Author: chrissy

Kindle Book Update

I’m still working on the first draft of my garage sale book.

I thought of more chapter ideas so that is what I will be working on this week.

I’m about half done.

My mom had a garage sale on Friday that I helped with so that sparked ideas and I made $20!

I’m still working on my business. I met with Tara, my realtor/mentor a week ago Friday to talk about my business flyer. I think from now on I’m just going to call her my mentor. She looked at my flyer and gave me some great ideas how to improve it. We talked for about 45 minutes. She’s awesome and gives great advice.

I don’t have any appointments this week so that gives me time to write.

Yay!!!

Weekly Goal: A Kindle Book

A couple of weeks ago I was looking on Amazon for books. Yeah, I know. I need more books like a hole in the head.

Anyway, I was looking at affirmation books about winning slot machines. As I was reading the description of each book, I was surprised that some of these books only were 10 or 20 pages long.

I was thinking I can write a book that is 10 or 20 pages long, but about what?

I’ve been researching websites of professional organizers and some of them have kindle books and booklets for sale.

I do have the first draft of a decluttering book finished, but it’s not close to being ready for publication.

What can I write that I can make money on in the future?

The light bulb went on last Saturday morning when I was laying in bed.

Garage Sales.

I’ve been thinking about putting a business page on my Facebook account and I was thinking having a class or something about how to do a garage sale, but I didn’t think that would make a lot of money.

What about writing a Kindle book on how to set up and run a garage sale?

Is there a market for this? I don’t know. Who doesn’t know how to do a garage sale? Doesn’t everyone have one?

There are books on it on Amazon so there is a market for it.

This is what I am going to work on this week. I’ll still work on LYLO a little, but I would love to write the first draft of this book.

My goal for the week is to write the first draft of my garage sale book.

I have 13 chapter ideas that I want to work on. I’ve written six chapters already.

I know garage sales. My family has had two of them each year for the past ten years. I am good at it. I love having them.

So why not write a book about it?

My long term goal is to have mulitple sources of income. If this can be one of them great, if not that is ok.

It’s about time I look for ways to share my knowledge with people and make some money at it.

I’ll let you know how my week goes.

Fun Friday: Isn’t It Fun To…

Learn things about yourself.

Push yourself out of your comfort zone.

Start off in a new direction.

Let go of the old you so the new you can grow.

Get to know a different part of yourself.

See yourself in a new way.

See how strong and capable you are.

To love yourself as you are.

Doing things to get LYLO going as a business has been fun.

Scary as hell, but fun.

I’ve learned quite a bit about myself.

I am strong. Capable. Smart. Beautiful. Talented.

And it’s ok to toot my own horn and cheer myself on.

I’m so glad I started on this journey.

Thanks for joining me.

.

Here’s My Flyer

My flyer is complete!

I am happy with the way it turned out! I like what it says and my logo.

I’m just not sure about the font. Is it too fancy? I know it doesn’t match my logo on the bottom of the page.

I’m not sure.

I was going to play around with the font after work tonight and try different fonts.

Here it is:

I know it has a couple of typos. I’ll change them later

So what are your thoughts?

Doubting Myself

I am in my favorite writing spot working on my flyer.

It’s a gloomy day. It’s snowing and the skies are gray.

Just like my mood.

As I write my thoughts on paper, doubts come in.

You’re not smart enough to have your own business.

No one else in your family has their own business so why do you think you can?

Maybe I should give up before I start. Will this really go any where?

Will Tara, my real estate agent, laugh at my flyer?

Will it be good enough or will she tell me to work on it some more?

Some days, like today, it’s hard not to crawl back under the covers and let doubt rule.

I’ve let these doubts rule most my life.

Until now.

Do I know what the future holds?

No.

Do I know if my business will make it?

No.

What I have learned in the last couple of weeks is that have to push doubt aside and get out of bed and get moving.

I edited my flyer today.

Am I 100% happy with it?

No.

But I am closer to my goal.

Am I scared to show this part of me to the world?

Yes, I am, but it will be ok.

When I get home tonight I will retype it and see what I have. I can play with fonts and colors. I can edit it again.

In time I will come up with something I’m happy with.

Until then I will keep moving forward.

I made progress today. I got out of bed and put words on the page.

My doubts didn’t win.

I am happy with this

Battle

I love dragons and I usually bring one home from Vegas every trip.

The dragon picture below is the one I brought home yesterday.

This dragon spoke to me because she looks like she just returned from battle.

She kind of reminds me of me.

