Happy Sunny-day, friends! It's my last day of vacation before I dive back into monster making full time. We've spent the day tidying up the house so we can ease back into our schedules and start on new goals and dreams for 2015 with a clean slate.
Have you decided on any goals to work towards next year? I like to pick two big goals, one for my personal life and one for my business, to work towards each year.
This year my/our personal goal is to have our basement finished. It will be used as a computer/gaming space for Trace, TV & toy space for G & in the back - a HUGE studio space for me, more than double what I'm currently using! Our awesome mother-in-law is going to draft the blueprints and we are going to contact a contractor after tax time to get some quotes. I'm so excited! Don't laugh, but here is the rough blueprints I made in Photoshop in my excitement, haha!
The solid black lines are windows, and the outline in the top right is the entrance to the basement. We carved out an oversized room surrounding the water heater & furnace so in the future we could put in a half bathroom if we wanted to, since all the plumbing is right along that wall. I picked the back corner of because it gets the most light during the day, plus it's nice & tucked away! We have already been to IKEA to pick out storage cabinets to line the wall of the storeroom to hold my fabric & I have so many ideas for this space, I can't wait for renovations to start (and be done)!
My business goal for the year to reach 850 sales in my shop. I would also like to make 450 monsters total in 2015 - this year I made over 350 so I feel like this is an attainable goal. That is the equivalent of about 9 monsters a week so I feel like it's something I can definitely do if I eliminate distractions in my studio *cough Instagram cough* and really focus on sewing & meeting the small goals I set for myself each week. And to help with that,,,,
I have an accountibuddy! I have worked with some friends to set up an accountability partner program & I was paired up with the sweet Katie from Ribbons & Robots, a fellow toy maker. We have a lot in common so I am very excited to work with her on this - I think having a weekly chat with a friend to discuss goals, plans & progress will be super inspiring & motivating! We have already emailed a few times & it has me so excited for the new year!
What are your goals/dreams/plans for 2015? Let's chat in the comments!
I had almost $1700 in sales in 2014. I would like to break $2000 in 2015.
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I have eight crochet designs loosely sketched. I want to bring those eight items to fruition and publish the patterns on my blog.
Wonderful goals! :) Setting hard monetary & production goals makes it so easy to break down the actions needed into easier, smaller bites to chew on over the weeks/months! I have a post coming next week with more info on how to turn goals into functional to-do lists! :)
DeleteMy overall goals for the new year are publishing my book, improving my health, finding a drafting job, getting outside with my son more, and growing my store. Plans for my store easily take up most of my goal list. I plan to double my sales from this year, release my field journal state editions, launch my Save the Earth line, make my biz more environmentally friendly, and increase brand awareness. I'm really looking forward to 2015 and I think I am ready to accomplish my goals.
ReplyDeleteAshley, I am so excited for you! I think 2015 is going to be your year! I saw you grow so much in 2014 and with your plans for the new year, I can't even imagine how wonderful it will be for you! I am most excited about the state editions of your field journals!
DeletePersonally, I want to get better at my Pagan/Witchcraft studies and learn to love myself more. Business goals, I want to really start making items and making sales. I just started my business earlier this year and need to get better at time management.
ReplyDeleteLearning to love yourself is such a wonderful goal! Good luck with your business goals! :) I still struggle with time management, eek. It's a constant battle!
DeleteI'm so ready and excited for a new year! 2014 wasn't terrible but really it wasn't that great either. My personal goal for 2015 is to get back to my yoga practice. I've really missed it, and it helps so much with my back pain and clearing my head and keeping focused. My business goal is just to get my new shop set up and expand my old one, continuing to build my brand. I want to do a craft show this year! I've never done one because I get nervous and talk myself out of it. Which is silly because when people see my jewelry in person they almost always buy it! Time to just take the leap and see what happens :-)
ReplyDeleteI need to get back into yoga again too! It's so weird, the things we need in life are often the things we don't make enough time for, right? What will your new shop have in it? You will love doing shows, so they are so fun and addictive!
DeleteYes, it's true we often neglect the very things we need most. First yoga session yesterday drove home just how much I've been in need of it. I'm so stiff I can barely touch my toes anymore! When did that happen?! My first shop is pretty much hippie stuff - lots of peace signs, rainbow, rasta colors, and things like flower crowns, dreamcatchers and barefoot sandals. I love all that but I have a whole other style too, things that just don't fit in there. My new shop will have jewelry along with the things I love to sew and be more cute, for lack of a better word lol. Bags and purses, pillows (I'm working on a chevron one made out of old jeans right now), stuffed animals and cloth dolls, baby mobiles, etc. I just got an idea last night for a series of finger puppets. I love to find fabrics at thrift stores and upcycle them into whatever they seem right for
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