Is Your Home-Based Business Ruining Your Relationship?
Jul 27, 2008 Handmade Jewelry, Uncategorized, fashion jewelry, handcrafted jewelry, handmade bracelets, handmade earrings, home-based business, online marketing, small business, unique jewelry, wholesale fashion jewelry, wholesale jewelry
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All too often lately I am hearing of relationships failing because of the stress of having a home-based business. When you are running a business together from home you are together 24/7 and there are bound to be times when you just get on each others nerves. Add the stress of the business and wait for the explosion, it’s a time bomb waiting to happen. I start to envy people who go out to work in the morning and come home in the evening to relax and enjoy the few hours they have together. Can you remember the last time you just relaxed?
The problem is there isn’t any break from the business, work or each other. Every conversation seems to revolve around the business and usually all the things you didn’t get done instead of all the ones that did. Many people feel overwhelmed by the stress that a home-based business puts on a relationship. Many just give up and slam the door behind them. But if you’re not the type to give up quite so easily there are many little ways to improve your relationship while still running a successful business. Give some (or all) of these ideas a try:
1. Take time for yourself. An hour a day to be alone and think things through (without being told what to think!); take a walk, read a book, exercise (always the last on my list), whatever makes you feel relaxed. It will refresh your mind and soul giving you energy to climb the next mountain.
2. Take time for both of you. Dinner, a movie, dancing; preferably somewhere loud so you can’t talk about business! Get to know each other again, make a weekly date!
3. Make time for friends and family. There is nothing like seeing other people being mean to each other to make you realize how good you have it. Maybe this one is just me, but I have a big family who fights alot! I always come away from a visit thinking I am the luckiest person in the whole world!
4. Having a positive outlook makes the day go better.
5. Give credit when credit is due, not blame.
6. Never leave in the middle of a fight. Agree to disagree if all else fails.
7. Don’t dwell on the past and things you can’t change.
8. When you have a problem find a solution not fault.
9. Procrastination is our enemy, whatever the task just get it done.
10. Amazing how a hug and a kiss can make the day go better.
After 20 years of running a handmade jewelry business together our relationship is stronger than ever. We still argue and disagree often but we know we wouldn’t have it any other way. It took a while to realize that we couldn’t have done it without the other. Together we have had great success and the future looks even better. We wish you all great success in your home-based business — together.
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Handmade Jewelry Business: You Can Live Your Dream
Jul 3, 2008 Handmade Jewelry, Uncategorized, fashion jewelry, handcrafted jewelry, handmade bracelets, handmade earrings, home-based business, small business, unique jewelry, wholesale fashion jewelry, wholesale jewelry
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Sometimes life throws you some punches. What makes you different is how you react to those times. As we get older our hopes, goals and dreams can change. The perfect life ten years ago may no longer apply to your present situation. Fortunately, you can change everything if you have the courage!
Ten years ago nothing was more important than building our wholesale handmade jewelry business, a legacy for our children. We spent night and day working, blinders on, seemingly unaware of the world around us. We focused on our goal so completely that there was no time for friends or family. We were on our own just trying to get everything done on schedule. All in all we were quite successful but something was missing.
One day we woke up and the enthusiasm was gone, we were tired of the stress of our dream. So we decided that the dream needed revising. After much conversation, not to mention a little too much wine, we came up with a new plan. We were going to change everything; we were going to begin living the life we always wanted.
We packed up the house and the kids and we moved far, far away. At times it seems like a fairy tale! We live by the sea; we go for long walks and spend entire days at the beach. We take drives along the coast and the views take our breath away, it is a truly enchanted life; a dream come true!
We still work on the handmade jewelry business but we are a lot more relaxed about it. Now we are focused on our website and new designs for our handmade jewelry and unique gifts instead of the day to day running of the business. The wholesale jewelry business is now working for us instead of us being the slave of the business. We feel like we’re the ones calling the shots now. The world is our oyster and we are hungry!
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