After much consideration, weighing up all the options and lots of internal to-and-fro, it has been decided that we will be moving from a full-time operation to a part-time venture.
The reasons are 3 fold:
1. For those who don’t already know, in my “spare time” I have been studying a double degree. As my study nears its end, I’ve the opportunity to pick-up employment in my new field
2. I need to get the actual degrees officially finished & that requires exclusive dedication from me
The reasons are 3 fold:
1. For those who don’t already know, in my “spare time” I have been studying a double degree. As my study nears its end, I’ve the opportunity to pick-up employment in my new field
2. I need to get the actual degrees officially finished & that requires exclusive dedication from me
3. Probably the most pressing reason for the shift are the 3 amazing peeps that call me Mum. These little guys have been brilliant and tolerant of the chaos that is created as I juggle {and often drop} far too many balls… But I’d like them to not have to be. And frankly, I don’t especially want their memories of childhood to revolve primarily around hearing me say “Not now. I’m working/I’m studying/I’m busy” – more time with my family, at their pace, is on the agenda
What this means for Forget-Me-Not:
• We will be concentrating our business to our online stores
• We will, of course, continue to service our existing wholesalers and bricks & mortar resellers
• We will no longer be trading at monthly markets {effective end of financial year}
• We will no longer be offering special event & wedding stationery
• We will be retaining our existing commitment to trade at the following annual fairs for 2010:
• We will be concentrating our business to our online stores
• We will, of course, continue to service our existing wholesalers and bricks & mortar resellers
• We will no longer be trading at monthly markets {effective end of financial year}
• We will no longer be offering special event & wedding stationery
• We will be retaining our existing commitment to trade at the following annual fairs for 2010:
Leura Village Fair: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th October
Glenbrook Village Festival: Saturday 13th November
Wahroonga Street Fair: Sunday 5th December
Glenbrook Village Festival: Saturday 13th November
Wahroonga Street Fair: Sunday 5th December
It’s not without a heavy heart that these choices have been made. I adore market trading & connecting with customers face-to-face, as well as my valued friendships with other stallholders. However, I am also excited about what’s around the corner professionally and challenging myself in a new way.
And, as unliberated as it may appear, I’m also really looking forward to being “just a mum” at least some of the time!
❤
4 comments:
Good luck! For the record... you aren't 'unliberated' for wanting to be a mum :D
You are more liberated for taking the choice to do so, even if it means cutting back on your business time. Your kidlets are only kids once..
It would be a far greater tragedy for you to miss out on that for the sake of selling some rad stationery.
xxx ooo
Congratulations on moving through a new door way and to a new beginning, I know you will succeed!
What Cloud said! x
Thanks for your comments & especially your support! I appreciate it :)
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