Balancing an amiable leaf
Feb. 9th, 2013 09:48 amWell, it's been over 3 years now since I started my little Etsy vintage shop, The Amiable Leaf - it had a slow start, but seems to have found an ambling pace that I can manage well enough and I enjoy it. Lately, though, I've been looking at the backlog of stuff waiting for me to get it written up, measured, photographed, listed, etc. and realizing that this is most of what I do when I have computer time anymore - Etsy or the church newletter or library work or some other 'serious' project. Not writing, or playing around with icons or reading fanfic or even recording for Librivox. Somewhere along the way, the balance of hours involved in my side business has gradually taken over much of my 'play time'.
Not that it's bad, per se, it's always interesting to me and goodness knows the dribs and drabs of money are useful, we're still supporting 1 kid in college and 2 in private high schools, after all - but I think I'm in need of pushing back a bit.
Ah, the age-old balancing act of work and pleasure, it never goes away does it? Don't want to wait too long and go falling off the tightrope. How's your balancing act going? Are you keeping the Big W word balanced with sanity-protecting fun stuff?
Not that it's bad, per se, it's always interesting to me and goodness knows the dribs and drabs of money are useful, we're still supporting 1 kid in college and 2 in private high schools, after all - but I think I'm in need of pushing back a bit.
Ah, the age-old balancing act of work and pleasure, it never goes away does it? Don't want to wait too long and go falling off the tightrope. How's your balancing act going? Are you keeping the Big W word balanced with sanity-protecting fun stuff?