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Sam (crazy candle person) ✦
@samantha
Random doubts in my mind: - I am afraid that I will plateau with learning how to make good candles. Like physically making them. I felt closer to perfection today than to making a shitty candle and it scares me because I need to find a new way or another thing to learn. - I am pretty sure I won’t reach my revenue goal of $100k by EoY. Right now it’s been an avg of $2.5k MoM. I haven’t done any other channels other than considering paid ads, TikTok, or retail. I haven’t started because 1. I’m scared and 2. I’m exhausted. - I’m afraid I’m spending too much on inventory. I feel like I’m iterating so quickly that a lot of the inventory gets wasted during experimentation. Tangibly I know the ways out. I know I probably have 6 months to improve on my physical candle making. I have to force myself to not be scared and just do all the distribution streams. Then I have to create an inventory chart to track expenses better.
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Sam (crazy candle person) ✦
@samantha
Between my deepest (actualized) self and my conscious self I know I just need to put my head down and work. I have to figure out what I want to win next and just be laser focused on that. I find running a company like going to the gym. 1% every day. Right now I’m just tired from working out and my brain muscles are sore but I’ll recover eventually. Also I am finding time this weekend to relax again.
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Sam (crazy candle person) ✦
@samantha
Ok one last thing I’m afraid of. I’ve been trying to leave tech (hustle culture) but am feeling myself getting sucked back into toxic work habits like working a lot. I feel as though I’m overcompensating because I’m insecure, but also, things are slow before they’re fast. I’m afraid I’m no longer true to my value “have fun with my friends” and that I will regret working so much again. I’m just repeating the same toxic work cycle I tried to escape except with higher risk of doing my own smb. I am happy through. Just acutely aware of what I’m afraid of. I know if I keep going and work through it it’ll be fine. It’s just how I feel in this moment of time.
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