While I was...

I used to think that life is like a roller coaster, one minute I'm up, next minute I'm down or upside down. It's either good or bad circumstances. I would get stressed out and agitated when I'm down and would be so anxious to go back up again. Then I came across this beautiful quote by Rick Warren;

“Life is actually more like two rails of a railroad track, with one rail representing the bad things that happen in your life, and other rail representing the good things. We always have both at the same time- never just one or the other. Life is never all good or all bad. Both come at you simultaneously. No matter how good things are, there’s always something you need to be working on, and no matter how bad things are, there is always something good you can thank God for."

While I was driving in a bumper to bumper traffic, I had a great time talking with my Mom (in person, not on mobile). While I was waiting in a doctor's office with a long queue of patients I got lost visually at what I saw right in front of me...

Hello Etsy!

After long hours of taking and retaking photos of handmade journals, writing description for each item, searching for the right platform for online shopping, and figuring out the shipping cost I finally have an online shop! 

After a long period of being overwhelm because the hundred and three things I had to do were from my online-shop-to-do-lists,  now I'm overjoy because the next one hundred two things I have to do are from my getting-the-word-out-to-do-list. Say hello to Outodbox, my online shop in Etsy; a playground filled with sea of colors, aweso-mazing inspirations, one of a kind stuff, stories from the heart and people of handmade nation. Come & play!

Plan What I Do, Do What I Plan

I wish I could just creating, designing, coloring, cutting, gluing, stitching, drawing all day. Time just flies when I make handmade journals. I wish I didn't have to deal with the inartistic sides of being an artpreneur. I wish I had the patience & the persistence to deal with marketing strategy, spreadsheets, planning & projected income and such. I'm about to open an online store for my handmade journals. I'm excited to do what I love but I'm also overwhelm with all the things that need to be done.

The other day I was browsing through Periplus, my favorite bookstore, I came across Right-Brain Business Plan by Jenifer Lee. The title really intrigued me.  Other how-to business books really got on my nerves: terms I can't remember & description as dry as an old encyclopedia. Not this one! This one has lots of color, drawings, pictures, friendly terms & descriptions to help me plan & address business bits in a creative, easy & fun ways. Check out my business plan!