How is it almost the end of the Summer? How is it that I am now so busy that 14 hour shifts are the norm? If I could have the pay cheque to support the hard graft I think I could somehow cope - but after averaging it out at a terrible £4 an hour I am distraught. I am even beginning to think that working full time at my trained profession wouldn't be as bad as this hard slog :( But today is a slump - most days I wouldn't trade my two businesses for the world! Many successful handmade business blogs and articles I have read state that the first few years are an absolute horror show of juggling work, life and family - the light at the end of my dreary tunnel! I am trying to remember that I am doing this so that I have the luxury of working from home 90% of the time and still be able to afford the finer (well at least not smart price basics!) things in life. Summer means craft fairs! I have now totaled 3 since the beginning of July and although the mo...
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