And again, I'm back on the blogroll!
I've been on a 'little' hiatus due to the family's needs.. Haven't had a lot of time for anything else except the facebook page (please like) & lots of tiredness, lol. I also miss the sunshine... badly. Lately I feel as though I can't actually get down to the wire because I KNOW I will be interrupted for motherly duties at least 20 times every 15 minutes, haha.. I'm trying to get my business going, but I feel discouraged when working alone, trying to organise myself and my time, getting stuck on the website, etc... I've been working on the new site (or sites, as there's more than one) and a recipe book for kids, but progress has been really slow, though, as a lot of things have to be on the back burner for now... I have a family and that comes first before anything else, no matter what.
I was starting a business with a really good friend if mine, and EVERYTHING seemed to fall into place perfectly when we worked together, it was awesome! Ideas flowed infinitely, copious amounts of appointments seemed to fall into our laps, and with little preparation, and almost being late because we had the wrong address, we even STILL won a competition for £1,000.00 to get our business started AND appeared in the paper! We were so close to success and so in-tune to what we were about, we had our
services mapped out, and even have an awesome healthy product pitch,
which helped us win the competition I think. Only thing was, as it turns out, it was a "... you get what you need and we'll reimburse you for it..." kind of thing, which is a bit ridiculous seeing as the reason we did the competition in the first place was because we didn't have any of our own extra money to spend on our start-up! *sigh* With my business partner going to college full time and working, then me with family and school-run duties it seemed like we never had the same days or times available to work on it, and it stagnated from there. :(
I'm trying to do things on the side now, but I really miss the progress and focus that working with a like-minded person brings. But now, since that biz is no more, I'm now expanding The Raw Panda as a brand... my ideas are still flowing, but all I can do is add them to the business plan and hope to recognise an opportunity when I see one to do my pitch. I really want to follow my passion, but the money is so tight now that it's strangling, and we simply cannot afford to get a loan, especially with today's economic chaos.
I've been on a 'little' hiatus due to the family's needs.. Haven't had a lot of time for anything else except the facebook page (please like) & lots of tiredness, lol. I also miss the sunshine... badly. Lately I feel as though I can't actually get down to the wire because I KNOW I will be interrupted for motherly duties at least 20 times every 15 minutes, haha.. I'm trying to get my business going, but I feel discouraged when working alone, trying to organise myself and my time, getting stuck on the website, etc... I've been working on the new site (or sites, as there's more than one) and a recipe book for kids, but progress has been really slow, though, as a lot of things have to be on the back burner for now... I have a family and that comes first before anything else, no matter what.
A snapshot of one of my projects, my son's site 'DinoRAW', lol...
(unfinished, so there's no link)
(unfinished, so there's no link)
I'm trying to do things on the side now, but I really miss the progress and focus that working with a like-minded person brings. But now, since that biz is no more, I'm now expanding The Raw Panda as a brand... my ideas are still flowing, but all I can do is add them to the business plan and hope to recognise an opportunity when I see one to do my pitch. I really want to follow my passion, but the money is so tight now that it's strangling, and we simply cannot afford to get a loan, especially with today's economic chaos.
So, yeah... that's where I've been. Now I'm just trying to organize my time so I can get these other projects off the ground. I know what I'm supposed to be doing, but how do I get there NOW, after that stagnation is the question... Everything fell into place, now ideas are being stunted at every turn. I just want to put good out into the world but I hate that 'life' and 'surviving' is getting in the way. But now that I've vented this frustration I should start changing my thoughts to more positive ones, hehe... I am grateful for the things I do have, my family, a roof over our head, food, internet access, lol... I will make good things happen.
