The holidays are such a weird time. There’s so much hustle and bustle and preparation, and the kids are home, so there was really no time to think about my business. It felt like I was on some strange, imposed sabbatical, as though I were in jail. Now I’m ears-deep back in the thick of things, working every moment I can, and I love it though I’m also feeling a little stressed. My poor kids have been tortured lately — Bee has rather good-naturedly (and occasionally, foul-naturedly) been modeling my clips, and Otis comes home every day to find all his spaces covered in hair clips and props (his usual response: “Do I have to clean ALL THIS up?!??”). And despite all my ardent promises to myself not to reward my children with food, well, you can imagine how I’m going to finish this sentence.
But now, pictures have finally all been taken, line sheets are just about ready to be sent in response to the exciting inquiries that have been streaming in, and the shop is about to be updated. And in spite of myself, my business taxes will be calculated and filed soon too. Once I get this through this batch of to-do items, I’m really going to have to sit down and look at the numbers and think about what they mean and how to think about the future. You know, the way real business people do, rather than have the numbers go blurry despite having disappointingly good eyesight that make stylish glasses unnecessary.
Want to take a peek? Well, come and see the slide show on the website. And stay tuned – the shop will be updated soon.
