I’m embarrassingly late to the game on this one. In the last few weeks, I’ve truly started to learn the value of ‘YouTube University’. What do I mean when I say YouTube University? I mean the fact that you can learn almost anything…on YouTube. Using Downtime to Upskill I’ve written a lot about this journey …
As I wait for fabric to be sourced to produce new samples, I’ve found myself building out cost models – again. It made me realise how honest you have to be with yourself to build these models. Models that account for all of your costs pre-sale. It’s SO easy to not account for everything. When …
I took a week off writing last week. I was busy setting up a few things and didn’t really have an update so I skipped a week. In my last post I spoke about developing psychological resilience. The context of the post was starting a business in general, but more specifically for me right now, …
I’m realising that I need to strengthen my mental rebound game. I think psychological resilience is vital for someone trying to build something from nothing, you have to have a really strong mind. Perhaps they weren’t ‘The One’ I’ve written about the Tsunami of Doubt that washes over me from time to time. It’s really …
I tried for a snappy title, I really did. Regulation isn’t the sexiest of topics, but my, it’s important. It’s important to me anyway. And it’s really challenging to get your head around. I need to start this post by saying I’m no expert. I definitely haven’t got it all worked out yet. However, after …
Let me just lay it out simply at the start – bootstrap mentality can be absolutely exhausting. “This would be sooo much easier if I were FILTHY rich.” This phrase has run through my mind on more than one occasion – I’m not going to lie. A few weeks ago, I wrote about the challenge …
I could write a whole series about doing ‘x’ consistently is hard – especially when it comes to this business. Writing is definitely one of the top 3. I write because I want to document this process and honestly so I can look back one day and remember how I felt as I was starting. …
I saw a friend of mine yesterday and she asked me, ‘How’s the business going?’, Surprisingly, this emotion wasn’t what I felt first. I went on to explain to her my current ‘dilemma.’ It made me realise this is what I should write about this week. I’ve named this dilemma, ‘ The Inventory Trap.’ When …
It’s been two weeks since I’ve written. I’m still going through a phase where I’m struggling to find balance and spend my time in an optimal way – the quest for boundaries continues. However it’s fine, I’m here, I’m well and many positive things have happened. One of which is that I’ve found a Coach. …
As I sat down to write this, I thought, is this going to be a really dry post? However, I cant’ let that stop me. I’m trying my best to be honest about what I’ve been up to, even if it doesn’t seem like the most exciting thing from the outside. I hope at least …