ENTRY FORTY: Planning
I felt very pregnant this week. My energy has been whacked and I didn’t get any new orders between my last check in and Wednesday’s order cut off. It made me feel a bit down but then I realised I actually had 7 orders already that needed to be done. I’ve said this many a time before but it’s just crazy how quickly we shift the goal post for things. Had you told me back in June 2023 that I would get 7 orders in one week I’d think you were nuts. I also shared my first youtube! I want to make this journey more appealing/visually interesting and I have wanted to do a youtube for a long long time. The video editing skills, or lack of as well as things not being ‘perfect’ was stopping me from posting. I’m not putting any pressure on myself to do anything regular with it as once baby is here I have no idea how I’ll feel. But I do have hopes to get it to a place where I am helping artists’ far and wide. To be honest I am starting to feel a bit nervous with how to ‘plan’ for Simple Prints with baby’s arrival when I have no idea what to expect. It was my focus for last week and I didn’t really know where to start. Maybe I ask chat gpt again like I did for my Q1 analysis. I’m all over the show with this check in but lastly I just wanted to say I’ve decided to change my what I earned and what I spent and instead start from this week by sharing an accumulating total of both… I’ll just do it and hopefully it makes sense. Have a great week!
What I Did:
Monday: Handwritten order, stories, instagram post
Tuesday: Picked up and packaged orders as well as making a reel and sharing it
Wednesday: Nothing
Thursday: Nothing really, it was ANZAC day
Friday: Customer orders, emailed off previews and instagram stories
Saturday: Nothing
Sunday: Sunday update post, giveaway post and customer images post
Finances:
Income - Custom Illustrations : $440.57
Expenses - 22 - 28 April, 2024 : $468.67
Total Profits starting 22 April 2024: -$28.10
Next weeks focus:
Maternity Leave Prep
Feeling a bit like I’m back to being reactive again so I hope the maternity leave prep sparks some forward thinking!
With love,
Sam
