I recently started a Start Your Own Business course – which is aimed at anyone who has an idea to anyone running a business. It is a great course and I am so glad that I am doing it. I highly recommend it.
Then last week I got an email offering me a place in a Post Graduate in Accounting & Financial Services, which I accepted 👩🏻🎓
As if I wasn’t busy enough already 🤭 Starting tomorrow, I will add to that 📖 I feel a mix of emotions – mainly excited and anxious. I hope I will manage it all.
Being a mom certainly motivates more than I’ve ever been motivated before. I am doing all this for me, but I am also doing it for my children. I want them to see that it’s never too late to chase your dream. It’s important to do what makes you happy.
So, I may not have as much time for Emma’s Fine Designs as before but I am not giving up. I have been working on my timetable and of course, I have time for knitting – I need to let my creative side out 🤭 There’s no need to panic… If anyone would like me to make anything for them, just send me a message and we can begin our creative journey to make the perfect item for you 🧶💙
A small business owner I follow on Instagram recently posed the question of how do you find a balance between work/passion and home? And it certainly gave me food for thought. Especially when work and home are very much in the same place these days.
In some aspects, I have a fairly good balance between the two, but I do neglect parts of my work/craft life.
I have three kids – 4, 2, and 1. So, as you can imagine, I already have my hands fairly full. We have a fairly good balance, in which, we enjoy time together throughout the day and they also enjoy having time to play with each other. During this time, I have a chance to get housework done or knit (not that I always get this opportunity – kids seem to know when you want to do something and need some peace to do it) There is never a dull moment here!
The main time for my work/craft is at night when my kids are in bed (and even that has some challenges – like when they think bed time means party time) Some nights I can dedicate to posting online. Some nights I can dedicate to knitting. And some, very rare nights, I can have a night to do nothing at all and just chill (self-care is extremely important to me – it is a reminder to breathe and recharge) There are also some nights where I do class prep for the next day. I have a part of the day allocated to “school”, which my kids love. I am preparing them for going to primary school.
Some times my online presence might be neglected, or so it appears that way. I will admit that there are times when I simply do not want to post anything but that does not mean I have not been doing anything. I spend the majority of my nights knitting/creating and working on starting up my business.
Currently, I am working on a few different projects. I am knitting pieces for Easter which I will use for our Annual Easter Egg Hunt. My mom’s birthday is the same day as Easter this year so I am working on a special card and gift for her. I am also fulfilling a couple of orders, as well as finalising my main product range.
Just like with anything in life, it is important to find a balance. But what is more important is that you find the perfect balance for you. You have to remember why you are doing it and what you are hoping to achieve. Be realistic and stay true to yourself. We can all have great aspirations but life is unpredictable and sometimes we cannot meet these. You have to be able to forgive yourself and keep pushing forward.
I know that when I started on this journey, I had a clear idea of what I wanted to achieve but I got swept up with social media and I lost myself. I felt the pressure of always having to have something up. From seeing other profiles that always had a new post every day and constantly had stories on their accounts to reading articles that stated these are things you had to do. I started to lose the joy I had for it. I had to take a step back and have a good heart to heart with myself. I continued to create (I could never lose my passion for that) but I limited my online pressence.
It is important to have an online pressence and I am working on what is best for me. Posting when I feel completely satisfied and it is right for me. I am setting up a buiness of knitted pieces that are handmade with love. I take my time and pour my heart and soul into each item I make. I love what I do and I want my social media to reflect that.
