In Other News

In an effort to keep blog posts somewhat coherent and cohesive, I'm breaking my randomness up into separate posts today. Plus it makes me look even more productive!

Last Wednesday night I had my first of three Community College Continuing Education classes that I signed up for in preparation for venturing into the wild world of Small Business ownership. This class was entitled, "Doing Business on the Internet." It was informative and thought provoking. Much of it was stuff I already knew on one level or another but much of it was either a different perspective that I hadn't considered before or totally new and eye-opening.

For one thing, I learned something that I had suspected would be true. Starting an online retail business is as expensive and time consuming as starting a brick and mortar store. The idea of starting small online and using capital raised in that manner to fund the b&m endeavor is ridiculously naive. So that means a change of plans is in order.

As my true dream and passion is to have a real "place" to call my own and to work toward, I'm going to put my big online plans on hold for now. I need to focus my time and energy on getting the real thing started and running first. There is just so much to do logistically for either venture that if I divided my attentions, I would most likely fail at both. I also have to honestly evaluate my strengths and weaknesses and I know that I'm much more likely to put more work and effort into something more tangible than a "virtual" job.

I do feel that there will continue to be some online presence in connection to My Eclectic Mess LLC; be it this blog, an etsy shop, or other retail set-up. Time will tell.