I want to take a little time this week to gush about my
awesome business partner, Andrea. We really would not be here today if it wasn’t
for her! I met Andrea through renting rooms out in my home. She was a renter
from me for about a year and a half. I
had only just started bringing my art back to the forefront of my life again. I
had an Etsy shop, but I didn’t have any listings. I was really just getting
started. I started asking her opinion about the different things I was working
on, and a lot of the time I would show her something that I didn’t really love,
and she would tell me I was crazy and that it was awesome, and I would finish
the piece and look at it and be like, yea…you know what? That is awesome. And I, very quickly, started
trusting her opinions and advice.
Jokingly, I started calling her my artistic adviser. But, as
we talked more and more about my art, on an almost daily basis, things started
to get more serious. She started asking me questions I didn’t really have good
answers to. Where do I see my art going? What is the goal? What do I want to
accomplish? I didn’t really know. All I knew was that I loved my art, and I
just wanted to do it, and hopefully other people would want it. Andrea,
however, saw bigger things for me. People have complimented me on my art
before, but no one has ever believed in me in the way Andrea does. Her dreams
for me, having only known me for a few months, really blew me away. I had never
even considered some of the things she brought up…like, never even entered my
mind for a second.
I don’t know if we’ll ever reach those dreams. But I
certainly wouldn’t be where I am today if Andrea hadn’t come along. Of course,
I want the business to continue growing but I’m also really happy with where it
is now. I don’t believe I would have been able to get to this point without
that push, without that confidence that Andrea brings to the table. So, I’m
just sayin’…my business partner is the best.
Till next time!
Alana
Alana
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