𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝘂𝗻 a 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 ⬇️⁣ ⁣

💭You can have all the ideas, the passion, and take action to start a business- 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲. ⁣ ⁣

📉𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝟯 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀.

My first business The Blushing Diary failed after less than two years. I started this business when I got laid off from flying and ventured into the beauty industry. To be completely honest with you, it was not easy starting up a new business in the middle of the pandemic. There were so many roadblocks that I experiences, but I do not regret it one bit. I learned so many valuable life lessons and skills under my tool belt. And before that there were many failures I went though. ⁣ ⁣

🌱There will be days where you win and there will be days that you will lose, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝘁. ⁣ ⁣

👩🏼‍💻𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲:⁣

▫️You end up wearing all the hats in the beginning (social media, marketing, sales, book keeping, IT..the list goes on)⁣

▫️ Working more than you thought you would ⁣

▫️ People may start to see you differently⁣

▫️ You may get taken advantaged of ⁣

▫️Most likely you will have to work more than one job while running your biz ⁣

▫️You need the time, dedication, the motivation and the right mindset ⁣ ⁣

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝟸 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘳 🤓⁣ ⁣

Does any of this surprise you? Thinking of starting a business? Let me know! ⁣ ⁣