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Monday, December 8, 2014

Fearing Failure, thoughts about time commitment

I am sitting at home today (home from work), wondering what I should do. I got a little work done this morning, but I slept for most of the morning. MUCH needed sleep. I have been staying up too late trying to finish my intro to Photoshop tutorial scripts so that I can be ready for my maternity leave.

I am doing very little for my digital download card Etsy shop. I think I still want to do it, but I am not getting any costumers and I have not been doing enough promotion and I am struggling to stay interested in it myself. I have not made a card in at least 2 weeks.

I didn't expect it to take off right away...but I did think that I would have at least have had one sale. So much wasted time...

Time.

I think about how much time I have been spending on it...and while I do enjoy actually creating the cards, I am really struggling with the promotion. I am not a marketer by nature and all of this Pinterest, SEO, Etsy teams, and all of the other promotion things that I should be doing to market my product is both confusing and aggravating.

The more I mull it over in my head, the more I want to stop working on my Etsy shop, or at least take a break. I know that if a person wants to grow a business they should push through these feelings, but I just feel overwhelmed thinking about everything that I need to do:

  • spend time with the Lord
  • be a good wife and mother (keep the house tidy, spend time with my family, provide opportunities for my son to grow and learn, serve my husband well), 
  • prepare for baby #2, 
  • teach, 
  • sponsor the FCA club at school, 
  • prepare for maternity leave, 
  • make quality photoshop tutorials that could eventually be sold for a profit.
I am sure that there is more that should be added to that list, but those are the main ones. I am feeling burned out by it all and I know that this is part of the issue.

But is there really anything that I could take out?

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