Dear Pennies & Pens,
I am pleased to announce that I am taking a holiday inkbreak from ISLP. I will not be doing any work from today until Monday, January 4, 2021. The last few weeks have been especially hectic with launching Pennies & Pens. Between shipping and fulfilling orders to marketing, it’s been a busy season.
And since I am a one woman show, I am just tired and burned out. I need to take some time to rest, relax, spend time with family and friends as well as regroup. I have new ideas that I will be implementing in 2021 and I plan to go in another direction as far as content.
In 2021, I want to focus on blogging – like for real. I prefer blogging because I can really write and get my thoughts out instead of being limited to a certain amount of characters. I also want to get serious about a YouTube channel and podcast. I like blogging, YouTube and podcasts because you can do long form content and people still engage.
With social media, your posts must be short and to the point. Plus the constant changes of social media apps means you constantly have to mold your content to fit those formats. It’s exhausting. I would rather focus on creating content for channels that I have more control over.
Additionally, all this work has made me lose sight of the fact that I am a real person. I need to reconnect with my personal life. I am good about taking breaks for self care but my issue was that I would carry the business with me all the time. So whenever, I’d talk to family and friends, I’d talk about business – so I’d be working without even realizing it.
Then I was constantly thinking about business. I was always coming up with new ideas or thinking of ways to improve. That’s a great trait as an Entrepreneur – but only during business hours, lol! Otherwise, you end up obsessing over the business literally. It’s not healthy and leads to you becoming a workaholic.
Over the past few weeks, I have been conscious of all the above and have taken steps to make some changes. First, I am in therapy. It’s absolutely amazing Pennies & Pens!!! We must end the stigma associated with therapy. I am in therapy to help me learn how to cope better, be more positive and deal with issues from my past/present.
I think it’s great to pray and speak to family and friends about your problems. But, it’s also great to talk to a professional counselor who can help you work through your problems in a constructive way. The issue with family and friends is that although they mean the best sometimes the advice they give isn’t what you should do. Also, a therapist is a third party so any advice they give is truly neutral.
During this break, I plan to start taking steps to get back to me. I want to buy a record player and start collecting vinyl, read more, watch movies, focus on my special side project and of course spend time with family, friends and God.
Somehow, in spite of this pandemic, God gave me the will, skill, and motivation to relaunch my business and launch a new brand. That is a blessing and one that I do not take lightly. All Praises to the Most High. Creator of All.
And there it is. de la Pen…All Pen Everything. With us, keeping it real never goes wrong.
P.S. ISLP will still be accepting orders between December 14, 2020 – January 4, 2021. We just won’t be fulfilling any orders until January 4, 2021. Thank you for understanding!
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