The downside to being a Gemini

Here I am, trying to start two businesses at once. You would think that one would be enough right? Wrong. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

Anyone who has ever set up a business knows how tedious and time consuming it really is before you actually have a "business". You have wesbites and blogs and twitters and cards and brochures and...and....and...the list goes on forever.

Saving money is a big fat goal ( I have none), so, I decided that I would do everything myself. Including, but not limited to, websites and anything on the internet. (Lord, help me, for I know not what I do)

So here I am, day after day, squinting, cussing, belittling my computer, deciding every 10 minutes that this is not for me, all for the sake of having two businesses. I guess because I am a gemini, I am entitled to satisfy both sides of my being. They both couldn't be happy with just one business. The artistic side of me likes to take pictures and the business side of me likes to help other people.....

I can also blame it on having one part of me thats ADD and the other part thats OCD. They clash frequently. One wants to organize everything and the other cant pay attention long enough to even sit still !

Being dually natured is a blessing and a curse. I can multitask like no other, but on the flip side of that, I have alot of unfinished projects. Having these two businesses will also require that I get out into the world and show my stuff. The stuff that I usually keep to myself. My artwork. I have always thought that photographs always reveal part of the artist. So in a sense, its like giving myself away. I struggle with having the gift and giving it away to others and have for many years. My gemini self always thinks that I need to learn alot more so I am always preparing to prepare...if that makes any sense.

As far as my other NON artistic business, it also requires showing my stuff. Particularly in a sales sense. I am a personable person but by no means like to approach other people, I certainly don't like it when a salesman approaches me. That is why I quit the insurance world after 25 years (well, in addition to selling extra things people don't HAVE to have). But it is a necessary evil. I thought long and hard about what kind of business to start. I had to reach down into my many years of doing many things to find something that people NEEDED. Drawing on business and personal experience, I chose what I chose because it helps people. That is what it all boiled down to.

My gemini self, will continue to drive herself crazy starting up these two business and I have a 50/50 shot that at least one of them will be successful.

So wish me luck, but if you see me sitting by the side of the road talking crazy and drooling all over myself, wipe the drool off my face and just take me home...