I have two favorite shows: Project Runway and The Colbert Report. Oh yea and The West Wing-reruns on BRAVO. God, I can't believe I almost forgot TWW...I Totally LOVE that show. Well I love the other ones too. Anyway...I could seriously write a blog entry everyday based on the Colbert Report--so fucking funny and smart...blah, blah
But my current focus is Project Jenn.
I was confronted with the possibility of loosing my job last week. Not because I was going to be fired or anything, but the girls that I work with at two companies (all of us work for both companies-just the 3 of us) seem to have different visions of each business and it seemed for a moment that each of them was going to work exclusively on one. This means that I wouldn’t have a job because Real Estate is the only thing supporting all of us right now and 2 agents would become one agent and the previously-known-as-agent would work exclusively on the sex toy company and live off her savings. And I, who has no savings and just bought a house with my girlfriend, would be left on my own. The Real Estate Company could not support me with one of my colleagues steering the ship because she doesn’t have the drive to do insane volume. And the other company isn’t making any money….this was all my quick conclusion without speaking to the other parties much, but anyway…
And so I was confronted with the question, “What are you going to do with your life?”
The Flower Shop, Real Estate, Business Development Consultant. The first two are fantasies and the last is what I have actually spent my years doing, in one way or another. But I have never done bus. development as a contractor. I have always worked for one company at a time (and for long periods of time.) But when faced with a decision, I had no Idea. Don’t get me wrong, I feel passionately for small business. I come from a family of entrepreneurs (except for my mom who brilliantly chose a safe, corporate avenue.) I am great at marketing, number crunching, design and general red to black stuff. But I don’t know if this is my permanent path, or maybe it is, but do I want to work nights to make a new bus. dvlpmt. co. work? Bless her heart, Tox was like, “I can support us for a while.” I was thinking, “Yea, if you work 7 nights a week.” (I am privy because I do our books)
Anyway, this is not an issue at all, and at a meeting today they reiterated that they could not imagine either company being successful without my influence. Thank the universe I am GREAT at my job.
The question still looms.
