trying to run a successful etsy shop (by my standards, which are practically unattainable anyway), work full time, spend time with friends and find time to read has become the central problem in my life.
what is a successful etsy shop, anyway? it's not as though i've sold thousands of units. but to me success is simply having happy customers, and so far, i've had the kindest and coolest customers one could ever hope to have, and i know that i make them happy, or do everything in my power to make them happy, anyway. running the shop is very all-consuming, and lately i've been haunted by thoughts of the GRE, grad school, my grand and former dreams that have fallen by the wayside...if only i were a cat. i'd have 9 lives, and i'd live every single one of them drastically differently. as it stands, and as far as i know, i only have this one life, so i have to prioritize instead.
you'd think it would be easy to sit down, pick the things you love to do most, and then just set about doing your life's work. simple, right? but my loves and interests are extremely varied, moreso than probably anyone i've ever met, and i just can't find a way to satisfactorily combine all of these things into one life. but the thought of cutting something out just kills me. that is essentially giving up a dream, and i don't do that without a fight. and i'm not in the business of dream trading and compromise. i want them all, i can do them all, and i'm going to figure this out. and if my life begins to burst at the seams, so be it. it will be ever so full.
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