I had to let of limitations and old beliefs as I figure out my new business. I feel this is what the coffin represents. Somewhere to put the old me that has died.

I love how she is laying on the top of the coffin resting. She still has her battle gear on so maybe she has more battles ahead.

I get that. As I let go of the past I, too, rest. Letting go is kind of like battle except its with myself

I love the crystal ball. Maybe she’s looking into it wondering what the future holds.

I, too, wonder what the future holds. I see good things. A profitable side hustle. Fun, honest and easy to work with customers.

A bright future.

The top of the coffin lifts off.

I’m not sure what I am going to put in it.

I’ll have to think about that for awhile.

I love the design on the bottom of the coffin. It’s so cool.

I named her Battle. Maybe she will tell what she wants inside. Until then it’s going to stay empty.

For now I’m going keep letting go, fighting for what is mine, being grateful for what I have and keep moving forward

Fun Friday: Rich Little Piggies

My husband and I got home from Vegas early this morning.

3:23 am to be exact.

I love Vegas. I love the atmosphere. The energy. The vibe. The heartbeat.

For me going to Vegas is fun!

This time we took my brother in law, David. He is fun. He has this loud,) giant laugh that makes me laugh. He is funny. Goofy.

My husband, David and I had so much fun playing the slot machine in the photo below.

The pigs start out small. As you spin you get coins that go into the pig and the pigs get bigger and bigger and at a certain point the pigs pop.

I think (hope) I broke even on these machines. It was the machine we played at a couple of casinos along the strip.

It was my favorite.

The pigs are so cute. They dance on the screen and if you touch the screen they oink.

We spent hours and many dollars on these machines.

When I play the slots I look for machines that stimulate my mind and that are fun. When I gamble I just don’t want to dump my money in a machine. I want to play. To think. To laugh.

We walked through casinos laughing and looking for fat pigs to pop.

I enjoyed my vacation.

It was fun!

Fun Friday: Designing My Business Flyer

While I was sitting at the car dealer yesterday getting my oil changed I was working on my business flyer I wrote a couple of months ago.

Boring!

As I was researching business flyers (thank God for Google!) I realized how blah it was.

It needs to be better.

A lot better.

It needs to show more of who I am and what my talents are.

As I looked through other business flyers I started asking myself questions.

Why am I keeping myself small when I can be BIG?

Why can’t I draw or paint out my flyer on paper and let my ideas fly before putting it in the flyer?

Why am I not putting who I really am into what I am creating?

Why am I limiting myself?

These are the answers I’m getting in my head.

We aren’t those kind if people. We work in factories.

Who do you think you are?

You’re not a business person.

You’re not suppose to let your light shine. You’re suppose to be quiet in the corner.

Blah. Blah. Blah.

Screw those statements from my past. I’m not that person anymore

I am a business woman and I will be successful.

I am going to have fun inventing myself as I invent my business. (Love this statement)

I’m going to have fun creating my business flyer as I crush my old beliefs.

What are you having fun creating today?

I will post my flyer as soon as I finish it.

Have a fun day!

Fun Friday: The To Do List For LYLO

I’m so excited.

The to do list for LYLO is long, but it’s going to be fun.

Don’t let me fool you there’s other emotions going on here.

Fear.

Excitement.

Doubt.

I’m feeling all of the emotions and letting them go.

Enough procrastinating.

Here’s the list of things to do:

Figure out logo and font of logo. This is going to be fun. I love going through the different font styles. I love how some are bold, some are curvy and fancy and some are just blah.

Figure out business cards.

Get a post office box.

Finish the details on my insurance. I have an appointment on April 15 (Good Friday) to pay for the insurance. This one is almost complete.

Put an ad on Craigslist.

Get the flyer ready and give to Tara. My real estate agent, Tara, is going to hand out business flyers for me. Isn’t that sweet? Maybe I will get my first customer through her.

Get a Tax ID no.

Figure out of a filing system for my business papers.

Figure out a system that lists all of my expenses and that stuff.

Figure out what I supplies (label maker, tape, etc.) I need

Get my client questionnaire finished. I want to have my clients fill out a questionnaire so I know their needs and can figure out action plan.

Figure out what I need for my first consult.

Find my first client.

Wow! That’s quite the list.

Today I’m working on the getting a post office box. I’ve already been to two post offices in different city/town and going to a 3rd today. Each post office has different prices for their boxes. I want to check out all three before I chose. $100 for the year. Not bad.

Anything I missed? Any suggestions?

Feel free to comment. I value your input.

Thanks!