Like most other people struggling, I’ve been looking for ways to make extra money. I have an Etsy shop where I sell original sublimation design files and weekly planner pintable’s, but I haven’t figured out how to market it or post good pictures yet. Because I’m still learning, I haven’t made a sale yet. It’s discouraging, but it’s where I’m at. So I figured what the hell? And I started a blog.
The struggling grind
Most days I feel like I’m waiting on life to find me. It’s boring and sad and I’ve driving myself crazy trying to think of ways to actually live. I guess I’ve decided the second best way is to try to either make some extra money or trying to find my creative side again. Either way, I’ve been struggling.
I think that’s where most people are right now. Hopeless. All I ever see on the news is death and sickness and divide. Everyone’s in debt just trying to survive and all we want is to live comfortably. Most people don’t even care about having a shit ton of money. Most of us just want to have our bills paid and be out of debt. If that’s how you feel, know that you aren’t alone. I’ve been binge-watching horror movies on Netflix just to pass the time.
All I do is go to work, come home and dream about the life I want to live. Not extravagant dreams of vacations on foreign beaches or owning a house too big to keep clean, but dreams of being debt free, having a little money set back and being able to take a decent trip once a year or so. Is that really too much to ask?
I can’t really complain though since I’ve done most of it to myself. I have a ton of credit card debt. Not that I wanted to but how else am I supposed to survive? Just when I think I’m starting to catch up, something would break or an emergency would happen. I’ve always been a planner, with everything. When unexpected emergencies would come up, well, frankly, they’d piss me off. So, for once, I’ve decided to stop planning and just start doing something about it.
My Etsy shop disaster
That’s when I started my Etsy shop. It still needs a lot of work, but I started it, and sometimes that’s the hardest part. I’ve been making sublimation items for about a year now, but mostly for fun. I make custom designs using and IPad and the Procreate app. The picture to the right is a shirt I made for a friend of mine. She loves Rod Wave so I made the design and put it on a shirt for her. The crazy part is she’s the one who taught me all about sublimation in the first place. She used to have her own business!
So, I decided if I can make the designs and the products, why not try to sell them? I’ve made one sale so far for a total of $12 and that was a hat for my uncle. Hey, a sale is a sale and anywhere is a start. Starting my Etsy shop was nerve wracking, but I since I started that, I decided I can start a blog too. That’s how I got here.
I don’t really know what I’m going to write about yet. I already mentioned a few things in other places here like cooking, sublimation and writing, to name a few. I may add some more things later. It just depends on how things go. Even if no one reads any of this, it’ll still be an outlet for me. I have to take whatever positive things I can get in this life. Besides a pregnancy test. I’m so not ready for that.
Anyway, if you read all that, thank you. Hopefully my writing will get more concise and less scattered as time goes on. It’s been a long time since I’ve written for anyone other than myself.
Kennedi
