cleaning up the mind clutter

My understanding was that business blogs were supposed to be just about business...new products, new shows, explanations of process, etc. You're not supposed to really get into how you feel about your business, right?

Well, I figured maybe if I wrote more about how I feel about my business it would make me feel better. Right now I feel like I'm starting over, when really I'm just beginning. Business has gone very well, so much so that I think it's time for me to really start figuring out what's going right, what's going wrong and how I can make the necessary changes so finally I can see things going down some sort of track, or rather so I can go down the track I want with more velocity rather than chugging along at snail speed.

So, back to business.

On that front, I will be going out to Madison this weekend to get photos of the campus. The masses have spoken, your requests have been many, it's time for me to deliver! A Madison collage it is!!

time to start again

As you can tell, I haven't blogged since May. Generally the art fair season does this to me. I hit the ground running with the best intentions of doing all these wonderful things, and all that happens is I spend every weekend working and the days in between replenishing what I sell. Doesn't leave a whole lot of time for reflection, not to mention time to take a breath or create new work. As fall rolls in, I find myself starting to realize that I should've organized things better, taken more time to prepare when I had down time, etc. etc.

My hope is to remind myself that the only thing from keeping me from doing better is me, and that eventually I'll be able to have most of my plans actually work out if I work smarter, not harder. I have to take things in smaller bits and pieces, not huge chunks, as I usually tend to do.

As the signature on my iPhone email says, "the art of flying is to throw yourself at the ground and miss."