24/03/2025
One of the hardest parts of my businessāsomething people donāt often seeāis what itās cost me socially.
For years, weekends werenāt mine. Markets, expos, events⦠every Saturday and Sunday were booked. Birthdays, catch-ups, milestonesāI missed so many. After a while, the invites stopped coming because the answer was always āSorry, Iāve got a market.ā
And the thing is⦠I love markets. Iāve been doing them since my early 20sāselling secondhand clothes to buy my first car. Theyāre a huge part of my story. But somewhere along the way, I realised my business couldnāt be the only thing I showed up for.
So this year, Iāve made a promise to myself: to reclaim my weekends, rebuild my social life, and push harder to grow my online storeāso the business works for me too.
Hereās to balance. And maybe a few more sleep-ins