be awesome... and that in a year or so Ben will be able to comfortably leave his work with the security that I can earn enough money for the family whilst he gets a turn to try and work on the things that he really wants to achieve for himself too :)
Here's to high hopes! xoxoxox
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