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I love this, @sarah-walworth!!!

what's going well
I relaxed more during this pesach than other years. Adorable foster kittens definitely helped. I'm mostly caught up on sleep which is wonderful!

What's going well is that I haven't really worried about all the things that seem to happen all at once on a Mon-Tue-Wednesday. I know that I only need to continue to trust my systems…[Read more]

What's going well?
There are only five more things To Do before I launch my sock collection. Which doesn't sound like much, but some of those To Does involve things I've never done before, like still life photography.

Whatcha' workin' on?
Launching the sock collection.

How can we help?
I'm fine thank you.

I've finally finished my quarterly review and map making. Goals for this quarter:

Launch new sock collection! (This was supposed to happen last quarter, but two patterns turned into a three pattern collection.)
Complete the first draft of Louleigh’s Book of British Sheep.
Relaunch by Busy Aunty Henley Pattern.
Make £350 worth of stock for the sh…[Read more]

I have finally finished my quarterly review and map making for the quarter. My goals look like this:

– Launch sock pattern collection. This is carried over from last quarter because two patterns turned in to three and a collection.
– £350 worth of stock added to the shop each month. I've decided to limit this so I can focus on other projects.
-…[Read more]

I have finally finished my quarterly review and map making for the quarter. My goals look like this:

– Launch sock pattern collection. This is carried over from last quarter because two patterns turned in to three and a collection.
– £350 worth of stock added to the shop each month. I've decided to limit this so I can focus on other projects.
-…[Read more]

I have finally finished my quarterly review and map making for the quarter. My goals look like this:

– Launch sock pattern collection. This is carried over from last quarter because two patterns turned in to three and a collection.
– £350 worth of stock added to the shop each month. I've decided to limit this so I can focus on other projects.
-…[Read more]

@jill-wolcott Erm – I thought the maps were just a bunch of lists. Well, they are for me.

I'm at a place now where I post pretty much the same thing on both my FB profile & my page. So…..BUT I have made a list of less than 2 dozen family/friends that I want to make sure I don't miss their stuff. Then I can just go into that list to see what they've posted. I rarely scroll through my main newsfeed.

@riin-gill, it is awesome to watch you transfer from one business to the next! I'm glad finances are finally working out for you. And I hope you'll have lots of fun with your jewelery.

Thanks for the comments/suggestions!

@c-c-almon: Yeah, it's that weirdness that I want to avoid, which is why I haven't been accepting the requests. Do you feel that it makes you think more about what you're posting on your personal page?

@dawn-craig: I think this (not accepting the request and just not saying anything) is what I'm going to do…[Read more]

@jill-wolcott That is comforting. Obviously you can get things done!

@sarah-walworth, if it makes you feel any better, I just cannot use maps. I can do the lists, get stuff done, but the map just confuses the heck out of me. I don't know how long I've been here, and I always think I can do it, but I can't.

Ah, I have a different solution. I have no personal life on FB! I have both a personal and business page. I post only business stuff on both places. Every once in a while I want to make a rant that I feel might be too much for a business post and I make sure it just goes to my personal page. Otherwise, I'm pretty much who I am, and I moderate…[Read more]

@riin-gill you are my hero! You did a really hard thing (it might not seem so now, but it was) and it is working out!

Awesome news, @riin-gill! It must feel so good to be able to pay off big chunks on the cards and to have almost all the yarn sold! Congrats!

I paid off another credit card! That leaves me with two remaining. One has a smallish balance and a current 0% APR, but that will go up eventually. I just made a $500 payment toward that one. The other one has a much larger balance and a 7% APR. I've had a monthly $300 payment scheduled for that one. I just changed that to $500/month and made a…[Read more]

@jess-cook and @tanja-osswald — Thanks for the replies, it all so helpful. It is fascinating to me that you captains use the map-making process in different ways. But I am still confused as to how *I* can best use the map-making process.

I think I have figured out my problem with my map-making, and it is all me with my quirky personality to the…[Read more]

Yay, @karen-robinson I'm so happy to hear that!! It feels so amazing to be able to fund something with your business profits!!

Hi @sarah-walworth! Yes, you can totally have more than one goal on your map. I have two big goals on mine – a financial one and a production one. They're kind of related, and the thing about the financial goal is that it doesn't really have “to dos” but it just sits there as a reminder to myself not to spend money on frivolous things because I…[Read more]