*SIGH* Okay, now that we got that out of the way, let me explain my frustration. I was fired for the first time in my life almost a month ago. I had been wanting to stay home with my daughter for quite some time anyways, but I was originally fearful (obviously) of our financial status. Long story short; everything has worked out, I'm a full-time stay at home mommy and my husband now refers to me getting fired as "the best thing that's ever happened to us." Just another reason to love him!
There are no words to describe how great it is to be with Felicity all the time. If you know her, you know she's a warm, bright shining light in this cold, dim world. Her laughter is contagious and she teaches me more on a daily basis than I could hope to teach her in a month. I love being home with her and being able to keep the house clean and have dinner on the Table when Justin comes home.
While channeling my inner June Cleaver is both satisfying and rewarding, I needed something that was just mine. I've always considered myself pretty crafty and certainly budget friendly in all aspects of life, so I decided to start a sort of mini business selling some of the things I make and sharing different projects and ideas. Like almost all people trying to turn a passionate hobby into a business I started by creating a website, then a Facebook and Twitter page.
That's where it started.
I invited all of my family and a few of my friends to "like" my page on Facebook. When there were a few family members that didn't "like" the page my feelings were hurt and I got a little offended. Thoughts like "do they not think this is a good idea?" and "do they not like my work?" started to creep into my head and hurt feelings turned to bitterness in the blink of an eye. Then I said to myself "WOAH WOAH WOAH..."
STOP THIS NONSENSE.
That sort of negative thinking is precisely why people give up or deem themselves not worthy of opportunity. I refuse to be one of those people. Besides, whose to say that those particular friends or family members just looked over the invite by mistake or checked it out, but forgot to go back and like it. And even if they made a conscious decision not to support my new adventure, so what? I love the idea of getting to turn my hobby into a business and I'm not going to let a few people get in my head and discourage me. I have plenty of people that love what I do and back me up 100% and those are the people I'm going to choose to listen to. But most importantly, I love the people that didn't "like" my page with all my heart and something as trivial and silly as Facebook is no reason to create a wedge between us. In fact, I'm completely embarrassed and dumbfounded that I would allow such a thing to get to me in the first place.
Wednesday's to do list:
Squash negative thoughts. Radiate awesomeness.
Done :)
There are no words to describe how great it is to be with Felicity all the time. If you know her, you know she's a warm, bright shining light in this cold, dim world. Her laughter is contagious and she teaches me more on a daily basis than I could hope to teach her in a month. I love being home with her and being able to keep the house clean and have dinner on the Table when Justin comes home.
While channeling my inner June Cleaver is both satisfying and rewarding, I needed something that was just mine. I've always considered myself pretty crafty and certainly budget friendly in all aspects of life, so I decided to start a sort of mini business selling some of the things I make and sharing different projects and ideas. Like almost all people trying to turn a passionate hobby into a business I started by creating a website, then a Facebook and Twitter page.
That's where it started.
I invited all of my family and a few of my friends to "like" my page on Facebook. When there were a few family members that didn't "like" the page my feelings were hurt and I got a little offended. Thoughts like "do they not think this is a good idea?" and "do they not like my work?" started to creep into my head and hurt feelings turned to bitterness in the blink of an eye. Then I said to myself "WOAH WOAH WOAH..."
STOP THIS NONSENSE.
That sort of negative thinking is precisely why people give up or deem themselves not worthy of opportunity. I refuse to be one of those people. Besides, whose to say that those particular friends or family members just looked over the invite by mistake or checked it out, but forgot to go back and like it. And even if they made a conscious decision not to support my new adventure, so what? I love the idea of getting to turn my hobby into a business and I'm not going to let a few people get in my head and discourage me. I have plenty of people that love what I do and back me up 100% and those are the people I'm going to choose to listen to. But most importantly, I love the people that didn't "like" my page with all my heart and something as trivial and silly as Facebook is no reason to create a wedge between us. In fact, I'm completely embarrassed and dumbfounded that I would allow such a thing to get to me in the first place.
Wednesday's to do list:
Squash negative thoughts. Radiate awesomeness.
Done :)