“For the busy Biz Lady, the holiday season is a time of joy (Peppermint mochas! Decorations! Candle light!) and stress (Holiday orders! The post office!). Sanity can be hard to hold on to between filling orders, fulfilling family obligations and standing in the dreaded post office line.

But sanity and profit are possible. It starts with knowing yourself, your business and what you want from the season and then setting expectations (and plans) for yourself and your community.”

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3 Comments on How to survive the holidays as a Biz Lady

  1. Linda Scoggins
    December 28, 2012 at 9:59 am (12 years ago)

    My first time reading your blog. Very inspiring.I read about you in The Handmade Marketplace. I too am a Tennessean. I live in Cleveland. I will be reading your blog regularly. Thanks for the inspiration. 

  2. Tara Swiger
    December 28, 2012 at 2:36 pm (12 years ago)

    Thanks, Linda!
    I went to college in Cleveland and half of my husband’s family lives there, so we visit every year!
    Tara