I thought I should check in and discuss how the last two months have been since I gave up my job. I think its pretty obvious that I havent had much time for blogging!! I'm hoping to share a little more of what I've been up to, but first I'll just chat about how life seems to be.
The first week or two back from my trip I really struggled with the stress, and all the stuff I was juggling, but I managed to figure it out a bit and its getting better. I realized that booking kitchen times was stressing me out, so I made the decision to book regular time slots every week and just hope I would have cakes to work on. It turns out 'if you book it they will come'! I get quite a lot of last minute orders, and I'm definitely not resting on my laurels!
I also dropped a dreadful class that was making me miserable. That helps too. I figured out that since I was working for free, my internship could be on my terms, and that has been such a wonderful experience. Cake is a wonderful bakery, and they make truly spectacular looking and tasting cakes. I've been in awe of the wonderful creations, and I've learned so much.
I've also been working on my Etsy shop. I dont get a ton of business, although I wouldnt be able to cope if I did, here are some hamsters for a birthday party that I made! 
I entered the carlsbad art splash cake competition, I didnt have time for an elaborate cake, but I did want to create a colorful and large piece to fill out the table with colorful work. The americans probably didnt get this little play on words, but the theme is 'rock around the beach' so I created some sticks of rock around a beach scene. I was hoping to finish a beach theme with a chap on a deck chair with a knotted hanky snoozing under a newspaper, but that fell by the wayside at 10pm when I had to get up at 5am to deliver the 350 cupcakes I had made the previous day!
Something that is a major struggle is the fact that I am 'working' for most of the weekend, so come Monday morning I'm exhausted, and ready for a break, and I do actually deserve one, since most people have been relaxing all weekend and are going back to work, and I've been working.
I'm not sure if there will be whole days off much, but I do need to take some time for myself otherwise I'll just get burnt out. That is something I'm still figuring out!
If you work for yourself, do you have any tips about this?
1 comment:
I'd say that you should schedule a weekend every couple of months where you don't take any cake orders at all, then stick to it! Even if you end up doing work-related things it won't be for a deadline, and that makes a difference.
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