This subject makes me sad, because I'm going back and forth between quitting or not. I seriously considered quitting twice before, but both times, my customers dragged me back in. I enjoy doing craft fairs, more specifically I like being there and talking to the customers about soap, I like the atmosphere, the other vendors. I hate the set up and the break down, and one more thing...I figured once I retired, I'd have just loads and loads of time to make soap, and wrap it and label it, but I've found that I'm resenting how much time it takes to do all that. I wouldn't mind so much if I were making tons of money, but those of you who do craft fairs and markets know what it's like. Some are great, but many are not, and that's a lot of hard work and time spent without much payoff. Ideally, I'd love a tiny, little, shoe-box sized, brick and mortar store. I mean TINY. You know, the size of a closet. That's the only size I'd be able to afford to rent. So that's not going to happen, and I've realized that the older I get, the more precious time is, and I don't want to waste any of it. There are some people that I will continue to make soap for, on request, but spending all of those hours making, stamping, wrapping and labeling soaps, is just not something I'm wanting to do at this time. At this time. Sounds like I'm giving myself a way back in, doesn't it? Well, it's happened before. But today, at this minute, I don't want back in. But I wouldn't sell the business, the name and my recipes...just in case. :think:
