So a little while ago I wrote a post about taking on new business partners. I have recently taken on another one and am adding to my business offerings. With my painters I get to collaborate and help customers create color palettes for their homes. Now I have two other business relationships that I am collaborating with to build an Etsy shop and continue to grow a Shopify business.
I am a person that gets very bored fast if the tasks or jobs are the same day in and day out. I am also a very creative person and I work the best when I am creating or building something new. I do not fit the traditional 9 to 5 work life. Literally in the name of this blog “Distracted” fits me well.
My days now consist of merchandizing, creating listings, doing color renderings and going out into the greater area of Las Vegas to do my main business- color consultations. To everyone else I know, its sounds completely chaotic but I really do thrive on switching up tasks.
New adventures often include changes in course though and I have had to do some course corrections. I was spending a few hours a week with a realtor attempting to learn and get licensed. After a few months though, hindsight really hit and the time spent wasnt equal to the pay out or experience. It wasnt going to get me to where I thought I wanted to be.
What I realized is that my hard work and effort needs to be directed only to my tasks, my business. It was a pretty powerful moment of self reflection. I took the side work to essentially build confidence that was already inside of me. I may still pursue the license but since my businesses are growing already I may not need to focus on that to get me income for my next steps.
Every experience has had a take away that has helped me grow or given me time to pause and find my next move forward. Tomorrow I will be fulfilling orders and creating new items to post on Etsy. Ive given some business growing ideas to my painters that I will follow up on and some new things that we can offer to make us stand out above the rest. My new adventures will only be possible if I keep my eyes open and work with others to sharpen my skills. One month in to 2025 and the momentum is growing fast!
The Distracted Damsel 