Confessions of a Small Business Owner

August 19 2024 - Part 11

Well hello there, welcome back to my blog/vlog, Confessions of a Small Business Owner. If you are new here, welcome. If you’ve been here before, welcome back. At Confessions, I share different stories about my experience as a small business owner and also share a few tips that I hope help you in your small business.

I've been working on creating my master mind group. A mastermind group is a gathering of individuals who come together to share their knowledge, insights, and experiences to help each other achieve their goals. I have been delaying this because I couldn’t find individuals I wanted or trusted to be a part of my group. But I’m pretty sure I’ve selected my members.

I started planning my weekly tasks and planning my content for the week. I have a love-hate relationship with creating content. I love it but when my creative wheels aren’t spinning I hate it. I'm really making a huge effort to plan my week and plan my task toward my goals.

I wanted to focus on what the customer wants (or what you think they want), while balancing my authenticity. Staying true to myself, my business mission. For example, I’m not dancing on nobody's TikTok. I’m not making products someone wants that I hate. Also, I hate TikTok. Is your business on TikTok?

Someone asked me the other day “how do you keep going?” Because I have to. There is no plan b. We pivot but don't quit. We can’t quit. Quitters never win and winners never quit. I’m always questioning and thinking about quitting but it’s not in me to quit. Persistence. Persist. I will not be defeated. Don't be defeated. Take a break if you need to but don't quit. Fight on in the face of discouragement.

I talk a lot about pivoting. I am currently pivoting and launching a new business. I launched NPTressTreats in 2016 because of my love for hair scarves. I am launching a new business called BRIMS & BEAUTY out of my love for hats. We grow, seasons change, chapters close. And all of that is okay!

I added more tools/gems to the Business Tips page on my blog. One tip is to add categories to your website, such as gifts under $10, or add a drop down for problems to solve such as dry skin, dull skin, frizzy hair, etc.

I decided that during the month of August I am going to commit to flowing. No stress. No worries. But I have been stressing, I have been worrying. I’m learning growth, progress, creating new habits is all about unlearning vs learning. I’m working on unlearning worrying vs learning to worry. As we go through life, we pick up habits like stress and worry. When stress and worry do nothing except kill us slowly.

I received the nicest email from a customer. It literally made me cry. I don’t think customers know how much those emails are appreciated.

I am in the process of doing a few things I can’t wait to share with you all. Everyday I'm getting closer to the goal. But everyday I’m constantly feeling discouraged. Even though I’m getting closer and closer to bigger goals, something could happen one day and it's a huge setback for me. Or at least I think it's a setback. Does that happen to you? I try to compare myself to myself and how I was doing last year, last week. But sometimes it’s very hard when life seems to be falling apart.

I’m still playing with the idea of getting a full time job but also not wanting to compromise with life. I want to live my life, not let my life live me.

Postage is going up again.

I started getting monetized on IG. I’m at .38 whole cents. I’m not sure it happened. One day Instagram reached out and gave me an offer. I’m curious to see how it's going to go. You know there's a lot of perpetrators out there who claim to make four and five figures on content. We will see. I’ll keep you posted!!

That’s all for now. Thanks for being here. Love ya and remember to be the you that makes you the happiest.

Drink your water and mind your business.