Since going into business for myself, I have had a few thoughts reinforced. One is that I operate in a very odd way, on a whole-life type scale. It works in some respects, but not so well in others. The things that I need tend to come to me when I need them most. So I've developed this nasty habit of sitting back and waiting for them to happen. Just because it seems I can rely on serendipity does not automatically mean I should though. I've got to start making things happen. And I had to ask for help with that yesterday. Apparently I'm not so good at that either.

The show in Winnipeg is coming up quicker than I expect. I'm going to have to decide what I'm taking, how much to charge for it, all that kind of thing. It's going to be tricky since it's my first show. I want to take a lot since there's a lot of things I can do, but at the same time I don't really want to generate a bunch of inventory and have it sit unsold. But at the same time I don't want to take just a few things and sell out with people still looking for gear. It's going to be a tricky balancing act.

The website is coming together. The framework is done, now the content needs to be added. Going to have to work on that over the next few days. It's imperative that the site get up and running ASAP. It's my advertising, at least the main part of it. I'm going to get business cards and flyers printed up too, but their purpose is really to drive traffic to the website. We'll see how that goes over the next few months.

I still catch myself thinking this will be easy. It's not. But it's worth it.