My Home Selling Experience This Year, and What's Up Next at forEVER Permanent Jewelry®
Well, I certainly missed the mark here. I'm sitting at my computer at 8:30pm on a Friday night ... exciting times over here! I thought I had this scheduled, but am just realizing now that I most certainly did not. So, a lot of what I wrote below is no longer relevant, however, if you would like a peek into the more personal side of my life, keep reading. Prepare yourselves to experience some of the insanity I was going through, and how that translated over into every part of my life.
I really hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Years, I'm sorry I didn't get much out those last couple months. I'm in a much better place now, than I was, so this year I'll do better. And if you haven't already noticed, I have done a slight rebrand, plus I've combined the entire forEVER brand under one roof. This is a work in progress but it is what I love doing so work away I shall!
K ... I will leave the remainder of this outdated-forgotten-blog-post for your perusal.
-xo, M.
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Hello forEVER fam, can you believe we are in the last week of November? As we head into the busiest time of year, I wanted to leave a quick update as to what I have been up to (so you don't think I'm ghosting y'all) and a sneak peak at what's to come.
This year has been an absolute whirlwind, there has been so much that has happened. I have had to drastically scale down my business activities, basically to the bare minimum of providing support, a bit of 4th quarter advice, and fulfilling your orders (thank you!). It was unfortunate but also necessary.
As most of you know, I’ve spent almost half the year selling my home. My house has some challenges (being over 100 years old plus unusual zoning to name a few) but it showed well, so we had over 100 showings in 3 and a half months, plus another 50(ish) from several open houses. To add to the chaos, we have 3 dogs and 3 kids, including an impatient 2.5 year old, and had to pack anywhere from 2-5 of them at once, often during the day while I was trying to work. It. Was. Insanity.
Then we had a sale fall through a month and a half in, and after 3 months I was about to pull the listing, when we got multiple offers, and finally had a sale. It went from conditional, to firmed up, to us having to find a place in a very short time (we did), and we're now closing, all within a month. Believe me when I tell you my family has been through ALL the emotions. I can not wait to get in my new home!
But enough about me - now that I have (just about) passed the last hurdle, I’m ready to refresh and get back to building my own business and supporting others as they build theirs!
Coming This Week:
This week starts the Black Friday festivities and yes, I will be having some big specials again this year at forEVER Permanent Jewelry®! I will also be offering some sales on my jewelry pieces from The forEVER Jewelry, which will conveniently be available on my website.
Can You Relate?
I have the worst ADHD and I swear it gets worse the older I get. This year has made me realize how bad it really is, especially when it feels like chaos surrounds me 24/7. I literally struggle to think the majority of the time, which exacerbates my depression. You can see how it’s just been this vicious circle. So as things slow down in December, I’m going to mostly focus on mentally slowing down. I love working, so I still have plans, but once all the extra craziness settled down, I should have more mental capacity and less overwhelm to go along with it.
Do you find yourself struggling with ADHD or ADHD-related symptoms? I am finding that more and more people I know are becoming aware of the challenges associated with this mental health disorder that at one point had so much stigma surrounding it. Gone are the days of shaming parents of 'rambunctious little boys' (I speak from personal experience). Now, we are accepting it as a much more complex disorder that effects far more people than what we (society) originally thought. This is something that's really shown up for me in a big way this year, and I thought perhaps some of you could relate, because it's always easier knowing you're not alone. I'd also really love to weave this into my work somehow, I'm just not sure where it fits in, but I'm confident it will come to me when the time is right.
I realize this is totally unrelated to the original blog topic ... and for that, I blame my ADHD! 
Kidding ... kind of ... (but did you laugh)?
Anyway ... back to the original program ...
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.... ok one more thing ... I came back to proof this one more time before I publish, and realized that I said, "enough about me ... then proceeded to talk about myself one paragraph later. :|
Sorry for being this way.
Coming up Next Month:
Throughout December, I will be doing a massive overhaul on my website where I will be combining most of my retail jewelry along with my wholesale supplies and training services. I am still searching for some clarity on what exactly this will look like, but this is the first stage of the plan and I am excited to see it unfold (I love building websites, I have built almost all of my existing and past websites.
Heading into the New Year:
I started building the groundwork for a lot of grand plans I had for this year but couldn't get to. Some were so close to launching but I just couldn’t take on more. I would love to get this going, but it will only happen once I can hire some help. So I am dedicating time in the new year to find a rockstar assistant that can help me achieve and surpass all my goals with forEVER.
One thing I have always excelled at is staying laser-focused on my goals while living by the mantra, "It's not the destination, but the journey that matters." Unfortunately over the past year and a half, I have been living in such a reactive way that I completely forgot to be present and enjoy the journey.
I'm not going to lie, I am still searching for some clarity on exactly what path to take (and how to do it), but my focus is now on being more present and enjoying the journey, while taking daily aligned action on my career goals and balancing that by doing things that I enjoy. I am going to start holding my core values to a higher standard and operating according to them. I encourage you all to do the same, and take a mental inventory on what values you are, and aren't living by, as you head into the new year.
That's all I've got for today, fam. Thanks for reading my babble, now go crush those 2024 goals, this is the final stretch!!!