ideas for survival

If you've ever read Catherine Cartwright-Jones's "The Classic Rant: So, you want to be a Professional Henna Artist?" you know there's a ton of ideas in there about how to get your act together and really do this as a business. If you haven't read it and you're considering doing this even part-time, find it, read it, learn it, know it, read it again every few months for inspiration. Over the years that I've been doing this off and on and off again and on again, I can't even count how many times I've read it. I read it again today hoping for that idea that might help me make it through the next few months of frozendom.

"Start by ALWAYS having your hands wonderfully hennaed" she says. Yeah, this one is a bit more complicated than it was a few months ago. Short of sitting in the kitchen for hours with the oven on 450 with the door open, I'm not sure how I'm going to manage a decent stain. A few more days now until the last attempt is completely gone, but I'll keep trying.

"Two, you may begin a business because you NEED MONEY!"
ok, yep, this is me. Circumstances dictate "finding a way to make money to survive with whatever skills and resources you can muster in a hurry." I'm there. What did she say again I need to be... let me find it... "boundlessly energetic, intense and highly motivated, with a strong ego and undauntable will. You must be unquestionably excellent in your art. You will need a reliable car. You must have an answering machine. You must have no difficulty making decisions." Wow, wishing I was a Leo not a Pisces!! I have a car! And a cellphone with voicemail, it's a start!

Now beyond that, the majority of the rest of the article is the stuff I've already handled, like the DBA, the business license, the books, cards (oh, here I totally recommend MOO cards, highly!). And really, none of the rest matters so much until you've conquered the energy, motivation, ego, will cocktail. Since I wasn't born a Leo, I guess I'll have to fake it and move on!

Thinking I'll get out my nifty little box of MOO cards today and spend a little gas and time finding anywhere I can put them up in town. Maybe I'll even drop by the library and hide a few cards in books in the yoga section. Then I'll work on something to post on craigslist. And hopefully I'll get through all that before Parent Conferences at school this evening!