I went from working 8 years with Baker Boys Distribution to working 1 year at Diamond Supply Co. to now, full time business owner.
I would say that nothing really prepares you for being in control of your income, but literally the last 25 years of my life prepared me for this.
Being forced to expand my skill set over the years made me this one man in house studio that adds many of my clients value in a multiple ways.
I have a client that has me focusing primarily on e-mail marketing, that utilizes my talents in design, photography, 3d modeling and web development.
I have another client that has me focusing on print preparation, web store product updates, customizing their Shopify store, and running email campaigns.
I have another client that has me focusing on catalog creation and web site customizations.
I have over 10 clients and looking to onboard more, some require more of my time than others. I was forced to become an entrepreneur.
Here’s a nice side effect of it all: I’m not bored.
I enjoy doing what I do and I’m constantly learning new skills to improve myself to land more clients. I’m also less stressed, which seems odd, but for working on a project to project basis allows me to work when I have to and give me the flexibility to do what I can, and go where I need to go.
I got time to be home with my dog Luci, I have time to tend to my chickens, clean my pond, pray, and make good meals. Life hasn’t felt better, but at first it felt very shaky, it took a month to kind of settle in, and having a nice buffer in savings and investments helped with that anxiety.
My life has had it’s ups and downs, but every time I look back at these cross roads in my life I always end up feeling lucky.
I’m grateful for these ‘unfortunate’ circumstances, like losing a job, losing a relationship, losing a friend. All of these events gave me the opportunity to change into a better version of my self.
What’s that saying about being too comfortable? You don’t grow or something… It’s true, and when you do grow, it makes you happy and grateful which is the recipe for a good life.
Currently, I’m engaged (thanks) planning to get married and potentially starting a family with a woman that is loyal, god-loving, beautiful, and madly in love with me. Life is good. I’m excited, eager to work, grow, learn, and age well into the future of a world that is close to WWIII, civil war, hyper inflation or great depression — but I’m happy, the future looks bright right?
For me, yes. I’m content and humans faced pretty wild times and persevered, so I’ll lean into that, I think we’ll prevail, and if not I’m prepared for something crazy happening. Only the paranoid survive.
So if you’re in need of some work, reach out & thanks for reading. Godspeed– buy bitcoin, eat clean meat, have babies & prep appropriately.
