The locksmith job (and being a Scout leader) sure does eat up time, but it is time for me to start shifting my focus back to kiting. Part of this realization is due to the Don’t Keep Your Day Job podcast and community, led by Cathy Heller. I recommend that everyone start listening today. Whether you are happy in your day job or not, there are morsels from every episode that can help shift your perspective on the world for the better.
One of the challenges (and for me it is truly a challenge) from a podcast in April 2017, was to begin recording progress. I accept, but really I need to do it. I aught to post daily, but hope to a least make it weekly.
I have floundered with my miniature kites, being unhappy with the cards that I was trying to package them with. Yesterday however, I made a little progress with the minis, on two fronts. First, I realized that I may be able to use the cards after all, just by changing my approach a little, more on that after some testing (I hope to have some mail ready to go out to my beta testers soon). B, after a brief but enjoyable experience at a local kite shop, I plucked up the courage to show off a couple of pictures and ask if they might be interested in having them on their counter. If the test with the card works out, I’ll be dropping some samples by early next week, and adding them to the list for the beta test mailing.
I intend to get a little more aggressive with the minis, in the attempt that they might start generating a little income, but more importantly getting the work some attention and thereby justifying putting more energy into banners, Codys, and then the original Crossed Lines designs that I have bouncing around in my head and tucked away, “safe” in some notebooks.
So, there you are. Progress on 3 fronts: packaging, outlets, accountability.
TTFN