Chapter 3 ??

Well, here I am, in a COMPLETELY different place than I was last month. I took the leap and a couple of weeks ago, finished working full time at TeamJobs - WHAT THE FUDGE?!

I actually began having conversations about this with my management team in Feb, so it feels like a long time coming. It's funny because I really didn't think this through ?? a few people had said to me, 'wow that's so brave, you really must've planned this thoroughly.'

Here's the thing... I really did not.

I was in Poland, having a great time on holiday at the end of Jan and I just had this overwhelming feeling of wanting to change, feeling ready for something new. So I literally planned it out in my head over the course of about a week and spoke with Tash the following week in my 121. And as they say, the rest was history.

I have no choice but to make something work, I've got bills to pay and a roof to put over our head. My partner Ben is launching his new business in May too (if you need tools, head over to Ben Mosley ) so we're both embarking on new adventures this year. It really is sink or swim. I'm proud of us for both giving this a shot no matter what and beginning to design the life we want, together...

Anyway, March was the month of waiting, of being patient and getting things ready in the background. My office is now open for business - Tipsy Canvas Co. HQ, I have never had an office before and it's been on the dream board ever since I was a little girl. It's not quite ready for Pinterest yet, but I love it!

Of course, it's fully kitted out in IKEA... I drafted in my mum to help build this one weekend ??

I really don't feel like I've been up to much this whole month other than planning and thinking ahead, it's been such a dry month in terms of content (again!) and this has given me a bit of an internal crisis. I won't lie, I have second guessed myself multiple times in the last few weeks as to whether I'm cut out to do this, to build a brand and to run a business all by myself. Stupid really, this whole story I've fabricated in my head about how useless I'm going to be, has been based purely on my lack of LinkedIn engagement.

Whilst writing this article I've had to remind myself and give myself a little slap in the face. I'm doing something huge and something really exciting and it's only just the beginning. If I don't have anything exciting to share just yet, that's fine!

I'm still in a bit of a weird in-between phase, I'm bringing in new business but I haven't had all my branding photos taken yet for the website or for the marketing. I haven't had my first event as Tipsy Canvas yet, it's all a waiting game. It's going to be great, but for the first time, I'm feeling a little bit of fear. The cockiness has worn off ??

Last week I was due to be in London for a course at Central Saint Martins, University of The Arts London , it's been moved to July which I am SUPER excited about, so this gave me a week back to crack on with some business owner STUFF. Much of the time was taken up caring for my Mochi Cat who was spayed on Tuesday, Ben then had an eye accident so most of the house was in the wars. I was so grateful to have the flexibility to be at home caring for my family.

And then... Easter weekend just appeared didn't it? It was Christmas ten minutes ago?! Spending some well needed time with both our families was just what the doctor ordered, I ate myself into a food coma for 4 whole days. Hosted the yummiest buffet for our families and the sun had his hat on, so we got outside.

I also had a cheeky little one page article in Bournemouth Echo... now that is pretty awesome. Seeing my face in the paper was definitely a highlight of the month. I started my first week as a full time business owner with press interviews, I just love telling this story and I'm jumping on every opportunity I can, to share what's going on with the world.

Overall, March, you were a strange one. April is going to bring some huge steps forward I think, with our first four events going on, brand shoots and plenty of other exciting things to share. I said spring was coming last month, it didn't really did it... so let's keep our fingers crossed for spring ACTUALLY arriving at some point in April ??