{"id":1915,"date":"2010-04-01T08:25:40","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T13:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/photocardblog\/?p=1915"},"modified":"2010-04-01T08:25:40","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T13:25:40","slug":"meetup-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/meetup-april\/","title":{"rendered":"The Meetup – April 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMarch was weird.
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\nI’m usually methodical when it comes to my monthly goals and feel satisfied at month’s end. But this past month, I was all over the place and very scattered, leaving me to feel unsatisfied. Not that I didn’t accomplish some of my goals, but the BIG ones that I thought were so close to completion fell short.
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\n\"march-rev\"My marketing plan is at a standstill. I need to finish the website portion of the plan and have run into a couple technical snags that have to rely on other (mighty slow) individuals. This is the big reason why I like to do most of the website coding myself, but some things are just beyond my brain.
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\nI’m working on the classes, but they have been deprioritized. Luckily, they are all available to me whenever I have time to commit to them.
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\nOh, Renegade, you have disappointed me. I applied and was rejected. Many of my friends have told me that paper people don’t do well at craft fairs and they are not worth the time, effort and money. So nice of them and I’m choosing to believe them. But I can do without the rejection.
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\nI’ll go into my Wholesale plan below in April goals, but I did reopen my Etsy shop. Sold something the first day and it’s been quiet ever since. I have a goal on my business plan to start designing Etsy Shop graphic packages, but I’m still feeling conflicted about whether I want to fit into the Etsy community. Not that I don’t admire the concept, love most of the sellers, buy and window shop there… I just don’t know if the seller aesthetic is for me.
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\nCleaning the office has become organizing the office and I try to spend a little time each day on it. I’m organizing\/designing my studio space, so it’s a process that will take some time. And I have adopted the in bed by 10, up by 5 routine, for most of my M-F days. It works well for me work-wise and health-wise, so I’m sticking to it.
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\nOne shining goal has been the new series on the Dog Blog<\/a>. Scout features dogs that volunteer to answer our questions and share photos of themselves. You can check out the series here<\/a>. It’s been so much fun that we’ll keep doing it for a long while.
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\n\"april\"Here comes April! This post is already too long, so I’ll spare you details.
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\nI honed my Wholesale plan with research and a secret weapon (you know who you are and thank you again!) I think it will be attainable by month’s end.
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\nThe Specialty Shops tie into the marketing plan, but that’s one of my technical hold-ups. Hope it’s fixed soon, so I can move on!
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\nI really need to read blogs daily, but I’m having a hard time making that happen. When I rise early, I’m blogging for myself (it’s the only time that it’s guaranteed to be quiet and interruption-free.) I used to read blogs in bed, but with the laptop not allowed in the bedroom, it’s not possible. Any suggestions on making time for this?
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\nIf you made it to the end of this goal-rambling post, thank you. I hope all you Meetup gals had a less-weird March and that we can look forward to a productive April.
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\nAny month you’d like to join the group, visit Liz at Athena Dreams here<\/a> for all the info.<\/p>\n

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