It's that time for another year-end post. Last year's post was a bit of a downer. I was still temping and terrified about my debts, my heart issues and not having medical insurance. It was a rather dark place that I don't wish to revisit. 2010 has been a better year, I found a job, got caught up with my bills, had open-heart surgery which was able to fix my problem and I continue to be on the up and up. I have my moments of doubt, but overall I have a lot to be thankful for.
On the Etsy front it has been a little slow but it did pick up later in the year and I hope I can continue that in 2011. It was nice to get into a store and art gallery as an alternative to just selling myself. I hope I can get in to more and sell more offline. I have definitely grown as a business person and learned a lot through all of my obsessive blog reads.
Watching the Hudson Valley Etsy team grow was nice too. I hope we can do more things together in the new year. I'm planning to host our first meeting of the year at my place. :) It was hard leaving the {NewNew} but I'm glad I was able to find another group of talented folks where everyone is big on helping and supporting one another.
As far as my new year's resolutions go, I'll keep it simple:
Wear more dresses
I'm lazy and don't want to put much thought into my outfits ok? :) Plus no one at my job wears dresses and I'm liking business casual items less and less. Especially work pants, yuck!
Contribute to more charities
This is pretty self-explanatory. No matter how little you may think you have, there's always going to be someone who needs more. I think about it a lot and "mean" to give. So now it's time to put up or shut up.
Read more period books
Ok so this is something that started in 2010 and I'm still fascinated by reading novels from another time. I guess I'm giving Chick-Lit books a long break but I'll still throw in a Wrestler biography into the mix, yeah.
Purge my closet
I am pretty sure there are things in there I have not worn in all of 2010. I need to revisit these items and if I'm not diggin' it, it's to the drop box they go!
And lastly... don't keep people in my life who do not appreciate my friendship and make more dinner plans with the people who do. =) *Sigh* I'm glad I got this out publicly.
So whether you're glad to see this year end or you can look back fondly, I want to wish everyone a happy, safe and healthy 2011!
































