Having Fun With Your Quilting Business
When I wrote the meme post, Simply Successful Secrets for a home business, I mentioned having fun. Comments I’ve received let me know that others feel this is important, too. Whether you have a quilting, fabric art, or related business, you can have fun while you earn an income.
Often we get so caught up into the challenges of our quilting business, the busyness, the pressure of meeting deadlines, and the balancing act between business and family that we forget to have fun. We forget why we decided to develop our quilting/fabric art hobby or interest into a home business in the first place.
We forget to stop, if only for a half hour, to do something purely enjoyable that will refresh us. Take a day off to get away and come back with new enthusiasm. Visit a quilt show…take a workshop…teach a class.
I recall getting so caught up in deadlines, especially when a quilting project took longer than anticipated, a family crisis arose, or a customer wanted it finished earlier than agreed. The pressure mounted and I wondered, “Is this worth it?” So I had to learn to get through those times.
Find ways to have fun while working at your quilting/fabric arts business, enjoy what you’re doing and the people you’re working with. Also, make a list of what you consider the advantages or rewards of operating your quilting business, either parttime or full time, and keep them in front of you. You might make changes, too, that will cut down on the stress and eliminate some of the disadvantages.
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2 opinions for Having Fun With Your Quilting Business
D. from Weston MA
Apr 3, 2007 at 2:55 pm
That is a great post, it’s so important to just remember that this is supposed to be fun!
Mary Emma Allen
Apr 5, 2007 at 10:58 am
Thanks for visiting my blog and for leaving a comment. I agree, it’s important to have fun at what we’re doing. Sometimes we get so caught up in the “day-to-day” that fun flies out the window.
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