So, I have been wanting to write this post for a while. Over the last few months I have not posted or promoted or done anything very much with Approved Crafting. I have had to let a couple lovely customers down which I absolutely despise and had to put off work.
The reason?
LIFE! Or more precisely the Anxiety of life.
I'd like to open up a bit...... (T.M.I. ALLERT!)
I am a hard working, creative, kind and reliable person. However, I am also shy, introverted, lack confidence in areas and struggle with feeling like an imposter. I have had anxiety and panic attacks since I was 18. I have had counselling, been part of studies and been on and off medication since then, all with varying success. At my best I have been just.... well... normal. At my worst I can't leave the house. But most of the time I am somewhere in between. I have had to accept that anxiety and the ups and downs it brings is just a part of my life and always will be.
Starting my own business has been so much harder, funner, more frustrating and exciting than I could have imagined. There have been successes and times I have just wanted to throw in the towel, especially over the last few months. Life at home has been bumpy recently. A new house, new jobs and projects, many disappointments along with the addition of a puppy have turned my days upside down. That, along with everyday parenting and home life, left me feeling overwhelmed, exhausted and in a permanent state of panic for a long time. It can be so easy to live in the sorrows of the past and in pessimism of the future, allowing it all dim the shine of today. My shine was definitely dimmed. But no more.......
Over the last month or so I have made the real effort to change and improve the things in my life that I can, accepting that the things I cannot change for what they are. That very much includes a re launch of Approved Crafting. I have new lines, new exciting projects and most importantly a new zest for the business.
Thank you to everyone who has supported my business over the last 18 months. Thank you to my friends and family who have been a shoulder to cry on and my own personal cheerleaders. I am refusing to let myself stop myself from being successful. Hey, if people like Boris and Trump can run countries I am pretty sure I can do anything I set my mind to.
Thank you for reading
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The reason?
LIFE! Or more precisely the Anxiety of life.
I'd like to open up a bit...... (T.M.I. ALLERT!)
I am a hard working, creative, kind and reliable person. However, I am also shy, introverted, lack confidence in areas and struggle with feeling like an imposter. I have had anxiety and panic attacks since I was 18. I have had counselling, been part of studies and been on and off medication since then, all with varying success. At my best I have been just.... well... normal. At my worst I can't leave the house. But most of the time I am somewhere in between. I have had to accept that anxiety and the ups and downs it brings is just a part of my life and always will be.
Starting my own business has been so much harder, funner, more frustrating and exciting than I could have imagined. There have been successes and times I have just wanted to throw in the towel, especially over the last few months. Life at home has been bumpy recently. A new house, new jobs and projects, many disappointments along with the addition of a puppy have turned my days upside down. That, along with everyday parenting and home life, left me feeling overwhelmed, exhausted and in a permanent state of panic for a long time. It can be so easy to live in the sorrows of the past and in pessimism of the future, allowing it all dim the shine of today. My shine was definitely dimmed. But no more.......
Over the last month or so I have made the real effort to change and improve the things in my life that I can, accepting that the things I cannot change for what they are. That very much includes a re launch of Approved Crafting. I have new lines, new exciting projects and most importantly a new zest for the business.
Thank you to everyone who has supported my business over the last 18 months. Thank you to my friends and family who have been a shoulder to cry on and my own personal cheerleaders. I am refusing to let myself stop myself from being successful. Hey, if people like Boris and Trump can run countries I am pretty sure I can do anything I set my mind to.
Thank you for reading
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