Almost there!!!

Ok so I haven't quit my day job all together yet, but after months of budgeting and asking my boss, I have finally been allowed to start working the day job PART TIME!!! I only work Tuesday-Thursday now & am so stoked!!!

Thanks to you guys I'm reminded and encouraged that it CAN be done! I'm not totally there but hopefully with all this much needed extra time I can boost my sales and ride this business owner train adventure into full time bliss!!
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WOW that amazing!!! congratulations!!
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shoptwoblooms
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Congrats to you. I've only been on Etsy less then 6 months but have been selling for 10 years and hope to really boost my sales on here this year.
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Congrats, Tiffany!
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Well done Tiffany!
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Congrats Tiffany!
I know you wanted this for quite some time now!
Best of luck to you & much success with your business! :)
xx
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When I first joined etsy over 3yrs ago I was totally enamored with the sellers who spent most of their time designing for their etsy stores, especially those that QTDJs already, and I have to admit it was kinda intimidating too. After I brushed off the "what-if worries", setup solid daily/weekly/monthly goals and started meeting them little by little, it became way easier and a lot less overwhelming.

My best advice is to keep your plan simple, your steps small, your time managed and your head held high - if you do it little by little you will always be accomplishing something, and won't get too discouraged AND you will get where you want to go in no time - then you'll look back in amazement over how much you accomplished.

Good luck with your newly acquired time :-)
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Thanks guys. I love all the positivity & good support here because it IS easy to get focuses on the numbers and such & get discouraged.

Lauren G.- I sure have! Sales aren't where I need them to be yet to quit but I'm working on it... one step at a time

Lauren @ comicpeaces - thank you for the encouragement and super smart advice. It can be very intimidating and at first I was really feeling the pressure of losing half of my pay check. That's starting to ease up now that I've been at it a couple weeks. It has however been a little disheartening that magically because I've been off more that views & sales haven't jumped up but I know that's going to take a little more time than just a few weeks. Small steps & a head held high really is the key. The big picture and goals have to be broken down or my head will explode :)
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I work 10 hr days Mon- Thurs and have Fridays off- but I just got the okay from my boss to start taking off on some Thursdays if we are not too busy. I'm so excited. That will give me an extra day for Etsy. YAY!
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That's great Tiffany!

And great advice, Lauren. I have been finding many ways to stay positive (I have even designed signs of encouragement and hung them in my studio & bedroom. It helps!) And I try to keep my goals rather small, therefore it is more realistic to achieve them and each goal achieved, no matter how small, feels so great.

Every extra hour I have to create and tend to the business, the happier I am. I can definitely share the excitement about cutting down on the day job hours. I'm only at 3 days a week now and I hope to go down to 2 soon. And then 0! (Some day...hopefully soon!)
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Awesome! :) Good luck OP!
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Congrats!

My etsy job is close to part time job now, where I can see some consistant money coming through but not quite there yet. I must keep pushing myself!
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Congrats!!
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Inspiration boards, dream boards, vision boards ... call 'em what you will, they are totally worth their weight in salt!!

Dream big, act small.
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Congrats!
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Congratulation Tiffany!
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