After spending the bank holiday reading various business books, finding to find inspiration for an online business venture, I have finally settled on what I know – positive psychology.
After thinking I didn’t really have any skills or anything to offer when it came to starting a business, I thought about what I am interested in and remembered that I have a Masters in Positive Psychology which I completed last year.
So the plan is to create a website where I can share insights from my studies and the years I have spent reading self-development books and categorise this into a series of helpful articles that will be of use to others.
From there, there will be opportunities to progress into offering products, which could include the journals and notebooks I was considering when I thought about starting a stationery business.
Rather than writing content and launching products that I think ‘people’ (in the vague sense of the word) will like, I’ll be more clear on who my target audience is and how I can best serve them.
It’s also a topic I can immerse myself in, and rather than feeling frustrated that it is going to take a long time to get to the place I want to be, I’m going to take things one step at a time and enjoy the journey.
That is what I have to remember as I prepare for work in the morning. It might only be a two-day week, but it is not somewhere I want to be.
Rather than resent being there, I have to remind myself that for the time being it is a necessity. I couldn’t afford to live without that income, even though it isn’t much and I am sure there are easier ways of earning it.
It will also be good to be around people and I do look forward to seeing my colleagues. Perhaps some more than others but that’s the same for most jobs.
In my lunch break, I’ll probably sketch down some ideas for the business, and pick it up again when I get home.
When it gets to Thursday I’ll have four full days to devote to it, which is what is carrying me through.
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