Week Two: Navigating a failing business

You know the drill.

Let's see how Dorie spent her time this week...

Sunday, October 9
Lucky me! I made some freebies for a drop this coming week and cut two pieces. 
I kept up with stories today off and on but that was really it. I didn't post a thing otherwise! It felt really nice to have a Sunday "off". 

Time: 1.5hr 
Sales: $ 52.50


Monday, October 10

Today was really, truly day one of Q4 for me. 
I am finally on the good side of "C" and feeling so much better. 
I don't know why I do this, but even when I miss work being sick, I tell myself I have to work longer and harder the following week. I'm going to do my very best to avoid that this week, but I know today it isn't going to happen. I am going to punish myself today so the rest of the week can be a bit more balanced. 
I have several disabilities/chronic illnesses, and I had to move two appointments last week to this week. I know it's going to be a busy week of health stuff, So I know today's my day to grind hard or miss out. 
Let's see if it actually helps bring in sales or just keeps me spinning my wheels. 
9.5hrs
$0



Tuesday, October 11
I'm gonna be honest yall, this was the day I realized even keeping up with specific tasks for this blog was more work to BBB then it needed to be PHEW! 
I sewed 9 things for my drop this week and sent an email, fb post and two reels and a tiktok 
6.5 hrs
$35.60


Wednesday, October 12
I kept sewing to get through the Halloween drop I was hellbent on 
I also got in some heat transfers to try out. There went an hour detour 
I resent email from yesterday and was active in my stories and VIP today.. 
3.5hrs
$0


Thursday, October 13
Crunch time! 
I had to finish the last of the collection I'm dropping tomorrow 
I pinned all the photos with links to the new collection and prepped all the marketing for tomorrow (two emails, two segmented texts, stories, two reels, a post on fb and IG a tiktok and TikTok stories + all the product photos.
Then I did something insane and cut two more pieces to add to the collection
7hrs

$0



Friday, October 14
I woke up and immediately started sewing. It took 4 hours somehow.
Thank goodness marketing was done yesterday Now time to photograph these last pieces then a few shots and videos of the entire rack- I decided to go live since I moved my drop time from 10AM to 6PM 
I went live on IG at 5PM for about 20min and live in my group for about 15min before the drop hoping it would help. Also @everyone isn't helping anymore- I give up! 
6.5hrs
$76.60

Saturday, October 15
2 items.
All that love, sweat, tears, creativity and I sold TWO ITEMS (and at a discount!)
I literally barely showed up to stories today, posted a reel and resent the email. I'm exhausted. I packed a few orders and cried today! 
1.5hr
$22

Total- 34.5hrs
$186.70

5.41/hr